Friday, June 11, 2010

Life amongst the clueless

Even a cursory read of England's historic behavior with its neighbors would answer this question.

in reference to:

"As the World Cup kicks off, many football fans from the UK's celtic nations say they will support ABE - Anyone But England. Why does this inflame so much passion on both sides?"
- BBC News - What's behind Anyone But England? (view on Google Sidewiki)

Friday, June 4, 2010

Three hots and a cot

I think it's very bizarre that mental health professionals would want to withhold treatment from some one who asks for it, but would want to shove treatment down the throat of some one who doesn't want it. It's such a Catch-22.

In the US, malingering, or whatever the DSM now calls it, is a recognized mental illness. Therefore, psychiatry can bill for it. However, this guy seems to be after three hots and a cot. If he violates his ASBO, I guess he'll get his way.

in reference to: BBC News - Man 'banned' from using the NHS (view on Google Sidewiki)

What all the fuss over cadmium?

It's all natural and a perfectly legit element on the periodic table. A little heavy metal never hurt anyone.

in reference to: McDonald's to recall 'Shrek' glass cups, citing cadmium health risks - latimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Monday, May 31, 2010

Of course it does a terrible job

By not defining normal, psychotherapy can pathologize anything it feels like pathologizing and make much more money.

in reference to:

"Our culture does a pretty terrible job educating us about normal human functioning."
- Jung’s Red Book and what is normal anyway? (news roundup) « Beyond Meds (view on Google Sidewiki)

Monday, May 24, 2010

Meditation

I've learned to love weight training. I wish I had discovered years before I did. It's a wonderful hypnotic, repetitive behavior that requires deep contemplation. I've learned that it has very little to do with manipulating objects in physical space but everything to do with looking deep inside one's self and learning to merge the self with the physical body.

in reference to:

"How about you? Have you ever found an activity that connected you with your body? How was your first experience with this? Was it therapeutic for you?"
- Finding My Body in Pilates « Voice in Recovery (view on Google Sidewiki)

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Huh?

Those angles would be helpfully be provided by establishment psychiatrists, who would also be happy to downplay and minimize the less than positive stories. It's absolutely impossible to get the full, unvarnished truth from any of these people.

in reference to:

"It's probably true to say that 20th century psychiatry was not exactly a litany of success stories, although it would have been useful to hear some of the more positive angles as well."
- Mind Hacks: From madhouse to medication (view on Google Sidewiki)

Thursday, May 20, 2010

There seems to be some weird post hoc, propter hoc going on here but I can't identify it

At any rate, I guess the new line is, The markets can stay weirdly rational longer than you can stay conventionally solvent.

in reference to: The weirdly rational flash crash | Analysis & Opinion | (view on Google Sidewiki)