February 11, 2008

The Strongest Weapon of Mass Destruction

The media caused the greatest damage to our current society.  It is without a doubt the strongest weapon of mass destruction.  It destroyed the American democracy.  There is no longer freedom of speech in America.  That freedom is only a guise to pacify us under the umbrella of control where we truly reside.  We are undoubtedly living in an occupied country – a status attained by the mind control influences of the media.

Greed went completely out of kilter in the last thirty years.  All aspects of the media – television, radio, cinema, video games, the internet, print, et cetera – fell under its control.  Even the once revered news media succumbed to the effects of this dreaded disease.  There is no longer an obligation to report the news but only tweaked facts fabricated by those in power.

The entertainment and news media is now solely governed by big business, corporate America.  The result is that we no longer make decisions but are directed.  This applies to all people in all demographic categories.  Any serious, large-scale attempt to exercise freedom of speech is squashed.  The freedom movements of the sixties are history.  They could not exist in the social climate dominated by today’s media.  You really don’t need me to tell you this; if you look closely you can see it for yourself.

The entertainment media has already robbed the society of all moral value.  Now it’s in the completion process of molding a greedy, aggressive, overly competitive generation that will readily accept whatever directives are given.  Hand in hand with the news media, the entertainment media is leading us along a path to destruction.  It’s ironic that what was initiated to protect, educate and entertain was able to be bought, and will ultimately destroy us.

Any comments can be posted at the forum on http://www.ccpcorganization.org

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February 5, 2008

A Loss of Values

The American society of today truly has many benefits.  In fact, many will rightfully point out just how many things are available for working people today as opposed to yesteryear.  There are many contributing factors for such an apparent fact but I think one stands out as the most effective.  I consider that most consequential factor to be the addition of women to the general workforce.
There were always women in the workplace but except for stereotypical female occupations like that of a secretary, quality female positions were few and far between.  The average woman was reared to be a housewife.
During World War Two, Rosie The Riveter proved that women could fill the vacancies left behind by the male workers that left their jobs to fight a war.  When the war ended and the men returned those very same glorified women were dumped.  But that scenario re-awakened an effort by women to acquire equality in the workplace.  For the most part the movement eventually succeeded. Although there are many women that will argue that point, overall it’s accurate enough to establish that women are expected to seek positions in the workforce – and important ones!  Gone are the days of housewives and insignificant low-level jobs.  Women now command positions of importance.
I wonder though that if in the process of establishing this righteous cause we conducted the transition properly.  It was accomplished in a relatively short time – the post World War Two era to now – with the main thrust done in the volatile sixties. I question the process because I feel that we lost something in that transition.  It’s almost as if there’s a piece of the puzzle missing.
I think that by the way this effort transpired we lost an awful lot of family value.  I’m not suggesting that we go back to the way things were, obviously they were wrong and unfair.  Instead, a clarification, an evaluation of where we are right now should be made.  Lack of family values is leading us to a bad place, and that will only get worse.
Many working couples with children are victims of common problems that exist today.  In some cases couples put the task of bringing up their children into the hands of other people.  Some children subconsciously acquire complexes of low self-esteem from feelings of abandonment.  Single parenting is becoming all too common in our society.  Many couples harbor guilt because of their inability to consummate quality time with their children.  As an alternative they extend the crime of permissiveness.  That does irreparable harm.
Many of you may be wondering what this has to do with chronic pain.  A lot, because as I preach all too often: it is people that treat chronic pain.  In this case the attitude of our children is changing.  Our permissiveness and disregard has made them aggressive and unsympathetic.  A generation that foregoes important family values harbors qualities that are counterproductive to the treatment of chronic pain on many levels.

Any comments can be posted at the forum on http://www.ccpcorganization.org

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January 25, 2008

The Walking Dead

It is theorized that a message transmitted from earth to a destination in deep space light years away would take thousands of years to arrive.  Would any part of such a memorandum have meaning for anyone living anywhere so far ahead in the future?  Or, is it just a futile attempt to attain immortality?  I often feel this to be true of the blogs and articles that I write.  For my own self-fulfillment, am I reaching too far to an audience that for all intent and purpose is as good as dead?
I knew that reaching the mentally and physically impaired sufferers of chronic pain would not be an easy task.  I learned that lesson when I interacted with them throughout the years I researched the tragedy from which they suffer.  Most of the seriously afflicted have regressed to what I refer to as the “walking dead.”  They exist in a limbo, victims of what their instinctive reflexes will allow.  Some are angry, others too disgusted to exert any energy at all.  Most are in a depressed state and accomplish very few constructive things if any at all.  I know all too well the reality of such a somber state because I used to be among these “walking dead.”  Then I was aroused and that inspired me to try to wake my dead compeers, to let them know that there is a method to another place.
There are many sites on the internet with the intention of assisting chronic pain sufferers.  Most are admirable and sincere, some are scams and others are fronts for something the medical industry is selling. The Complete Chronic Pain Condition Organization is unique in the sense that it is one of the few organizations with the ideal of improving the complete world of chronic pain.  It doesn’t focus on the afflictions causing the pain but instead on the real culprit – the persistent pain and all that goes along with it!  That means taking a cold, hard look at all of the causes, symptoms, treatments, availability of treatment, stigmas, social pressure, depression and anxiety, abuse, violence, et cetera.  The list goes on but gets more and more ugly as it does.  But these are the things that must be addressed if such a beast as chronic pain is going to be tackled.
Chronic pain can be conquered, but it will take a tremendous effort and involvement by a lot of people, and time.  If you question that logic, just think back to the woman’s rights and civil rights movements of the sixties.  People got together and made a positive change!
In the period of time required for transition, the unification of members of the Complete Chronic Pain Condition Organization  (CCPC Organization) can harvest other advantages.  As with the aforementioned movements of the sixties, there is strength in numbers.  That same strength that is required to confront and address change in the world of chronic pain can provide those advantages.  Like the American Association of Retired People (AARP), the CCPC Organization can provide benefits like insurance, healthcare, and many other forms of assistance.
Another asset of the CCPC Organization is that it encourages interaction – and that’s probably the best medicine of all.  Members can learn from each other, avoid mistakes and common pitfalls while acquiring moral support, encouragement and direction.  If a sufferer is too far-gone to participate, a loved one can pick up the ball for him or her.  Many times that participation can mean the basis of purpose because such involvement is a productive thing.
Sufferers can take action or go into fetal position and join the denizens of the “walking dead.”  If they do take action and begin the journey to self-improvement, my job will be a whole lot easier because I won’t rest until they do and I won’t feel as if I’m sending messages into deep space!

Any comments can be posted at the forum on http://www.ccpcorganization.org

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January 19, 2008

Helping Chronic Pain Sufferers

The first stop for most chronic pain sufferers is somewhere in the realm of what science has to offer. It’s only logical because there is where medical practitioners reside. But, a big problem begins when reality kicks in and many discover that medicine can’t cure or sometimes even treat a lot of cases.
After medicine fails in any way, the search for that magic pill or remedy begins and many sufferers will fall prey to numerous schemes and deceptions along the way. Pain is a big commodity and many businesses want to tap into potential profits from it. Proof of that is all over the internet, on television, radio, newspapers, magazines, billboards, et cetera. Chronic pain sufferers as valuable commodities are a target and I admit that some of those magic bullet cures fired at them can be quite appealing. Lies can be convincing. The result is that most chronic pain sufferers that feel in any way slighted by medicine or proposed scams fall into one or more of the stages along the path to acceptance of Complete Chronic Pain Condition.
While in any of those stages such as denial or depression, for example, they are usually oblivious to any alternative help. Medical science effectively treats the top portion of sufferers while the remainder which represent the majority are left to linger in their self-inflicted limbo. There they are incapable of acquiring help mainly because they don’t seek it. It’s almost as if they are denying any measure of assistance if they can’t have the whole enchilada. Some may need a little encouragement to be pointed in the right direction, others might require a gentle push.
I realize this because I have personally been through those devastating stages. And, I took this factor into account when founding the Complete Chronic Pain Condition Organization. I knew getting members was going to be a long haul and would develop in stages. The benefits of belonging to an organization where help is provided might seem logical to someone viewing from the outside in. But while in any of those developmental stages of Complete Chronic Pain Condition the victim is cut off from most reason. This is why in many cases it’s necessary for the loved ones of chronic pain sufferers to take action. After all, in the majority of cases, they are part of the scenario. If they are closely involved in the life of an afflicted person they too are being affected.
We at the Complete Chronic Pain Condition Organization wish you will join us. We await your arrival.

Any comments can be posted at the forum on http://www.ccpcorganization.org

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January 18, 2008

An Introduction To Complete Chronic Pain Condition

In the medical arena pain is a wide open field of study. For purposes here, I am referring to the general interpretation of pain within a society. In that domain there are thought to be two categories of pain: acute and chronic and many people confuse the two as it is very easy to do in some cases. Everybody will suffer from some type of pain at some point in his or her life. I consider pain to be of the physical state as well as the mental state. The measurement of that pain will be based on the individual’s tolerance level among other things. Acute pain, as intense as it can be in certain situations, will subside in time. That duration differs based on many factors including the circumstances as well as the individual. Chronic pain is the stubborn type that for whatever reason is insistent to remain. I’ve determined that the average period for pain to be diagnosed as chronic is about six months. I base that on research done of the opinions of medical practitioners. It means that if pain remains fairly consistent for about six months it is considered chronic pain. Now, there’s not a doorway that the sufferer walks through at the stroke of six months, but it is rather an estimate of a time allowance. Most chronic pain classifications reveal themselves as such and are dramatic in their inclination to remain. It is that type of pain that is openly consistent and obvious as such. I did, however, mention that there are confusing aspects of pain and one of them is that acute pain can be recurring. If supposed acute episodes repeat enough, the pain can be classified as chronic. So, in some borderline cases, the diagnosis is not necessarily a simple feat.
There is a difference between pain and suffering. Pain is the direct result of a cause. Suffering is the entire experience of pain and everything that accompanies it. The type and intensity of pain is but one of several factors that regulates the extent of the ordeal of suffering. As if chronic pain wasn’t enough in itself, it usually develops into a condition of “other things.” I refer to it as Complete Chronic Pain Condition. It is the progressive accumulation of things that develop from harboring chronic pain for an extended amount of time. In other words, it’s the whole mess, and that mess can lead to an escalation of the original affliction and additional afflictions.

Any comments can be posted at the forum on http://www.ccpcorganization.org

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January 17, 2008

Life issues construct the foundation on which chronic pain treatment is built

When I researched for my book Complete Chronic Pain Condition (CCPC): An Overview I realized that there was a bigger picture to the issue of chronic pain than I had realized. The venture of trying to encapsulate that grander scheme was near impossible and it was apparent that something beyond a book was required. I edited much of what I had written into a book that is an overview to serve as a companion piece for the Complete Chronic Pain Condition Organization (CCPC Organization).
In the process of writing my book I found that I had to touch base on several controversial issues to accurately convey what comprises that world of chronic pain and the wake that follows it. The unavoidable truth is that issues of life (those themes that seem to be so abundant today) contribute greatly to the world of chronic pain. If human life is not cherished and dignified, how can we expect the treatment of chronic pain to be even marginally adequate? We are becoming a society that is adhering to mass greed and our overall actions are defining us to have an irreverence for human life in general. There have never before been brought to the decision-making table as many various issues that will ultimately direct the outcome of humanity. While people are starving and war is raging, most of the more fortunate are confronted with the dilemma of what type or brand of HDTV to buy.
People are conditioned by driving forces like government, media, and other methods of selling something to them. Their perception of chronic pain is that it is merely a single or two-dimensional problem and not a multifaceted dilemma that really exists. When you delve deeply into the dark world of chronic pain as I did, you will discover that many of the things that really cause chronic pain and the condition that follows it are socially rooted. Look closely and you will see the consequences of many of the debated life issues in action. Upon scrutiny you will see that many of the same things that comprise the cause also make up the governing forces for the treatment – and that’s scary!

Any comments can be posted at the forum on http://www.ccpcorganization.org