Tom Cruise, PhD

I don't know how is it that actors can get it in their heads that they know more than the medical society. Take Tom Cruise for example. This guy, who was diagnosed with dislexia, pretty much failed at high school, and didn't go through with his initial desire to be a priest, spoke out about anti-depressants on the Today Show on NBC. I didn't watch it, since I work during the day, but I just went through the transcript of the interview . . . and let me tell you, it's pure entertainment.

Matt Lauer asks Tom about the remarks that he had made concerning Brooke Shields' post-partum depression and the way she used whatever anti-depressant that was prescribed to her to help her deal with it. He is totally against it. He believes psychology/psychiatry is a sham, a pseudo-science, and believes that it "masks the problem". Tom goes on to say that he's studied all these drugs. He doesn't mention which studies he's researched. My money's on the fact that they might have been written by some Scientologist kooks, and that bet would probably be even money in Vegas.

The thing is, he's so passionate about it. You can read in the link below how he talks over Lauer and just won't listen to reason. His mind is made up. He's Tom Cruise, and he knows better than your doctors. He's done the research. Great. I feel safe now.

MSNBC Transcript