Psychiatry is a hoax. The “mental illnesses” that it invents with increasing frequency are not illnesses in any ordinary sense of the term. Its “diagnoses” are destructive, disempowering, and stigmatizing; and its “treatments” (drugs and electric shocks) always do more damage than good, especially in the long term.
In our struggle against this destructive travesty, it’s important to deliver our message in a variety of methods, including music. In July 2017, Richard Lewis published the music video “Benzo Blue” on Mad in America. The song “highlights the struggles of the millions of worldwide victims/survivors of prescribed benzodiazepine drugs such as Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, and Valium.”
Last week Richard published a new video called “How Long a Time”. You can see it on Mad in America here. It’s a powerful piece of work, which captures the plight and frustrations of people caught in the drug-pushing net of psychiatric “care”. Here are the lyrics, which I’ve transcribed from the video.
"How Long A Time" Written and Performed by Richard Lewis
Dedicated to all the victims and families harmed by psychiatry and the oppressive "Mental Health" system
Tell me how long a time Will it take to be free From all of their chains They have wrapped around me Oh, there's more on my mind I still have to lose They'll darken your soul And lay bare the blues
Tell me how long a time Must we all endure All them made-up diseases Oh they promise to cure All their labels and drugs That will lock up your mind Darken your soul And no peace will you find
No peace will you find At Doctor Feel Good's pharmacy Damn all their lies God damn psychiatry Got more chains on my mind Oh I still have to lose They'll darken your soul Oh, and lay bare the blues.
Oh can't trust them to know all my fears Or about the time Oh I wanted to die Won't let them ever lock me away Or even see me cry
No, no, no tell me how long a time Before people will see Oh we're not broken brains Or defective genes Oh it's a troubled world Oh, full of anxiety Oh, we all have our stories And we all have our dreams.
Remember your stories Oh, and hold on to your dreams 'Cause no peace will you find Oh at Doctor Feel Good's pharmacy Damn all their lies God damn psychiatry Got more chains on my mind Oh I still have to lose They'll darken your soul Oh, and lay bare the blues. They'll darken your soul Oh, and lay bare the blues.
Please take a look at the video, and pass along.