Your Mind Can Save You
By Dr. r
People who orry constantly
tend to be far more' stre ful
tho ho h ve a po itive
outloo on life. F peopl
are able to chieve the degree
of relaxation that they d ire
without . tance beca of
the inability to keep negative
thoughts (about problems, dis
content, personal inferiority and
the likelihood of failure) from
forcing them lye into the
thought proee . The negative
thought create tension, anxiety,
and c of confidence.
People ho worry constantly
ha the follo ing char cteris-
tics:
-A lack of self-confidence
and constant insecurity. (l
hope ey like me but I don't
thin t ey will); a highly sugg -
tib1e mind that creat con-
nt anxiety, and the feeling
of being threatened. (That
person d' gusts me with always
trying to be better than every
one e );
-A fear 0 being evaluated
o!, examinations and in con
frontations ith trangers. (l
me that I ouldn 't like
him/her from the first meeting);
The capacity to be uplifted
with happin but the equally
potent capacity to uffer an
immediate mood change at the
sligh st hint of a problem.
(l really feeling good until
I thought about my problems);
tendency to be overly
n itive to criticism and fre-
quent worrie about some aspect
of the phy . cal appearance that
is not as good as that of other
people. (I wish I had a better
grade of hair); Continuo
fear that other people notice
the inadequacies that are ob
vious. (I hope they don't notice
my . . . hair, complexion,
no );
-A creative mind and a high
degree of intelligence. (I kne
the right answer but couldn't
get the nerve to answer); A
failure to receive adequate love
and affection as a child. (I
always unhappy as a child.
They cared more about my
sister than me);
-Constant trouble with fears
of various kinds: animals,
height, closed spaces, water.
(I 10 complete control of
myself in that situation); A deep
capacity for affection. (I could
really love someone deeply if I
had the chance);
-A history of not receiving
affection from those to hom
ffection . re dily given. (Why
. it that people are not as nice
to me 1 am to them?); Con ..
stant fear of failure. (l am not
going to take the test becau
I kno that I will fail it);
-Continual worrie about not
having done the right thing.
(If only 1 h d handled it this
way. Why did 1 do hat I did);
The inability to get a good.
night's sleep or to go back to
sleep when he/she wake up at
night. (I am too tense to go
back to sleep);
-Shyness. (l would rather
stay at home alone); Becomes
bored easily with people. (They
get on my nerves);
-Acts impulsively - ithout
1hinking. (I just can't control
myself); Has little direction in
life. But wants it. (I wish I
could get my life together);
-Is reluctant to get involved
in any program that doe not
show immediate re ults or is
too challenging. (1t'8 too
frustrating ... and 1 lost inter-
I
est).
Although everyone can bene
fit from the wonderful techni
que of guided fantasies the
person who exhibits any or all
of these characteristics will re
ceive a sudden release of stre
when using this technique of
thought control. This techni
que is also known as Guided
Fantasy, Directed Im gery,
Creative Thought Proce or
Po itive Daydreaming.
One of the extraordinary
benefits ot this technique i
its ability to modify behavior
by changing habits. When the
individual achieves total relaxa
tion while concentrating on the
voice of the therapist, won-
derful thing happens. Any
behavioral change that the thea
apist ugge s, and that the
individual want to occur, will
take place when the fantasiz
ing is over. This might be
referred to as a post hypnotic
used, unsucce ful method of
treatment. ore p ychiatri ts
and psychologist are becoming
convinced of the superiority of
thi form of treatment over
any other that is pre ntly in
use. 0 single form of treat
ment is a panacea. However
guided fantasy improved the
effectivene s of nearly every
other form of treatment.
NOVE SER 21 - 27,1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE FIVE
suggestion. This ability to
change negative, If-destructive
habits in to positive constructive
habits is one of the most
effective and innovative con
cepts to take place in behavioral
therapy.
As this technique is tried 0 ith
more and more cases of com
plusion nd emotional problems
it will lowly replace currently
CARCINOGEN
ingti efo
ere's 0
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Dear Editor:
I'm an inmate at Camp
aterloo. I lived in Benton Har
bor for almost 21 years before I
caught this c . At that time I
owned my own Car ash bu '
ne p I had pretty good
job an in urance man.
I 0 con . dered to be
an outstanding citizen of the
community.
But no 1 have been t up
for a crim for hich I did not
commit. Thi is one of the
re n hy I'm asking the pub
lic for a helping hand.
o 1 ould like to tell
you hat I I have done to better
my If since I have been in this
p ceo I h completed two
skills application cour e in busi
ne law and pr ventive dentis
try. I have also gotten my elf a
college bu ine degree. I al 0
have a certifi ate as a communi
ty repre ntative hie means to
function to improve the com
munity hich I lived' and to
improve the com. uni arion be
tween the people which I repre-
nted and administration.
AI 0 I would like to nd
out gratitude to my mother,
ho name i Lillie ae Cro ,
ho stays at 1660 Leslie St.,
Detroit, Michigan 48238 for be
ing so helpful to me on thi c
so far.
ow I feel free to y on
Se ber 15, 1975, I was
ntenced in Berrien County to
life imprisonment for second
degree murder. . . . I was con
victed in the Circuit Court of
Berrien before the honorable
Judge S. White, on July 11,
1975 to one countcharge of
aiding and abetting a murder
in cond degree.
A you re d the cond part
of thi letter ple e keep one
thin in mind' and that is I'm not
the murdered in this case.
Terry Langford is suppo d
to have been the murderer in
this c , the person whom I am
charged with aiding and abett
ing.
ow on March 6, 1975
TepY Langford made a signed
sworn statement to the fact that
he would cooperate with the
pro ecuting attorney in all crimi
nal ca s in tum for a chance to
plead guilty to cond degree
murder with recommendation
that he would receive a term of .
20 to 40 years imprisonment.
That Terry Langford impli
cated me as an accessary to a
murder.
Prior to Langford making
the allegations to the police
and the prosecuting attorney, I
w constantly harra d by the
Michigan State Police, namely
Detectives John Karson and
James Gunderson, who ed
that 1 say to them that Terry
Langford committed murder.
When I wouldn't cooperate
with them, they went to Terry
Langford and made a deal with
him in oder to implicate me.
Then I was arrested and
arraigned on first degree murder
and conspiracy.
Prior to my trial, Terry
Langford the individual I was
charged for aiding and abetting
has not yet been taken to trial.
During my trial, Terry Langford
was called to the tand, listed as
a res-gestae witne and refused
to testify consistent with his
prior out-of-court signed state
ment.
The question that has not
been dealt with is this, the cor
pus delicti as to the principal
has never been proven. I was
found guilty of aiding and abet
ting a murder, but the individual
I was charged with aiding and
abetting has never been taken to
trial on the rna ter. He was
arraigned and he had a prelim
inary. examination. He was
bound over to Circuit Court,
entered a plea of not guilty.
DUring my trial he testi
fied that he did not commit the
murder. In fact, he stated that
he didn't know who had killed
her. Also it is a known fact that
Terry Langford has written the
court on numerous cases reque -
ting to be tried for the murder
that I'm doing time for no .
However he never was. Some
time in 1977 around January
through May, charges ere drop
ped in this matter against
Langford.
I believe that I'm being
held illegally in violation of
all e laws in the land.
I have never aided or abett
ed anyone in a murder case. But
at this present time no one ha
been taken to trial for this mur
der but me. So it must be taken
into consideration that Terry
Langford was never tried in this
matter nor was he given any
type of immunity from prosecu
tion. Therefore whom did I aid
and abett? There's got to be a
ghost somewhere becau e I'm
not charged for murdering any
body. The corpus delicti was
never proven to be Langford,
and therefore how could it be
proven against me.
o The bottom line i , it can't
be me. In aiding and abetting
it must be proven that the aider
and abettor knowingly helped or
encouraged another, the princi
pal, to commit the crime. The
principal must be established.
I feel the world must be
made aware of what happened
and what great injustice ha been
done in Michigan's so-called
justice system.
•
a
I
de
,
I do need help, your help,
better known public help.
Also I want the public to
please keep in mind that every
one in prison . not guilty.
ow I re my c better
known putting my life in the
hands of the public.
Anyone interested in help
ing me fight for mr freedom,
please contact me t this dd
re .
Lorenzo Cro III
142680
6000 Maute Road
Gra Lake, MI 49240
CHILD WATCH
Continued fre u p 4
have children with a steady
stream of nev caregivers to
become attachec to and pro
gram director 'W ith new staff
to continuously train.
Both the Federal Government
and the states must make child
care a top priority. The major
ity of our young children are
now being cared for away from
�ome for the larger part ot the
Jy. Whil e
must move quickly to cop ith
the problem of xual b
this issue most be n
symptom of the larger child
re needs of this n tion.