Wasted Honor -- - Say What you Need To Say......: Black Days – Sad Days

Wasted Honor -

Carl R. ToersBijns is the author of the Wasted Honor Trilogy [Wasted Honor I,II and Gorilla Justice] and his newest book From the Womb to the Tomb, the Tony Lester Story, which is a reflection of his life and his experiences as a correctional officer and a correctional administrator retiring with the rank of deputy warden in the New Mexico and Arizona correctional systems.

Carl also wrote a book on his combat experience in the Kindle book titled - Combat Medic - Men with destiny - A red cross of Valor -

Carl is considered by many a rogue expert in the field of prison security systems since leaving the profession. Carl has been involved in the design of many pilot programs related to mental health treatment, security threat groups, suicide prevention, and maximum custody operational plans including double bunking max inmates and enhancing security for staff. He invites you to read his books so you can understand and grasp the cultural and political implications and influences of these prisons. He deals with the emotions, the stress and anxiety as well as the realities faced working inside a prison. He deals with the occupational risks while elaborating on the psychological impact of both prison worker and prisoner.

His most recent book, Gorilla Justice, is an un-edited raw fictional version of realistic prison experiences and events through the eyes of an anecdotal translation of the inmate’s plight and suffering while enduring the harsh and toxic prison environment including solitary confinement.

Carl has been interviewed by numerous news stations and newspapers in Phoenix regarding the escape from the Kingman prison and other high profile media cases related to wrongful deaths and suicides inside prisons. His insights have been solicited by the ACLU, Amnesty International, and various other legal firms representing solitary confinement cases in California and Arizona. He is currently working on the STG Step Down program at Pelican Bay and has offered his own experience insights with the Center of Constitutional Rights lawyers and interns to establish a core program at the SHU units. He has personally corresponded and written with SHU prisoners to assess the living conditions and how it impacts their long term placement inside these type of units that are similar to those in Arizona Florence Eyman special management unit where Carl was a unit deputy warden for almost two years before his promotion to Deputy Warden of Operations in Safford and Eyman.

He is a strong advocate for the mentally ill and is a board member of David's Hope Inc. a non-profit advocacy group in Phoenix and also serves as a senior advisor for Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council in Chino, California As a subject matter expert and corrections consultant, Carl has provided interviews and spoken on national and international radio talk shows e.g. BBC CBC Lou Show & TV shows as well as the Associated Press.

I use sarcasm, satire, parodies and other means to make you think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Black Days – Sad Days – Gloomy Day

We have often blamed rainy days and melancholy days as a reason for being sad. But when you take a look at the sunny days you may find that you aren’t necessarily feeling any more cheerful or energized but there is something to be said about black and dark days compared to sunny days. Sunny days are overrated. Sufficient daylight or sunlight has not much of an impact on somebody that is experiencing excessive stress or anxiety in their lives.

Mood fluctuations and depression go hand in hand. Your life can take only so much of this depression within you before you do your body and your mind permanent harm as the stresses add up and become a way of life for you and impacting others. Another factor are the holidays that come around and make things even more depressing than before. Memories and remembrances come alive and those that have gone or passed on become a vivid picture inside your mind that struggles to keep it alive.

This may lead you to take on bad habits that may tend to hamper your ability to feel good or even a little bit better. People experiencing depression or sadness tend to sleep and eat more than before; they gain weight and become irritable at the slightest things. They either seclude themselves or experience feelings of rejection or over-sensitivity and see themselves as burdens to others or self.

Dark days or sad days can be managed more positively and should be noticed by family and friends as they are the makings of a depressed mood that may lead to self-harm or suicides. The symptoms are there for people to see and are not necessarily a cause due to a general medical condition however, since the person may be depressed, they may likely be ignoring their health needs and reluctance to seek any treatment that may be required.

Family and friends should be looking for numerous signs that may give indications of such sad feelings. Remembering we are not talking about a general medical or psychological condition such as incongruent delusions or hallucinations. We are mainly referring to diminished interest or participating in activities that may be pleasurable or fun; either a significant weight loss or gain; insomnia or sleepless nights, fatigue or loss of energy and unexplainable feelings of guilt or indecisiveness in matters either personal or business.

Sadly these signs also include recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide either by oneself or by cop. The problem is best described as a mood disorder or a general emotional state of a person whether or not he or she is in a good mood or a bad mood. Are they happy or sad and as we all know, a persons with such a disorder may feel these moods to an extreme and makes them have difficulties to cope and function in their daily life.