OCD exists?
Does it?
The psychological patterns are so similar in many "cases" of OCD.
Surely it can be said to exist if only as a metaphorical illness.
It has no biological cause or biological existence therefore it does not exist strictly speaking.
And as has been said before a metaphorical illness is a metaphor and not an illness.
It is absurd to say one person "has OCD" or "mild OCD" and another person does not "have" it.
It is totally normal psychological patterns and tendencies that we all have that have gone haywire.
Everyone - or everyone responsible - can check the back door is locked before they go out.
So anyone can do it ten times.
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31.01.08
Such thought patterns may constitute a brain disease of some kind but there is no evidence for this.
And to say that OCD is a brain disease is not justified at the present time.
There is no evidence that OCD is a disease of any kind so it can't really be a brain disease.
It is probable that all it is is activity in the upper brain or cortex - and probably normal activity at that.
to be continued...
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If the mind is entirely sustained and created by brain biology then surely everything in the mind has a biological cause? and a biological footprint?
This may be true but it is possible for psychological and/or mental events to have no biological cause and for them to have only a neurological or memory footprint???
When I scratch my nose because it itches - does this have a biological cause? no. In so much as my free decision to scratch my nose is free and does not have a biological cause....
see previous blog about the mind....
Does it leave a biological footprint? no. it is a normal body process.
EXEMPLAR HUMANAE VITAE - SPECIMEN OF A HUMAN LIFE. I am not really a sofa. But I try to be a filosofa. This is the parent blog of my other blogs which all began here, and which in totality constitute the views of an urban peasant living in London. Including some thoughts on politics, psychology, religion, employment and education. And a little humour. I am a rationalist, a humanist and an atheist and I write from a green/socialist/libertarian perspective.
11 September 2007
9 September 2007
Graffiti
Graffiti is as natural as plant growth.
I think graffiti is art and should be legal as far as possible.....
I think graffiti is art and should be legal as far as possible.....
"Inverted" "commas"
In my experience, nothing shows disdain more effectively than a couple of so-called "inverted" "commas".
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"Rehab": CitizenSofa Version
They tried to make me go to rehab
and I said "no fucking chance"
so they got the police,
hand-cuffed me and stuck me in the back of a cop van.
"Rehab"
They tried to make me go to rehab
I said No No No
They said "We'll make you go"
And I said
"No you can't call the police
Because I am a rich and famous pop star."
And they said "Oh OK. You have a point there."
Why oh why fucking why don't pop stars ever get sectioned???
This is the most profound philosophical musing I can think of at the moment.
I must say the idea of Doherty getting sectioned fills me with glee. Only joking.
He wouldn't hack psych ward. He'd be climbing the walls.
You may say but he is not mad and you are.
Well I disagree.
It is my contention that when you say someone is "mad"
all you mean is:
"I disapprove of this person's thoughts and behaviour"
and NOTHING more.
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"Rehab": CitizenSofa Version
They tried to make me go to rehab
and I said "no fucking chance"
so they got the police,
hand-cuffed me and stuck me in the back of a cop van.
"Rehab"
They tried to make me go to rehab
I said No No No
They said "We'll make you go"
And I said
"No you can't call the police
Because I am a rich and famous pop star."
And they said "Oh OK. You have a point there."
Why oh why fucking why don't pop stars ever get sectioned???
This is the most profound philosophical musing I can think of at the moment.
I must say the idea of Doherty getting sectioned fills me with glee. Only joking.
He wouldn't hack psych ward. He'd be climbing the walls.
You may say but he is not mad and you are.
Well I disagree.
It is my contention that when you say someone is "mad"
all you mean is:
"I disapprove of this person's thoughts and behaviour"
and NOTHING more.
7 September 2007
6 September 2007
6th September 2007.
I have decided to put the blog up because there are at least some bits of it that are worth putting up.
5 September 2007
"Saint Joan"
Saw "Saint Joan" by Bernard Shaw.
Great play.
Always had a soft spot for Joan of Arc.
One theme of the play - how society tolerates difference and dissidence is interesting.
In 1431 Joan was executed as a heretic.
Nowadays she would undoubtedly have had the pleasure of interacting with psychiatric services.
Something of an improvement on being burnt alive.
Great play.
Always had a soft spot for Joan of Arc.
One theme of the play - how society tolerates difference and dissidence is interesting.
In 1431 Joan was executed as a heretic.
Nowadays she would undoubtedly have had the pleasure of interacting with psychiatric services.
Something of an improvement on being burnt alive.
Crime
Crime is caused by capitalism.
Capitalism is a crime.
No, seriously if you ask a lot of criminologists what causes crime, they will say Thatcherism and neoliberalism.
But you won't hear this in The Sun and The Mail.
Capitalism is a crime.
No, seriously if you ask a lot of criminologists what causes crime, they will say Thatcherism and neoliberalism.
But you won't hear this in The Sun and The Mail.
Wednesday 5th September 2007.
The discrepancy between advertland and tellyland and reality is getting bigger.
Adverts about spacious wonderlands.
In reality there is hardly room to breathe.
Hard to keep the show on the road, surely?
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The fact that loads of people are single is not accidental.
It is deliberate.
Capitalism wants atoms.
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Adverts about spacious wonderlands.
In reality there is hardly room to breathe.
Hard to keep the show on the road, surely?
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The fact that loads of people are single is not accidental.
It is deliberate.
Capitalism wants atoms.
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2 September 2007
"Freedom Next Time"
Just read "Freedom Next Time" by John Pilger.
Excellent as ever.
I challenge anyone to read it and not be compelled and convinced.
Also just read a great article by him in The Morning Star.
www.johnpilger.com/
Excellent as ever.
I challenge anyone to read it and not be compelled and convinced.
Also just read a great article by him in The Morning Star.
www.johnpilger.com/
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