Posted by jflange on July 31, 2003, at 15:19:15
In reply to Would like everyone's opinion...., posted by john Henry on July 30, 2003, at 6:47:42
A bad metaphor, but: the root of my illness, I suppose, is the hardware of my neural disposition modified (enhanced?) by the software of my experience, the latter which, as I understand it, has forever changed the fundamental structure of the hardware, i.e.: it is inextricably part of my memory. So I believe my answer to your question is that it is both my hardware and my software, since it appears they are in constant dialogue.
That is not to say that I think we go through some Biblical-type "fall" - never to return - with our illnesses. I believe the neural pathways are, for the most part, endlessly plastic, and it does seem possible to "recover," whether through meds or experience, a sense of well-being, or indeed to "discover" well-being where there had never been such a thing before.
jflange
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