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it's like they are just part of a person's personality, not a sickness. You get what I'm sayin'?For example a symptom to a disorder may be:Prefer the known to the unknownVery discreet and deliberate in dealing with othersComfortable with habit, repetition, and routineEmotional coldness, detachment or reduced affection.
Quote from: Al Bundy (no homo) on June 04, 2007, 03:37:06 PMI'm not trying to mask the problem. I'm using them to try and break my habits. It makes it easier to talk to people and just be calm. I won't be taking them forever.I know you're not, like you said you're using it to help break the habit. I was just saying that the medicine is only one part of the equation, if you don't force yourself to get outside of your comfort zones you'll likely end up masking the problem. Theres a reason that there's such a high rate of alcoholism with anxiety disorders, it provides a quick but temporary fix to something that needs more than that. You should combine your medication with physical practices. Like you said the medicine makes it easier to get out and talk to people; which is the important part, becoming used to doing it. The more you do it the more you'll become desensitized to the process and thats an effective way to break the habit.
I'm not trying to mask the problem. I'm using them to try and break my habits. It makes it easier to talk to people and just be calm. I won't be taking them forever.
some of yall need to go to city and take psychology 101. for reals though. Bundy, do what you gotta do dude. i hope the best for you patna.
if you don't force yourself to get outside of your comfort zones you'll likely end up masking the problem.
The problem is that many people, including you Nik, don't wanna realize that the brain is just another organ, an organ in which chemical and physical things occur. It's just not as blatantly obvious as disfunctional legs and shit.
Quote from: 7even on June 04, 2007, 12:28:52 PMThe problem is that many people, including you Nik, don't wanna realize that the brain is just another organ, an organ in which chemical and physical things occur. It's just not as blatantly obvious as disfunctional legs and shit.Shit, it's not like Bundy is brain dead or anything... Why compare it to someone with dysfunctional legs?I know you're all into this "we're all just molecules - it's all chemical" type of stuff, but does the mind make the chemicals or do the chemicals make the mind? You can't deny that you actually do fulfill an active role in controlling the functioning of your own body; it's not like humans are the damned puppets of the randomness of internal chemical reactions... In other words: sure, using medicines to alter your chemicals could make it easier to change, but the change will have to come from the body itself and not from its medicine.