Here at RoseMeade's Wellness Nook, I have written about different topics. All of the topics have been a 'look into my life' and are a look at diagnoses that the world in general suffers from in one way or another. Some people suffer because a family member suffers from a psychological disorder. Some people suffer because they themselves have the psychological disorder. What needs to be shared is that if people would read available information that encompasses the ailment that affects their life, they would begin to heal just by knowing more about the topic in general.
For example, recently I wrote about Munchausen by Proxy and it was back in early 1990 that I read "I Hate You - Don't Leave Me." On the opening page, there is a quote: "Usually I'm okay, but there's another side that takes over and controls me. I'm a good mother. But my other side makes me act crazy." In 1990, very few people studied Munchausen and certainly very few were willing to write about it. Now there are a few people willing to take a chance of opening up the horrors of the painful way in which people are forced to live.
My intention with this article is to relay to you the visitors of RoseMeade's Wellness Nook a deeper understanding about defense mechanisms. Children, who suffer in early childhood, rather it be mental, emotional or physical abuse, need to be able to cope. Children from 'dysfunctional junctions' (a term borrowed from Michael) are not taught to cope. Dysfunctional parents raise dysfunctional children who are forced to retreat and become so shy that they become ill. Some children are taught to stand up and fight everything that happens to them. These are children who tend to become too aggressive for society. Then there are those that are dealt a life that causes them to develop defense mechanisms and disorders that can and will keep them from dying of the disease of abuse. If these children get help later on in life, they can have many normal years of life.
