http://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletterThe end of self imposed adult abuse.enCopyright Sam Mela (C/O Blogtalkradio)Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:45:00 GMTSun, 07 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMTSelf HelpBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/btrbetalogo.gifhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.comself help,mental health,media,quality control,shame,suicide,abuse,bullying,family,fatherLosing The Scarlet LetternoThe end of self imposed adult abuse.episodichttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/07/more-chapters-from-losing-the-scarlet-letterSelf Helphttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/07/more-chapters-from-losing-the-scarlet-letter/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/07/more-chapters-from-losing-the-scarlet-letterSun, 07 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMTMore Chapters from Losing the Scarlet Letter Sam reads "My Father" and "Shame Starts Early"; and we interview one of our super-valuable volunteers. Here is some content from "Shame Starts Early": It would be good to be able to say, “The past has lost its power”, but that is easier said than done.  In order to overcome your past, you need to be able to identify your past, to name the abuses, and decide how to stop being a victim of those abuses. Nobody sexually abused me or held my hand over an open flame until it charred.  The abuse was much more subtle than that.  It would be easy if one could confront an abuser My father abused me in ways that I believe he will never admit.  It started early and it never stopped.  My father’s jokes were about how fat I was or how loud I was; or he made jokes to make me feel uncomfortable with the opposite sex.  And the rest of the family just ran with it.  Well, there wasn’t really much of a rest of a family at that time – there was my mother and my sister.  But my family created a mythology for me.  They created a role.  And they were prepared to stick with that role, the story of who I was, and I was supposed to just live with that role, I was supposed to be a fat awkward kid who got spanked a lot, because the rest of the family was generally exasperated with him. 00:30:00Losing The Scarlet LetternoBullying,Mental Health,Shame,Father,FamilySam reads "My Father" and "Shame Starts Early"; and we interview one of our super-valuable volunteers. Here is some content from "Shame Starts Early": It wouhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/06/first-chapters-from-losing-the-scarlet-letterSelf Helphttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/06/first-chapters-from-losing-the-scarlet-letter/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/06/first-chapters-from-losing-the-scarlet-letterSat, 06 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMTFirst Chapters from Losing the Scarlet LetterIn this episode of "Losing The Scarlet Letter.The end of self imposed adult abuse" Sam reads the prologue of his book and the first two chapters.00:24:00Losing The Scarlet LetternoSam Mela,Losing the Scarlet Letter,Prologue,Shame,AbuseIn this episode of "Losing The Scarlet Letter.The end of self imposed adult abuse" Sam reads the prologue of his book and the first two chapters.http://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/04/rosa-parks-episodeSelf Helphttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/04/rosa-parks-episode/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/04/rosa-parks-episodeThu, 04 Apr 2013 21:30:00 GMTRosa Parks Episode After yesterday's intense scrutiny of Mental Health Violence and Quality Control, we go to the flip side of the issue, with a civil rights poem and a creative description of the void too deep for psychology.  I wish to emphasize however, we are looking at the exact same problem (Quality Control), just through a different filter. A Fuss on a Bus "A Fuss on a Bus" is (currently) Chapter 23 in my book "Enough! Losing the Scarlet Letter.  The end of self-imposed adult abuse." It starts out like this: Hey Rosa . . . The eyes of the world were upon you Way way back . . . back in nineteen and sixty two All the world wondered A nation had blundered . . . Summer stopped to stand stark still in sweltering stasis . . . Men, and even senators stood supine The foolish beguiled the wise . . . A woman took a mighty nation to its moral knees . . . I think everyone will enjoy this poem about Rosa Parks. 4 A.M. Someplace "4 A.M. Someplace" is (currently) Chapter 8 in my book "Enough! Losing the Scarlet Letter.  The end of self-imposed adult abuse." It's the artsy touchie feelie side of the same quality control argument i tried to make yesterday in much more logical terms.  It starts out like this: The Wal-Mart fan rattles on the scratched gritty wooden floor and blows the smells of new and ancient sweat off thin unwashed sheets affixed to the rough fibered blue surface of the sleeper couch below; and troubled minds are spinning in circles balancing shaky human alliances and application of scarce resources to problems, like an overmatched general pitting starving troops on a wet frozen battlefield against a superior well fed mechanized opponent.     00:26:00Losing The Scarlet LetternoRosa Parks,Poetry,Psychology,Stan Butkus,Mental HealthAfter yesterday's intense scrutiny of Mental Health Violence and Quality Control, we go to the flip side of the issue, with a civil rights poem and a creativehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/03/mental-health-violence-and-quality-control-1Self Helphttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/03/mental-health-violence-and-quality-control-1/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/03/mental-health-violence-and-quality-control-1Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:00:00 GMTMental Health Violence and Quality Control Tonight Sam and Lynda investigate the mystery of why the media refuses to cover breakdowns in quality control processes in a number of instances of high profile mental health related violence, homicides, suicides, and deaths by negligence. A common thread connects the the nightmare deaths of Steven Sabock, Elizabeth Watts, and 33 persons on the Campus of Virginia Tech, as well as dozens of other mental illness related tragedies -- INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE OF QUALITY CONTROL. Whey the media will not investigate the breakdown in these lifesaving management techniques remains a mystery. References: Patient appears neglected in hours before his death Hospital worker admits falsifying record minutes before patient was found hanged Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Report of the Review Panel00:24:00Losing The Scarlet Letternohomicide,suicide,mental health,quality control,mediaTonight Sam and Lynda investigate the mystery of why the media refuses to cover breakdowns in quality control processes in a number of instances of high profilhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/02/mental-health-violence-and-quality-controlSelf Helphttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/02/mental-health-violence-and-quality-control/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/losingthescarletletter/2013/04/02/mental-health-violence-and-quality-controlTue, 02 Apr 2013 01:30:00 GMTMental Health Violence and Quality Control Tonight Sam and Lynda investigate the mystery of why the media refuses to cover breakdowns in quality control processes in a number of instances of high profile mental health related violence, homicides, suicides, and deaths by negligence. A common thread connects the the nightmare deaths of Steven Sabock, Elizabeth Watts, and 33 persons on the Campus of Virginia Tech, as well as dozens of other mental illness related tragedies -- INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE OF QUALITY CONTROL. Whey the media will not investigate the breakdown in these lifesaving management techniques remains a mystery. References: Patient appears neglected in hours before his death Hospital worker admits falsifying record minutes before patient was found hanged Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech Report of the Review Panel   00:30:00Losing The Scarlet Letternohomocide,suicide,mental health,quality control,mediaTonight Sam and Lynda investigate the mystery of why the media refuses to cover breakdowns in quality control processes in a number of instances of high profil