9. Who is Ellie
Hello,
I am Ellie, who owns and moderates this eGroup. Yahoo has listed my article, The Biology of Emotions, in their Depressive Disoders section and the hits on my website increased. This eGroup, which is for support for persons using the self help measures in that article is growing fast. I want to apologize if some of you have tried to reach me but your email did not come through and to say if the group gets very large, I may not always be able to respond. I hope you will refer to the articles and Archives when you have questions. If you cannot find answers there I am happy to answer questions and will keep trying to do so individually. But this is about self therapy and hopefully everthing you need to know is in the articles. Once you have begun the redirecting you will be guided as your own toxic mind clears. I want to repeat that in my own recovery I had no one to guide me, only the knowledge of the toxic mind theory, so I know this is enough !
for you too. This is why I encourage you to study the articles and read the Archives. I have discontinued posting your comments and my replies, which have become repetitious, and instead will post important information repeatedly. Look for Archives that have a numerical number in the Subject, When you just want support please go to the other Archives.
I want to take this opportunity to tell you who I am not and and who I am
Who I am not...
I am not a psychiatrist, medical doctor, or therapist of any kind. I am not a guru or spiritual teacher. I am not a new friend, that is, in the codependent sense, and certainly not someone who will try to take away your pain by offering you comfort and sympathy. I am not the good mother you didn't have, or a substitute for her. I cannot offer you that codependent kind of love, nor will I let anyone else in the eGroup offer it to you.
Who I am...
I am a neuroscientist, who was on the faculty at NYU Shchool of Medicine and did research in biological psychiatry for close to 50 years, beginning at Rockefeller Univeristy where I worked for, and published with, one of the first scientists to investigate the serotonin hypotheses. I have published many articles, my final one being 'The toxic mind: the biology of mental illness and violence.' The theory presented in this article is scientifically true and has been accepted by the neuroscientists most in authority on this subject. Because of personal denial, most of these scientists are ignoring this discovery. If you are neuroscientists, I will be happy to discuss the biology with you. If you are not, but question the science, I can't debate it with you. The self help measures in the article, The Biology of Emotions, are based on the toxic mind theory, and because the theory is true, the self help measures work if you work them. %100 of persons who used t!
hem as suggested have been relieved of chronic anxiety and depression and in time of emotional disorders and addictions.
I am a person who has been blessed with virtually full recovery (no human has perfect health) from anxiety, depression, a book full of psychiatric disorders, and addictions to people, alcohol, drugs, food, shopping, sex, money, you name it. I am a facilitator who is offering you my experience using the self help measures.
There are times when I have thought that evolution took a turn toward the destruction of our species, and I have just been lucky to stumble on some biological mechansims that, if followed, would change our direction. But the number of coincidences in my life that led me to this discovery and to my own healing have been so overwhelming that I believe this understanding of the biology was a gift from God. I know this is a leap of faith, but I think God, or Higher Power, or Enegry, is tired of the medical approach, the government approach, the philosophical approach, the religious or ethical approach, and has decided to intervene again. I find constant correlation with Biblical stories of Jesus and other spiritual teachers, who were trying to heal using similar techniques. We are Wonderfully made with the capacity to heal from birth and the detoxification process has been going on in all of us even prior to birth. The Knowledge of how to heal is in e!
very living being. It is not some special wisdom given to me. All forms of life know how to heal, but this Knowledge has been obscured by the toxicosis. Toxicosis is the true disease. The symptoms are healing events, and people who are emotionally sick as diagnosed by psychiatry are actually healthier than the apparently normal people who are still emotionally shut down. Melody Beattie has suggested that 99% of the population is codependent--this is the basic addiction-- and this means most humans have toxic minds and are not normal. Toxic minds are delusional minds, and the world is running on delusion. Post flood people are normal.
Who are you...
I must be honest and say that anyone attracted to this eGroup is codependent, has a toxic mind, and is in need of this recovery. Having a toxic mind means that you may not understand the theory or believe it will work for you. You may feel sicker, even crazy, during the redirecting. After doing some redirecting you may feel more depressed temporarily and discouraged. I want to praise you for having the courage to begin this process, If you have joined to see 'if' it works you may not be ready, but I hope a seed is planted.
I will never judge you although I may get angry at your disease if you misdirect anger toward me. I will not allow anyone else in this eGroup to judge you. You are, as I was, an innocent child, and whatever misdirecting of anger you may have done, even murder, was an uncouscious attempt to heal. I love you unconditionally in what I think is the true definition of love-- to care about the well being of another.
Thanks for joining this eGroup and be assured I am a friend, a post flood friend. There is a new eGroup for post flood people where you can share going through the muddy basin period, make friends and be a part of a growing community of emotionally healthy people. The Bible predicts, 'a little child will lead them,' and we are the little children who will lead them.
Ellie