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Legal Abuse Syndrome Support Group Working to solve a silent health crisis of pandemic proportions! By Mario Jimenez Jerez, M.D., B.S.E.E. • Dr. Jimenez lost custody by praying with his children. To learn more, visit www.SayNoToPAS.com . • He has filed a Federal lawsuit to defend Religious Freedom in America , needs your support. Contact: [email protected]• Dr. Jimenez is running for the Florida State Senate to reform Family Courts , www.VoteMario.Us , www.VoteFamily.Us • “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” -Abraham Lincoln. You can buy workbook here: Legal Abuse Syndrome by Dr. Karin Huffer
Working to solve a silent health crisis of pandemic proportions! By Mario Jimenez Jerez, M.D., B.S.E.E. Dr. Jimenez lost custody by praying with his children
Working to solve a silent health crisis of pandemic
proportions! By Mario Jimenez Jerez, M.D., B.S.E.E. Dr. Jimenez
lost custody by praying with his children. To learn more, visit
www.SayNoToPAS.com. www.SayNoToPAS.com He has filed a Federal
lawsuit to defend Religious Freedom in America, needs your support.
Contact: [email protected] to defend Religious Freedom
in [email protected] Dr. Jimenez is running for the
Florida State Senate to reform Family Courts, www.VoteMario.Us,
www.VoteFamily.Us Dr. Jimenez is running for the Florida State
Senate to reform Family Courts www.VoteMario.Uswww.VoteFamily.Us
Dont worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of
recognition. - Abraham Lincoln. You can buy workbook here: Legal
Abuse Syndrome by Dr. Karin HufferLegal Abuse Syndrome by Dr. Karin
Huffer
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Legal Abuse Syndrome LEGAL ABUSE SYNDROME IS A NATURAL AND
NORMAL RESPONSE TO AN ABNORMAL, UNNATURAL, CUMULATIVE TRAUMA CAUSED
BY PROLONGED INJUSTICE IN A DYSFUNTIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM. IT IS A
FORM OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, A BILLABLE DIAGNOSIS IN
DSM-5, (DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS,
FIFTH EDITION). ICD-9 code: 309.81 (ICD-10 code: F43.10)
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If you are deeply disillusioned and feeling oppressed as an
American citizen, resulting from experience with our justice
system, you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome. If youve
been a litigant in court and justice was not obtained at any price,
you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome. If you fantasize
about an act of vigilante vengeance because it seems like the only
recourse, you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome. If youve
reported a crime and found that you were punished instead of the
criminal, you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome.
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If creativity and dreams have been left in the past because
their development was ripped from you and torn to shreds by your
protective systems, you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome.
If you feel numb, disconnected, and vulnerable, you may be
suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome. If you feel that the system
will defeat you at every turn and there is nothing you can do about
it, you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome.
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If you feel that you have been victimized twice, once by a
perpetrator and then by your protective system, you may be
suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome. If you feel that you are a
decent and honorable taxpayer whos been subjected to cruel and
unusual punishment by lawyers, judges, and officers of the court,
you may be suffering from Legal Abuse Syndrome.
Slide 6
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
-Ronald Reagan.
Slide 7
Some of Symptoms Common in LAS: Intrusive thoughts and
nightmares seep in through the numbness. Difficulty concentrating.
Painful Memories; Unrelenting flashbacks. The victims will route
themselves around reminders, and cringe from people, songs, news
stories, or events that trigger memories and intense distress.
Ordinary activities require tremendous energy; the victim is
mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted.
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The victim trusts no one. Distrust has reached the point that
it has begun to erode the quality of the victim's life. They feels
off-balance, blunted creativity. A dulled Intensity of interest in
the world around the victim. Tension/ anxiety/ depression cycle
sets in; the victim may self medicate with alcohol or drugs. Fear
motivates life's decisions. The victim becomes hyper reactive,
hyper vigilant, and obsessive.
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Physical changes take place as stressors pound away at those
victims who try to stand up for themselves or their loved ones.
Physical symptoms manifest in 85% of the victims. 'There is
significant evidence that fat in the diet, cigarette smoking, salt
and lack of exercise have less to do with coronary heart disease
and other stress-related illnesses than rage, anger, and
frustration (McQuade, 1990). Outrage explodes. Beyond rage, then
implosion. Lifes agenda turns inward into a survival cycle. Anger
turns to rage; rage turns to outrage. If assaults through neglect
or abuse continue, the victim becomes one of the walking wounded
beyond rage.
Slide 10
What's wrong with me? My life and priorities seem irrelevant to
the court. Are you ensnared in the judicial system? Fearful,
incredulous, isolated, beyond rage... feeling "alienated? This
support group will conjoin law, therapy, and research revealing a
subtype of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder called Legal Abuse
Syndrome. It helps victims overcome psychological devastation
caused by prolonged injustice. When systems of care, i.e. the
judicial system, cause or exacerbate medical conditions due to
extreme stress, the dilemma presents a public health problem as
well as a multidisciplinary legal/medical professional
challenge.
Slide 11
"There is nothing wrong with you" You have a natural reaction
to a CRIME. You need a game changer that bolsters your resilience
and confidence. Eight self-help steps guide you through the
toughest times of your litigation illustrated by gripping cases of
human courage and principle against the massive power of the
judicial system. "Criminals are defined by their behavior, nothing
else. Explicitly, these are behaviors freely chosen which victimize
other people, depriving them of basic rights. Crime is not caused
by anything identifiable; it is a life-style of persistently
neglecting the rights of other individuals."
Slide 12
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." -Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Chapter 2 - "The Epidemic:" illustrates chemical changes that
take place in the brain during prolonged victimization. It becomes
clear that the profound sense of helplessness in the face of
jeopardy causes post traumatic stress disorder. Extended feelings
of helplessness produce more pronounced symptoms of LAS.
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It Doesnt Matter: It doesnt matter that Im a taxpayer. It
doesnt matter that Im an American citizen. It doesnt matter that Im
a law abiding person. It doesnt matter that I was ripped-off,
violated, and betrayed. It doesnt matter that I was right. It
doesnt matter that I dont hurt other people. It doesnt matter that
I have the evidence. It doesnt matter that the other person broke
the law. It doesnt matter that he or she is clearly guilty. It
doesnt matter that he or she is clearly wrong by all moral
standards. It doesnt matter that a Constitution exists. It doesnt
matter that Im living like a fugitive in my own country. It doesnt
matter that Im a loyal employee. It doesnt matter that Im a veteran
who offered his life for his country. It doesnt matter that I paid
more in attorney and legal fees than I earned this year. It doesnt
matter that I told the truth.
Slide 15
This kindling ignites the fury burning beyond rage. LAS
victims, bound in cellophane, speak from a fractured consciousness.
Helplessness and hopelessness replace outrage driving the victim to
extremes. The majority of people, who make positive contributions
to their communities and abide by the law, assume their decent
behavior buys them credibility as a good citizen, but this may no
longer be the case in our present judicial system.
Slide 16
Victims may be slandered and vilified as bums, thieves, etc.
These libelous characterizations send victims emotionally reeling.
These are the macroscopic germs of a national mental health
pandemic. Dennis Charny at Yale University reports that
uncontrollable stress causes post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
with prolonged times of intensity, result in the higher likelihood
of LAS damage. We know that PTSD doesnt occur in all victims and is
more likely to occur if the victim hasnt had the opportunity to
work through the crises.
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Catastrophic stress alters three key brain circuits: Our friend
H A L The H ypothalamus and pituitary gland regulate
stress-response hormones. Activation causes an increase in
corticotropin-releasing- factor (CRF). When CRF is released, it
mobilizes the body to meet emergencies. The victims body stays on
alert, and trusts nothing or no one. There may be sleep
disturbances or changes in sleep posture. Obsessions about
security, money, privacy, and contracts are common. A mygdala is
the integrative center for emotions, emotional behavior, and
motivation. The amygdala is involved in pleasureful emotional
learning as well as fearful emotional learning. Stimulation of the
amygdala may cause intense emotion, such as aggression or fear. The
L ocus ceruleus regulates brain hormones called catecholamines that
help us prepare for emergencies. When the locus ceruleus becomes
hyperreactive, it secretes too much brain chemical, and over reacts
to small stimuli, which in reality is nonthreatening. Victims
startle when they encounter such things as a: doorbell ringing,
phone ringing, sudden noise or movement coming into their
awareness.
Slide 19
Chapter 3 - "Debriefing:" begins the second part of the book,
the eight steps to recovery. Debriefing is an activity that the
reader can do. It centers around a graphic, processing sheet that
delineates losses, feelings and facts. This chapter begins a caring
journey. The sense of isolation is relieved in victims as they see
their experience(s) begin to take a manageable form. This chapter
also lists "absolutely what not to say to a victim."
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Chapter 4 - "Grieving:" clarifies that loss of trust is the
greatest loss known to a human being. Grieving masques as
depression (the common cold of mental illness), exhaustion, varied
illnesses and conditions. Grieving over loss of property is usually
discounted in American culture. "Takings" have become a part of
business strategy and are often done through the malfeasant use of
the LAS system. Bankruptcy court, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the
IRS effect takings of property without due process. Takings
threaten the lifeblood of the nation. In this chapter we see the
loss of belief systems, trust, and ideals are critical to the loss
picture. Each case shows our protective systems failed, and
inadvertently or by design, intensified the trauma. Legal Abuse
Syndrome, a journey Beyond Rage... and Back, articulates that the
right to redress in order to prevent losses and to exact recompense
is key to a sense of safety and security necessary for mental
health.
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Soul Murder: Soul Murder, describes the pain and suffering
preventing the victims from fulfilling their hopes and dreams, all
that they could have been in life. The pain one must endure from
violated trust, may leave victims unable to trust in Gods ever
presence Love in times of trouble, that He exists or, at least,
that a loving God exists. Spiritual strength is of paramount
importance during the grieving process. Loss challenges us into our
need for a greater perception and purpose of life. The walking
wounded who suffer LAS are deprived of an easy reliance on the
spiritual because the pain has reached so deeply into the core of
their existence.
Slide 23
YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND (Mat 22:37).
Slide 24
The most outrageous example of Legal Abuse at a national stage,
signaling a grave illness in our governments Soul, i.e. our
Judicial System, is the recent decision on same-sex marriage:
decision on same-sex marriage Chief Justice Roberts: Under the
Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it
should be. The people who ratified the Constitution authorized
courts to exercise neither force nor will but merely
judgment....for those who believe in a government of laws, not of
men, the majoritys approach is an act of will, not legal judgment.
The right it announces has no basis in the Constitution or this
Courts precedent.
Slide 25
Justice Scalia: Todays decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler
of 320 million Americans coast-to- coast, is a majority of the nine
lawyers on the Supreme CourtThis practice of constitutional
revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as
it is today) by extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of
the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of
Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776: the freedom to
govern themselves. Possible solutions: Exposing Judges
Unaccountability and Consequent Riskless Wrongdoing. By Dr. Richard
Cordero, Esq.Exposing Judges Unaccountability and Consequent
Riskless Wrongdoing. Please see also Restoring Our Nations
Soul.Restoring Our Nations Soul
Slide 26
Chapter 5 - "Obsession:" leads us toward a sense of control
over our lives again. Readers become aware of obsessions as a
natural response to victimization. Randomizations are difficult
concepts to grasp in life. When good people are assaulted and left
unaffirmed by their culture's systems, life proceeds on a path with
no moral compass - no guide to safety. A list of obsessive styles
is characterized by descriptive names, i.e. "Lifeguard," obsesses
around health; where as an "Inventorier" counts and accounts for
all belongings, endlessly. Ease the obsessions through the listed
case examples.
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Chapter 6 - "Blaming:" faces victim-blaming head on. Society
discourages blaming; therefore, victims are praised for taking
responsibility for the legal violence happening to them. Further,
victims often see little recourse, then resign to hopelessness,
once blame is established. Attribution is a necessary step toward
justice by reinforcing the moral code. The self-blame checklist
exposes the danger of self blame. Barriers to blaming are explored,
such as guilt and societal pressure.
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Chapter 6 - "Blaming:" Revenge and punishment are contrasted
with appropriate, quality blaming actions which drive behavior
toward the moral code. Those ignored, outrageous assaults by
attorneys and the systems, such as slander and character
assassination in the courtroom and denied right to redress, are
listed at the end of the chapter. Victims begin to feel that they
are not crazy or at fault.
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Chapter 7 - "Deshaming:" offers a radically unique approach to
understanding human motivation in terms of power. A continuum is
presented which ranks a person's motivating force as either
conscience-based or power-based. Human interactions are visualized
on a grid. Conscience-based persons are often victimized even
though they have spiritual power. Power-based people are motivated
by envy and an obsession for superior posture. Lying is a key tool
of the power motivated person. Lying wins over truth. Here is where
violation of the moral code is "business as usual" for some and an
outrage to others.
Slide 30
Chapter 7 - "Deshaming:" Shame is known to the conscience-based
person, who often absorbs shame from the violator as well. Specific
skills are taught regarding cooperation, competition, and
self-protection. Thus, freeing them from shame, the readers
relinquish undeserved shame and follow guiding principles for
strengthening their belief systems.
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Chapter 8 - "Reframing:" is the pivotal procedure that embarks
upon recovery. All five reframing steps are required to effectively
achieve this phase. The victim shifts from painful perceptions of
self to new, open, morally sound and personally inspired views of
themselves. There are LAS Reframe Exercises which allows painful
issues to come forth. Victims reframe the pain through the reframe
steps. The victim might say, "I was a fool." Reframed, the victim
will say, "I was a trustworthy person, I believed that others were
largely trust worthy too." Then the victim searches for the wisdom
gained from the experience.
Slide 32
Chapter 9 - "Empowerment:" more than anything, brings fresh
approaches for legal and bureaucratic problem solving to ordinary
persons. Steps are blueprints: 1) seek and destroy misinformation,
2) from pragmatic expectations, 3) avoid the predictable, 4)
persevere, 5) use mental toughness, 6) become a vigilant consumer,
7) call a crime a crime. Misinformation is a strategic, destructive
tool used by abusers of the justice systems. It attempts to crush
the force of truth distorting the course towards justice.
Oppression thrives on misinformation. Empowerment requires
effective attacks on misinformation through official channels.
Slide 33
Chapter 9 - "Empowerment:" The predictable path is owned by the
power-centered. They travel ahead, preparing to take out the
conscience-centered person at every turn. Victims strengthen each
other through sharing their creative approaches for defense as well
as attacking injustices. Rules and regulations of institutions are
broken by those who abuse from within the organization. Finding
those violations empowers a victim tremendously.
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Chapter 9 - "Empowerment: Mental toughness provides abilities
to keep focus regardless of attacks or diversions. Vigilant
consumers focus on the real bottom line in America, the consumer.
When crimes occur, they must be treated as crimes and prosecuted by
consumers who keep focus on the authentic bottom line. National
efforts are under way for victims of LAS to organize and unite.
Join a LAS support group, and go from victimization to EMPOWERMENT:
See: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Lawsuit
Guide.Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Lawsuit
Guide See also: Parental Rights Class Action Lawsuit.Parental
Rights Class Action Lawsuit
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Trust is the pacemaker variable in group growth. From it stem
all the other significant variables of health. That is to the
extent that trust develops, people are able to communicate genuine
feelings and perceptions of relevant issues to all members of the
system. - Lorraine M. Gibb.
Slide 36
Chapter 10 - "Recovery:" brings perspective. Victims become
veterans who have important functions in correcting societal
wrongs. We discover our recovery is not a destination but a journey
through the eight steps incorporated into our renewed lifestyle.
Forgiveness and restoration discussions separate issues in
recovery. Veterans are no longer cellophane-wrapped hostages but
restored to our purpose in life, risking once more. Trust as a
staple, societal issue, explored in the context of LAS provides the
environment to rebuild for preventable assaults to the mental
health of our nation.
Slide 37
Conclusion: an invisible fabric woven into American character
is found in us ordinary persons. LAS victims who refuse
soul-murder, lead the nation into a future of hope, trust,
restoring the code of American conduct and character that they
represent. The conscience-centered people who embody the majority
of the American people are Heroes that restore the soul of the this
nation, the Judicial System. restore the soul of the this nation,
the Judicial System.
Slide 38
A society that does not protect its weakest members, its
children, its elderly, and its disabled, is a society that is
destined for extinction. As long as we have breath in our lungs,
the American people and those of goodwill around the world will not
stop fighting for these. -Mario Jimenez Jerez, M.D., B.S.E.E.,
www.VoteMario.Uswww.VoteMario.Us
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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of
truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and
murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the
end, they always fall. Think of it always. -Mahatma Gandhi.
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We will not bow down to the evil that has held hostages our
children, our elderly, and our families but will fight it and
destroy it, not only for them but for the many others who are
suffering like us in the U.S.A. and around the world. Watch and see
the victory the Lord will give us for his Glory in Christ Jesus.
-Mario Jimenez Jerez, M.D., B.S.E.E.,
www.VoteMario.Uswww.VoteMario.Us