tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post2977259814877155025..comments2024-01-18T07:59:31.728-08:00Comments on The Second Son: Book Review: Cut Me LooseG*3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-70502295227111449542015-06-29T15:20:25.290-07:002015-06-29T15:20:25.290-07:00Excellent review! I was looking forward to the bo...Excellent review! I was looking forward to the book since I know some of her family members well and have OTD sympathies myself, but I was dissapointed. In Leah's other writing she speaks out against marginalizing OTD people with the mental illness canard, but her own book reinforces that and other negative stereotypes. I really wanted to see things her way but I can't help but think that in light of the bizarre behavior she describes her family could have been well meaning but simply exhausted. It's still heartbreaking though, that she put herself into a hospital as cry for attention and help and got none. But parents are in a difficult position when their children cry out for negative attention; if you give it to them you reinforce the negative behavior. I think the response should be to provide positive attention, as Rabbi Fink argues in his review of the same book, but I recognize that may not always be easy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-22060778781089135032015-06-26T01:05:41.451-07:002015-06-26T01:05:41.451-07:00I cant help but regard Orthodox Judaism itself as ...I cant help but regard Orthodox Judaism itself as a form of OCD. How to wipe your butt, passover cleaning, rituals fand regulations or just about every second of your life and on and on. Can such a system actually create mental illness ? Alter Cocker Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263517660985042288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-7793899920697404662015-06-26T01:00:56.261-07:002015-06-26T01:00:56.261-07:00Side question: Is mental illness more common among...Side question: Is mental illness more common among Jews in general or Orthodox Jews ? We know there is a propensity for certain genetic diseases among Jews - inbreeding no doubt. Given Orthodox culture MAY have a reluctance to get a diagnosis or seek help for mental illness would anybody know the answer. Alter Cocker Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263517660985042288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-24559532640187596012015-06-19T07:07:53.179-07:002015-06-19T07:07:53.179-07:00I agree with your analysis of Leah's book, how...I agree with your analysis of Leah's book, however, I've only read excerpts of it. To me it even feels something like a hit job on the OTD community, since it feeds a lot of stereotypes that are commonly parroted in religious communities. We left just for the sex, or the bacon, or because Shabbat was too hard, or whatever. <br /><br />If there is a lesson here it's that insular communities have a hard time dealing with mental illness. We've known that for a long time.A Kefirahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474560089122987417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-60417227348901812422015-06-14T16:03:55.025-07:002015-06-14T16:03:55.025-07:00Thank you.Thank you.G*3https://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-39639134764926101982015-06-14T14:57:13.097-07:002015-06-14T14:57:13.097-07:00Didn't read it because I don't like books ...Didn't read it because I don't like books with so much hatred. <br /><br />BTW, Shulem Deen's book is excellent, certainly a worthwhile read. You and Shulem have similar online personas. Both of you are patient and deliberate debaters. I admire both of your writings tremendously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com