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Re: illness or the thoughts of a rational human being? » lostforwards

Posted by lostforwards on November 25, 2004, at 9:59:01

In reply to Re: illness or the thoughts of a rational human being? » lostforwards, posted by cubbybear on November 25, 2004, at 8:55:19

I'm sorry about that. I was wrong in saying homosexuality was a choice.

However, regardless of whether it's considered a choice or not, it was a mistake to place it in the DSM as an illness. Similarly considering pedophillia an illness is a mistake. Though, now that you mention homosexuality as not a choice, it makes me wonder whether pedophillia might have a genetic component. I don't know.

Finding little kids sexually attractive in itself is not a crime.

Oxytocin is also involved in love and attachment in general. There was a time I wanted injections of that stuff.

Your fears are being realized. Behaviour modification is well underway, antidepressants and stimulants are already being prescribed needlessly - to younger and younger age groups, inevitably having an impact on who they turn out to be.

Parents of "hyperactive" children get distressed and give them Ritalin so they can sit still in school. Though I don't see hyperactivity as necessarily a bad thing. School is the problem. I couldn't sit still when I was a kid....I was arguably hyperactive. I didn't have bipolar then. : ) I'm glad I wasn't put on stimulants though.

People use nootropics to boost their IQs.

Finally, sometimes I wonder whether or not people on SSRIs have an edge ( **only in some ways**, there is a downside IMHO )that I don't that would be beneficial for me especially with all the things I have to do in my life.

Apparently they soften negative affect, give people a burst of energy AND they take away your need for romance and supposedly get rid of unrequited love syndrome too. VERY GOOD for getting good grades in school. I hate it ( but love it ) when I get lovesick, but it costs me in school.

You can see why it might be tempting to take any psychotropics for the sake of a little boost or a change in prespective every now and then.

You could choose your tempermant.

Maybe we'll soon be a bunch of drug addicts, taking what we need when it's appropriate in our life for all sorts of artificial conditions that are really just a natural part of being human.

I don't think it'll get that far, but it seems the net of mental illness is getting bigger.

Disclaimer: I'm not saying these drugs have absolutely no place in society, just that they're sometimes used when they don't need to be.


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