A Humanistic Approach Towards Mental Illness

Re: # 5
Abskii, what do you do??

Christmas carol by Psychiatrically challenged:

SCHIZOPHRENIA:Do you hear what i hear ?

MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER:We three queens Disoriented are

DEMENTIA:I think i will be home for Christmas

NARCISSISTIC:Hark the herald angels sing about me

MANIC:Check the halls,and lawns,and walls and steerts and stores and stores and office and town and cars and busses and trucks and trees and fire hydrants

PARANOID:Santa Clause is coming to get me

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER:Jingle bell Jingle Bell Jingle bell rock Jingle bell Jingle ......

you make it sound like we may not need the mental health ordinance to be implemented to achieve the same purpo se in Pakistan.that is the right to live a normal and dignified life for a person going through or recovered from a mental upset. if awareness and empathy for the mentally ill could be developed in just aday! how is it possible to reach so many people and meanwhile the mental sufferings go on. adding to the physiological sufferings which a human bein` has to undergo anyway. a mentally ill person negatively controls the lives of those close to him.then tell me will the MHO be redundant in our hands?

Re: # 35
dear foggy....i am feeling a bit foggy after reading your letter. living in canada for the last

30 years i am out of touch with recent developments in pakstan...can you share with me

what is MHO....?

i am in full agreement for doctors and nurses to educate families and treat people who

need mental health services...it is an uphill struggle but worth it. are you involved in health

care services in pakistan? what is your experience? sincerely sohail

sorry, did not mean to make you foggy`. canada is a beautiful country. so coming down to the ornery scenario...mho simply stands for the mental health ordinance pakistan, which has been around since 2001. it is SUPPOSED that when it is Implemented-then mental patients will get their due protection. concerned people like the mental health staff, and the families of mental patients, the mental patient if educated enough, and the citizens of pakistan;allwill have a platform, where they will find their voice, and have their say, and be heard. me, i am one of the concerned citizens. i think your views on the dignity and quality of life of the mentally ill are gentle, good and ``humanistic``.

Re: # 37
dear foggy...thanks for the clarification. i am glad we are on the same wavelength....sohail

Dear Dr Sohail!

u have explained a lot abt mental health problems and about their awareness in community, but there is one querry in my mind d even if a person is personally aware of mental health process, there are poeple in our society who r literally playing wth the minds of people. dont u think d the way a therapist develops a step by step relation with client for therapy, the same way that relations should be resolved at the end of therapy? and if due to the incapability of therapist, therapist breaks the relation during some crisis completely(when the bonding of client with thereapist is at its peak), then in that case where would d shattered client go?

could u plz put some light on this issue? and in case how do a client can come up with this double crisis?

Re: # 39
dear smile 22....you have asked a very important question. it is a serious crisis for a client

to feel betrayed by the therapist. i have met a few patients in my life who felt betrayed by

their therapits. i had to work hard to gain their trust and help them realize that all therapists

are not the same. it is similar to those children who feel betrayed by their parents and

teachers. it is hard for them to trust authroity figures in the future. i feel the same

principles apply to social and poltical leaders of organizations, institutions and states.

but i am optimistic that when persons, families and communities realize the problem they

can solve it by choosing a therapist or a leader they can fully trust and who is worthy of

their trust and can guide them to solve their problems...thank you for asking such an

insightful question...sincerely sohail

Re: # 39
dear smile 22....you have asked a very important question. it is a serious crisis for a client

to feel betrayed by the therapist. i have met a few patients in my life who felt betrayed by

their therapits. i had to work hard to gain their trust and help them realize that all therapists

are not the same. it is similar to those children who feel betrayed by their parents and

teachers. it is hard for them to trust authroity figures in the future. i feel the same

principles apply to social and poltical leaders of organizations, institutions and states.

but i am optimistic that when persons, families and communities realize the problem they

can solve it by choosing a therapist or a leader they can fully trust and who is worthy of

their trust and can guide them to solve their problems...thank you for asking such an

insightful question...sincerely sohail

Dear Dr Sohail
if u don`t mind, reading ur philosophy towards life and humanity in general, I am curious to see u personally, would you mind telling me some easier and practical way to meet you?

Dear Dr Sohail
if u don`t mind, reading ur philosophy towards life and humanity in general, I am curious to see u personally, would you mind telling me some easier and practical way to meet you?

Re: # 43
dear smile 22...i practice psychotherapy and live in a darvesh`s hut in whitby ontario

canada, close to toronto. my dear friends, the artists, mystics, poets and philosophers meet

every sunday in darveshon ka dera. you are more than welcome to come anytime. last

month mohammad gill (who i knew through chowk.com and never met) came to see us and

we had a wonderful lunch and discussion. we put the details of our meetings on my website

www.drsohail.com

where do you live?

you can also welcome to write to me

welcome@drsohail.com

thank you for your sincere interest....sincerely sohail

Dear Dr Sohail
thankyou for your generosity but this recipie is good for those who are in canada, what about those who can`t come to canada?????????

smiles

Re: # 45
dear smiles..then you can invite me for a cup tea with directions to your home...where do you live? sohail

Dear Dr Sohail

OH Great!!! so wen do I am able to see u??? in pakistan

smile22

Re: # 47

dear smiles22...23...24...did you see my interview in surkh chanar magazine of lahore,,,if not you can see it on my website...
www.drsohail.com
My book...Love, Sex and marriage
is being published again in India.
I and my Canadian sweetheart Bette Davis are planning to visit India and Pakistan in Decemebr 2007. what city do you live in? My sister lives in Lahore...thanks for the invitation...how did you pick the name smiles and why 22 not 26...sincerely sohail