Comments on: Dr. Drew Pinsky Apologizes About Tom Cruise Comment

By: cali

cali — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:03:35 +0000

The truth is none of us know TC or Dr. P, etc.
For those of us who believe COS is a cult, the best thing we can do is pray for him and his family. That’s what I’m doing and even if they really believe in aliens…God
created them, too.

By: justin

justin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:19:59 +0000

A realized person isn’t someone with a MD next to his name. If Mr. Pinksy was in that state, he wouldn’t see himself in Mr. Cruise. Our culture has made the professionals or MD’s our gods. They are acting out what we want us to see God as. For some. Mr Pinksy still has a fragmented mind, because a person who is unity consciousness or realized, there would be no criticism.

By: justin

justin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:14:55 +0000

One other thing. Tom Cruise isn’t the only actor here. Mr Pinsky is also the actor. He is playing the role of doctor in his life to learn. I find it ironic that he is criticizing Mr. Cruise when the are both part of Hollywood. My Pinksy’s clients are from Hollywood. I don’t consider Scientology a cult. If you consider it a cult that christians and other religions may fall under that category. Just love people for who they are and their self-expression.

By: justin

justin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:10:17 +0000

What you cant stand or hate in another, is something you cant stand or hate in yourself. The probable reason why Mr. Cruise came to “mind” for Mr Pinsky in the Playboy interview. The bottom line seems to be this: The ego and its patterns are mentally ill. We are all mentally ill to one degree or another. If you think you not, ask yourself, am I free? Do I have things in my life that keep me from being free? Most people, if honest, could find something. We all are expressing ourselves in our own way.

By: justin

justin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:04:42 +0000

I just got to say that Mr Pinsky’s comment highlight what is wrong with the mental health community. Why can’t people just live their lives without being considered “disordered” in our society. I’m sure under analysis, that Mr. Pinsky would fit into some guideline in the DSM for Mental Disorders. Most of us do. We all, for the most part, have ego patterns that do not allow us to be free. In spiritual circles, its called karma. No self realized person would ever criticize someone for their faults if they were really knowing. Tom Cruise is a mirror for Mr. Pinksy in his own learning about his own childhood. None of us had great childhoods.

By: Julie Bonner

Julie Bonner — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:26:30 +0000

I’ve deleted some comments that have nothing to do with this post, but are obviously out to bash Tom Cruise and his family. Please follow the comment policy. One of the rules for posting is to discuss the post itself.

By: c

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:50:08 +0000

And Tom is not mentally ill for he couldn’t have made so much money if he were. But he was certainly arrogant when he decided to criticize psychiatry, Brooke Shields and to shove Scientology in our face. He overestimated his popularity and underestimated people’s intelligence.

By: c

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:41:47 +0000

Tom is not the only one in this world who had difficult childhood. Frankly his was not difficult by my standard. A short child will always be made fun of for his shortness by taller kids, and vice versa. Kids make fun of anything. I am so tired of this modern mandate for kids to stop being kids. TC should look at his childhood as a blessing. Without it he would not have been driven to success and got where he is today. Instead he might have turned out to be a 42 year-old worker lurking on the internet spewing angers about almost every thing and every one. Then again the elder in my country always say ‘a cut on the rich’s finger is like the spill of a pauper’s gut’ so it is no wonder that people in this country think Tom had a difficult childhood.

As for Brooke Shield, she did not take the high road. She took the economical road. Tom is head of a studio and there may be jobs down the line for her as an actress and her small time producer husband.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:02:45 +0000

I read about another scientologist, Houston Rhines, supposedly Suri’s bio. Dad, dated KH briefly before TC, who was previously in the play
All My Sons. What a strange coincidence.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:42:12 +0000

Lilliane, my heartfelt apology for any offence. It is just that when someone is rude and unfair, I feel that they deserve that too, not you (you are usually rational and polite) but Dr Pinksy. Tom shared with the public his difficult childhood, with the hope it will help someone out there, this qualified Doctor who is supposed to be professional then turns around and uses it against him, to cultivate an image that he is mentally ill.

If he was a random person, I could give him the benefit of doubt, but he is a TV personality (ratings) whose patient recently admitted that scientology helped him where Dr Pinksy failed. Do you still think this is random and innocent?

You also have to understand that such comments perpetuate bigotry, there people who are scientologist without a choice, like Suri, they were born in it. Do they deserve the discrimination and stigmatisation that comes as a result of such irresponsible comments? Dr Pinksy had so many examples he could have chosen from. It is not about not saying anything about TC, that is why he has not sued or these trashy tabloids when he has all reason to. It is about someone maliciously making a comment with intent to hurt someone even if he denies it. His intention was to paint Tom as mentally ill, that was what those internet videos for too, so that no one listens to what he says about over medication.