anameutrust of Hallowell, ME Susan believes,
"abused due to George Bush's America that he created in only 7 years!!!"

Susan, he nearly won the first election and again the second. Perhaps America created GW.

What's the best book you and friends have discussed this winter?

Who are the Nobel Laureates and why? (I can't name them off the top but can you look them up?)report abuse

Susan of Pownal, ME If it's bad now, what's it going to be as the state and country sinks lower? They need to look at a family when animals abuse is turned in. That's where it starts. Many women, kids and animals are going to be severely abused due to George Bush's America that he created in only 7 years!!!report abuse

Mystery Curious in Maine of Waterville, ME It's refreshing to see signs of intelligent life-form in Reader Comments. Mark Katz - Hallowell, the slinky and silly putty put things in a perspective that Maniacs can understand. For once, I agree with everyone's comments today. The only exception being that Public Works does the very minimum in maintenance, out of tax dollars, and trash pick-up/removal each week is billed directly to each household. I see a street sweeper once-a-year, little snow removal, no new street signs, curbs never painted, holes in the road, and after-hours plowing. If this is any relection of how victims of abuse are considered, it's little wonder so many are dead, and so many more are alive to carry the burden of neglect and abuse. It takes a strong personality to cope with, and manage the effects of damage once it's done. Some survive and overcome. Some don't. There also well educated abusers. Education is not the key to prevention. There are many forms and causes of abuse, not always apparent to doctors or educators. The Perfect Family isn't always what it seems to be. A black eye or broken bones are easily detected, but a twisted, impressionable mind and soul can't be detected. How to find these victims would mean running everyone's life and household within a supervised regiment, and that's a price no one can afford. I've seen alot of male figures dominate, control, abuse, and perfom acts of violence. They were well respected by their neighbors and the community. Putting an axe to a chair in a fit of rage, chasing a child with a shovel, with intent to harm, etc..Yet, these men were admired by friends and family. Their offsprings went on to become leaders, reaching high ranks in the military, or becoming pillars of society. Not everyone with a rotten childhood becomes a dirt-bag killer. Sometimes, exposure can have a reverse effect..knowing you never want to grow up like your mother or father, and insist you'll be a better parent to your child, than the parenting that you got.report abuse

Mark Katz of Hallowell, ME conclusion

For wounded children, persistent change and recovery do not happen quickly. Medicaid models for brief psychotherapy and behavior management do not reflect the underlying realities.

Healing takes time and it usually requires seasoned, highly skilled therapists. The children of trauma do not simply return to the nest to heal once the damage is done. Evidence is clear, also, that much childhood trauma is trans-generational.

The unhealed child grows to become the neglectful and abusive parent. The cycle is only interrupted if necessary interventions promote real healing (or if a generation is neutered and prevented from parenting.)


Sociopathy and psychopathy are outcomes of abuse and neglect. Their social costs are astronomical in terms of both dollars and humanity. I, for one, am not comfortable allowing the bean-counters and the servants of the politicians to determine by default how we cure ourselves every time cyclical downturns impinge upon the coffers.

These are neither the best times, nor are fiscal managers the best judges of what ultimately represents best practice.report abuse