Tom Cruise (c) Ed Wexler Illustration
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
-- Lily Tomlin
who woulda thought tom cruise would one day piss the living daylights outta me?! his "generic tom cruise character" bores me to tears -- and i'm positive brooke shields would second that motion (if she read this). in one of his recent interviews, tom cruise criticised brooke shields for taking antidepressants. hey, what gives??
Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women who are experiencing postpartum depression decide what treatment options are best for them.
i'm no fan of the actress but i gotta admit, she's right. i have a couple of friends who are undergoing psychotherapy (or "counseling") simply because it works for them. we can't be a bunch of little hitlers and feed people's minds with our own beliefs. it took years to wash away the stigma of therapy, that it isn't necessarily for cuckoos, but for anybody -- rich or poor, young or old -- who needs help and is not afraid to acknowledge it.
watching smeagol a.k.a. gollum in "LOTR: The Return of the King" on encore, made me think of tom cruise's "erratic behaviour" nowadays. well no, he isn't like smeagol but i was thinking, "hmm... what if smeagol had counseling and took antidepressants, maybe his MPD could've been brought under control." tom cruise's hodgepodge philosophy should definitely be kept among his precioussss inner circle of [scientology] friends. i could only hope he lightens up, as his fellow co-celebrity, robin williams said, "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
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