PLEASE READ - What I wrote for a NAMI writing group (From "The Maxx" prompt)

The Maxx Episode 1 (1995)

By: Sam Kieth

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What I wrote for a NAMI writing group (From "The Maxx" prompt):

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The society we live in doesn't care about the homeless, they're seen as being burdensome "criminals" to police and social workers. Many homeless people suffer from mental illness, either their mental illness makes them live on the street because they don't know how to function in the real world, or they become ill due to the unimaginable hell they live through.

Many homeless people become rage-filled at successful people, for example, the rich woman in the show. They were attracted to her and viewed her as "all that's wrong with society" because she's either a millionaire or a billionaire. So they likely killed her.

Nobody is empathetic towards the pain that drove the homeless person to snap and commit a crime. Police say "arrest them, throw them in jail." It's not a black and white/good evil issue. Isn't the woman they killed bullying and committing a nonviolent injustice against the homeless man by ignoring his pain and suffering.

Many homeless people begin living in a fantasyland, a daydream world because their real world is too painful. They're forced to be uneducated and don't have the tools to escape their hell. The wealthy, police, social workers villanize the homeless - shouldn't they villainize society, the millionaire, and billionaires as well? Though, it's no excuse for killing the rich woman.

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At some point in life, everyone gets bullied (some more severe than others), whether it's by a sadistic psychopath (a criminal), kids at school, their parents. Trauma often leads to mental illness. Then with that trauma, the victim can become the bully.

Some people try to fight off their rage and help people who are going through struggles (become a "superhero" and break the cycle), while the weaker, evil, more sadistic psychopaths take pleasure in victimizing the weak. 

Unfortunately being weak, naive, not in a position of power makes you scriptable to bullies, it makes you a target. You need to get strong, assert yourself, and fight for good.

Even if you don't believe in God or religion, the right thing to do is fight off the concept of evil and help the truly wholesome and good. 

Just because somebody is a psychiatrist doesn't make them "good." They're often concerned about their life, their career, their job - and it's easier to ignore the struggling, give lip-service, with no intention of truly helping when you really need to stand up to evil. This is "sort of" what happened in Nazi Germany. The ordinary civilians were too afraid to stand up to Hitler and the Nazis. Just because you're afraid for your life, don't turn a blind eye, because you never know the Nazis can come for you next. Sometimes the bully is too powerful for one person and you need a strong person to help. Sadly, some victims never get help.

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On a much lighter note, what I found helped me fight off extreme sadness was comedy. Playing an over-the-top, sensational, absurd, "craziest of crazy" "pro-wrestling-like" character based on myself (dark humor). Some people can't laugh at the extreme sadness - which I understand. I can and it's therapeutic for me. With that said, much of what I post is true, I'm just extremely dramatic - myself with the volume turned WAY UP!