We? There is no 'we'. Atheism isn't a club or an ideology. I have neither the means nor the inclination to do anything about the problem
Australia closed its asylums about 30 years ago and threw the inmates onto the street .Then local government started putting them on buses and sending them to Western Australia. Problem was every state started doing it. Soon became like musical chairs. Today, wondering schizophrenics can be seen in parts of the city, they have become included in the homeless population.
I've suffered from severe depression for most of my adult life. Last bout was 8 years ago. I saw a shrink and a psychologist for seven years. I've been stable for a bit over 6 years. I was lucky. I found an excellent shrink who came up with a cocktail of psychotropics which work.
In 2012, my shrink diagnosed me as being on the autism spectrum, what used to be called Asperger's syndrome. Around the same time, my psychologist did a set of proper IQ test, first I'd ever had. I was stunned to discover that I'm not stupid after all, but far from it. One of the reasons I keep coming here is to stop me from getting too arrogant. There are a couple of first class minds here, imo.
Australia closed its asylums about 30 years ago and threw the inmates onto the street .Then local government started putting them on buses and sending them to Western Australia. Problem was every state started doing it. Soon became like musical chairs. Today, wondering schizophrenics can be seen in parts of the city, they have become included in the homeless population.
I've suffered from severe depression for most of my adult life. Last bout was 8 years ago. I saw a shrink and a psychologist for seven years. I've been stable for a bit over 6 years. I was lucky. I found an excellent shrink who came up with a cocktail of psychotropics which work.
In 2012, my shrink diagnosed me as being on the autism spectrum, what used to be called Asperger's syndrome. Around the same time, my psychologist did a set of proper IQ test, first I'd ever had. I was stunned to discover that I'm not stupid after all, but far from it. One of the reasons I keep coming here is to stop me from getting too arrogant. There are a couple of first class minds here, imo.
