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Theories on conduct disorders THEN vs.NOW?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 85619" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Having been born in 1950 with a lot of little undeclared, undiagnosed alphabet letters after my name, can tell you that life was horrible for me, so bad at 12 I tried to take my own life via a bottle of asprins, got caught before I overdosed....sigh Most parents on this board would have called 911 or made an appointment with a psychiatric doctor - I got a beating for it because of the shame I could have brought down on our house. Bad report cards = beatings (NOW I know I have some learning disabilities, but back then...). No impulse control, beatings again.</p><p></p><p>Beatings or reform school - those were the two options for children with conduct disorders. They broke you or sent you away. People wax poetic about the "good old days" - makes me laugh because those were the days of absolute ignorance if you were the one who happened to have mental health issues. On the surface, its all good, cept when the front door closed - no one knew what went on.</p><p></p><p>Years of abuse, because that is what it was, knowingly or unknowingly, brought to my invisible alphabet letters the ODD one. It was the one thing that probably saved my life. </p><p></p><p>It was probably a good thing that the mentally retarded were kept in the house and away from everyone during that time period. People didn't handle "different" as well as they do today. If you marched to a different drummer you were pretty much s crewed back in the good old days</p><p></p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 85619, member: 47"] Having been born in 1950 with a lot of little undeclared, undiagnosed alphabet letters after my name, can tell you that life was horrible for me, so bad at 12 I tried to take my own life via a bottle of asprins, got caught before I overdosed....sigh Most parents on this board would have called 911 or made an appointment with a psychiatric doctor - I got a beating for it because of the shame I could have brought down on our house. Bad report cards = beatings (NOW I know I have some learning disabilities, but back then...). No impulse control, beatings again. Beatings or reform school - those were the two options for children with conduct disorders. They broke you or sent you away. People wax poetic about the "good old days" - makes me laugh because those were the days of absolute ignorance if you were the one who happened to have mental health issues. On the surface, its all good, cept when the front door closed - no one knew what went on. Years of abuse, because that is what it was, knowingly or unknowingly, brought to my invisible alphabet letters the ODD one. It was the one thing that probably saved my life. It was probably a good thing that the mentally retarded were kept in the house and away from everyone during that time period. People didn't handle "different" as well as they do today. If you marched to a different drummer you were pretty much s crewed back in the good old days Marcie [/QUOTE]
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