Posted by don_bristol on August 3, 2004, at 7:17:33
In reply to Re: Anafrail at a Therapeutic dose. » Sad Panda, posted by ace on August 2, 2004, at 18:32:09
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> > > I'M never going to stop until I get 100% remmission- and THIS IS possible.
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> > Not possible or practical. Some obsessive behaviour is normal & required.
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> > Cheers,
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> When it is ego-dystonic, it is 100% pathological.
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> Maybe we are battling with semantics here.
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> If you would have substituted "fanatical" behaviour into "obsessive" behaviour, I would agree.=====
Hello there Ace, it's Don here. I have been following your thread.
Permit me to say that I think the semantics question which you raise is worth applying to your own statement above. Heh!
OCD is usually ego-dystonic and the related (but different) OCPD is usually ego-syntonic. Either way it makes little difference to either condition whether it is ego-dystonic or ego-syntonic when it comes to deciding if it is an illness ("pathological")
The above is true UNLESS you mean "physically caused" by "pathological". This might be in contrast to "psychologically caused". But again it makes not difference to the value of therapy in the case of either OCD or OCPD.
Hope this helps.
Don
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