Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

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I just finished watching the Today show interview that Matt Lauer did with Tom Cruise. I'm quite simply mystified by his take on psychiatry. He claims to know more about it than just about anyone, including those with medical degrees. I'm just curious about what others think about his vocal opinion on the subject. Am I crazy or does HE need a psychiatrist?

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I do so hope he will be sharing his views on diabetes, cancer and heart disease with us soon. It is so rarely we're treated to the opportunity to learn from so knowledgable a man. Maybe we can stop medicating these conditions, too. :uhoh3:

Ditto that!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

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SHUT UP AND ACT

~faith,

Timothy.

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Amen Mercy........or maybe he will open a Tom Cruise Hospital...I'd LOVE to see just how HE handles psych pts OFF their meds, real life up close and personal...now that would be an interesting show!

ps-being sarcastic..wouldn't want the pts to endure that :/

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Did anyone hear on the news today the study that shows MEN also suffer from post partum blues? Tom should watch out. He may be one of those men down the road if Katie does have children with him. :uhoh3:

I am not sure that Katie and Tom will be able to have kids---his kids with Nicole Kidman were both adopted. Don't know which one of them, if either, was infertile--maybe they were just both too busy with their acting careers to go through a pregnancy; who knows.

I wonder why Tom didn't jump all over Marie Osmond? Remember her bout with severe post-partum depression? I don't recall for sure whether she came out publicly in support of any meds that helped her, though---that's been a while.

Here's what I wonder about the Scientologist "no meds" philosophy---now, supposedly Michael Jackson is a devout Scientologist. Yet, if you saw him as he walked into court every day toward the end of the tril, he almost appeared to be doing "The Thorazine Shuffle." Don't know what he was on, but he was clearly medicated----seemed like he always needed physical support of one or another of his entourage just to stand up.

And what about the "back pain" he had to keep going to the ER for? Surely they didn't just pray with him there! I suspect he got himself a hefty dose of Percocet or Oxycontin!

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I am not sure that Katie and Tom will be able to have kids---his kids with Nicole Kidman were both adopted. Don't know which one of them, if either, was infertile--maybe they were just both too busy with their acting careers to go through a pregnancy; who knows.

I wonder why Tom didn't jump all over Marie Osmond? Remember her bout with severe post-partum depression? I don't recall for sure whether she came out publicly in support of any meds that helped her, though---that's been a while...................................................................................

Well, IF Tom is sterile, Katie must not know it because part of a girl dreaming her whole life to be with a certain someone is being able to birth babies with that person. It's like being able to combine the best of them by sharing a "girl for you...a boy for me...whatever". :uhoh3: She is so starry eyed, she doesn't know the REAL Tom yet. I sure hope her parents, grandparents, and other family & friends are talking some sense into her because she is CLEARLY star struck and wearing those rose-colored glasses big time! :rolleyes:

As for Marie Osmond...yes, I do remember her bout with severe PPD. She did take medication for a time (don't quote me, but I think I heard her say she did during that awful time in her life). :)

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And the people here have just given him five more pages of attention...lol

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I just know that the expert on psychiatry that I want to listen to, is a man that can't keep a marriage together and chases after cute young things and declares that he is in love after a few weeks together. Who hasn't done a really good movie in years.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!

EXACTLY! the poster boy for midlife crisis needs to quiet down. :rolleyes:

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not to change the subject...but do any of you know about the lpn to rn degrees online? i am looking for info as i graduate in december and want to go straight on to rn school but no classes start till next summer. oh and i thought that tom cruise was an ass. unless he has spent hours and hours and hours in a psych unit and seen first hand how meds can positively change those people's lives, then he needs to shut the heck up. He may have done "research" but i doubt he has seen anything up close and personal. take care all.

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I watched the interview, and I am going to watch the follow up on Monday. I used to have seizures, and I have been on more meds than Tommy can ever IMAGINE! I have also had PPD, and believe me, I would not hesitate to ask for meds for that if I were in that position again. I really get a kick of a 42 year-old MAN with a high school education who has never even had a menstrual period giving advice to women with PPD :rotfl: ! I simply wondered as I saw thie interview, Do other people see through his lack of info and view him as a misinformed actor, or would they listen to him because he's Tom Cruise?

Used to be a big fan of his. He (his characters) reminded me of my old boyfriend, Allen. When Cruise made Top Gun, my Allen had just gone into the Air Force! This really bummed me out, so I did not see Top Gun as soon as it was released. I didn't see it until sometime around 1985 or so. By then I was over my boyfriend. My h.s. boyfriend graduated h.s. in 1982. He enlisted in the Air Force right then. I was still in h.s. for 2 more years. In 1984, I graduated h.s. My former boyfriend even sent me a graduation card. I was touched. It was good to hear from one more time. I, like I said previously, suffered from seizures, so I was not eligible for military service (medical disqualification). I stayed at home for a couple of years and went to community college. Then 2 years later, I transferred to SWT (Texas State) and lived in a dorm. My h.s. boyfriend was still in the Air Force. What he did, I did not know.

One day, before midterms some of the guys in our dorm (it was coed) decided to have a really big party. I decided to attend with some of my friends. During the party, the topic of discussion turned to former dates, boyfriends, and girlfriends. . . When it was my turn, I talked about him. I told the crowd that I only dated one guy, and he is in the Air Force. That pretty much ended that. The party ended, and I went back to my room-God I hated that little box!

A couple of weeks later, I was in the lobby, and one of the R.A.s asked me if I wanted to stay around for movie night. I asked what they were showing. He replied, "Top Gun." I told him, "Nah, I think I'll pass.I really need to study for midterms."

I went upstairs and studied for my tests. I was a psychology major(Big Mistake if you don't get at least a master's). The next week, everyone studied for their tests. I usually studied in the lobby, but this one time, I felt the nagging need to go to THE BOX (my room). I don't know why, I just had an eerie feeling that I needed to be in my room for a while. That never happened to me before that, but I just went with it. Up I went. As I put my hand on my doorknob, the phone rang... My phone never rang. Everyone that needed to talk to me lived near me, and my parents never called me-I called them. Curiously, I picked up the phone and answered,"Hello?"

"Laura, this is Allen." were the next words I heard. I almost passed out! I never even spoke his name until last week. I just let him go... Now He was BACK??? He told me that he was on a leave, and could we go out and get a cup of coffee sometime for old time's sake. How could I say no to something harmless like that? I agreed. He told me he would pick me up next friday, and then he hung up. I was still in a trance with my jaw on the floor. I finally put the phone down, and went downstairs. Why now? Right before my midterms?

The week passed, and I studied and waited. I did fine on my midterms, but I was horribly distracted. Now I had this geeky guy to explain to my entire dorm! Joy! The week passed, and I went up to my room to get ready. Then came a call from my dorm director. "Laura, you have a guest in the lobby." A guest, that sounded strange to me. I went downstairs to "face the music" hoping to sneak out of the dorm without anyone noticing me. I had no idea what I was about to get into. I looked around and the lobby was PACKED!!! EVERYONE that lived there, and a few who didn't, were there! Now I was really nervous!!! Did EVERYONE have to BE THERE NOW?????

I looked around and couldn't see him, I looked andlooked, Not there... I decided to go and wait by the door, and see if the guest could find me. As I was going to a chair, I noticed this group of people around this guy in a leather jacket. I kept looking and OMG I just kept looking up and GEEZThat can't be, OMG IT"S HIM!!! I just stood there paralyzed and unable to speak. He had grown 6 inches in height, and just LOOk at those SHOULDERS! Broadest shoulders I had ever seen! Blonde hair, and a back and chest like I had never seen before :eek:

We went out and kept in touch after that. I then found out that he repaired B-52 Bombers in the Air Force! Couldn't believe it! I still had 2 more years of college, and he still had one more year of the Air Force before he was able to leave honorably. We got married and have 2 little girls now. He works for NASA repairing the Shuttle now, and I am almost in Nursing school.

Back to topic, I used to think so highly of Cruise, probably because he reminded me of my boyfriend (now husband). I guess what gets me the most about Cruises comment, is that He has never had PPD, I HAVE! He better hope he never meets ME! I have another movie for him to make: My life with Allen. (In this story, true story, Allen, played by tommy, would go through electrical engineering school using the money he got through veterans benefits-not much at all- and work every free day he had to support himself and his seizure stricken wife(played by katie) while putting himself through the University of Texas by himself. He would do well in his ELectircal Engineeing classes and Get a Coop job near the end of school. This job would have perfect insurance and stock options but an intern's pay. Then he would be reading on the internet on night, after he came home from work, and he would say look here sweetheart, There is a new operation they have to cure epilepsy! :eek:

I laughed and told him that if my seizures could be cured that simply, my parents and doctors would have done it by now! I had them for 25 years! But, I needed more meds, and I needed a prescription to get the pills. I also needed to see a neurologist, so I used our new insurance policy and went to one of their neurologists on the list. I asked him about the operation Allen saw on the internet. The neurologist gave me a referral to a neurologist in houston at Baylor. I never saw the first neurologist again! The doctor said I would need an MRI and some other tests to determine if I was a candidate for surgery. Guess what: I was! I had surgery that year, and my siezures are gone!!!!!!!!!! :balloons: I joked with the medical staff as I was being prepped for surgery, I have always wanted to give my doctor a peice of my mind, I just never thought I would get to do it!! :) After my surgery, I woke up, ran my hand over the side of my head, and discoverd they had sutured my head closed with 42 staples!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What, They STAPLED ME SHUT???!!! THEY CAN"T EVEN SEW? :rolleyes: My nurses laughed at that for hours!

Then a year later Tommy would teach katie to drive a car in Houston after never having driven before, he would get a job on the return to flight engineeing team at NASA, and Then HE would take the family to DISNEYWORLD!!!!!!!! How's that for a boy meets girl movie? True story every bit. My husband got me that surgery, taught me how to drive, gave me children, and is fixing the Space Shuttle. (MY HERO!)

Let Tommy Cruise DO THAT katie!!!!!!!!!!!! (I beat ya katie)

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not to change the subject...but do any of you know about the lpn to rn degrees online? i am looking for info as i graduate in december and want to go straight on to rn school but no classes start till next summer. oh and i thought that tom cruise was an ass. unless he has spent hours and hours and hours in a psych unit and seen first hand how meds can positively change those people's lives, then he needs to shut the heck up. He may have done "research" but i doubt he has seen anything up close and personal. take care all.

honeydust, your question about lpn to rn will get lost on this thread. I suggest doing a search for it, as I know I have seen it discussed here at allnurses before, or starting a new thread, so that people will see it and respond.

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I do so hope he will be sharing his views on diabetes, cancer and heart disease with us soon. It is so rarely we're treated to the opportunity to learn from so knowledgable a man. Maybe we can stop medicating these conditions, too. :uhoh3:
:rotfl: I LOVE IT.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: IMAGINE THE MONEY WE COULD SAVE WITH A DOC LIKE TOM CRUISE
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Obviously, he never had someone close to him with mental disease. (which it would be hard to believe). May be he is so narcisistic, that he is the only person that counts. He may be anti-social after all. Tom Cruise never had an anxiety attack? This can be very common and sudden. And some people can have them so often that they really have to get medicated or they could arm themself or someone else.

I do not wish anything to anyone but he need to research a little more and be way more humble. He should look at himself and how he behaved on the interview! :uhoh3:

I think that Matt Lauer kept his cool very well, because TC truly was attacking him bad. No respect. He almost called him stupid!

Of course, like most of you guys, I think that we over drug our kids (and others), that their his other approach to try, such has behavior modification...

I am thinking the time when I was working with autistics, schizophrenics in summer camps, before being a nurse, and the majority of these kids needed there drugs and consistency in their care.

I wonder what Kidman is thinking! :rolleyes:

Thanks to the member who gave the link to the Lauer-Cruise interview! :bow:

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