BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

I had the good fortune to stumble on Ms. Lefave's blog a while back. Her writing on psychology & psychiatry is insightful and laser-like in cutting through the b.s. My kinda girl. She absolutely nails the "get over it" crowd -- those pathology sympathizers who think victims of emotional, psychological trauma and emotional rape are just being 'overly dramatic.' She also nails the perpetrators of the trauma who want you to A CT LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED and smear you for being angry and demanding accountability. Especially the CLUELESS therapists, life coaches and snake oil salespeople who try to treat sufferers and end up revictimizing them all over again. You Go, Ms. Lefave! By Patricia Lefave, Labeled, D.D.(P) What is L.O.A.D.? Well, it is described by many of the family members as a frightening altered state much like the hypnotic trance or brainwashed state of cult members. It tends to strike the upper classes just as much, if not more than a...

I loathe Bill O'Reilly. Close second is Chris Matthews. And I don't like are covert misogynists. You know the type - those guys who say " my wife is so wonderful " and " my mother is a saint " but they won't promote that hard working gal at the office... (and their wife is a major breadwinner because at home they enjoy all the fruits of her labors with kids, bills, food, comfort; hmm... People, guys who SAY that stuff have something to prove - or hide.) These same animals look at every woman they meet outside their home or religious place as a potential 'score.' ( Wonder what she's like in bed?... heh heh ) At least O'Reilly and Matthews are blatant about it. As I tell all my clients - "WATCH THEIR ACTIONS, NOT THEIR WORDS." And if you're a smart woman? Look out. Can we send these neanderthals to Iraq or Iran? They'd fit right in with that medieval attitude of theirs. by Steve Young Last week I wrote of the sad sig...