T.R.U.S.T. (TO RELY UPON SOMEBODY TOTALLY) by Rufus West
a/k/a Muslim Mansa Lutalo lyapo April 3, 2018
When a child is
conceived, the baby is unable to provide for itself. When the child is born it
has to rely on somebody else for its provisions. This total vulnerability is
the closest analogy that I could draw upon to articulate the sense of helplessness
that a person suffering from a mental illness feels when in need of
psychological help... especially in the penitentiary.
The person who
is suffering from psychological trauma is unable to self-help him or herself
out of the "Danger Zone" of terror that is invisible to the naked
eye. Consequently, some ultimately commit suicide, self-mutilate, become
violent, or suffer in silence. I ruminate on the total reliability that one in
that situation is forced to have on
the professional who is trained to treat such terrors.
The reality is
that because humans are fallible by nature there will be times when that total
trust is betrayed intentionally or unintentionally. The result is the survivor
suffering from an exacerbated psychological scar that causes indescribable
damage to the person.
Those who are
set on keeping people who suffer from psychological illnesses in prison need to
provide the necessary number of clinical staff to balance out the
disproportionate ratio between the two. There's no valid excuse for a person's
pleas for psychological help to be unnecessarily delayed because that person is
being forced to rely upon somebody totally. -
- ----- Salaam
Rufus West 225213; GBCI;PO Box 19033; Green Bay, WI 54307
