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Re: Complementary medicine and feelings of control » ed_uk2010

Posted by Chris O on February 2, 2015, at 23:16:46

In reply to Complementary medicine and feelings of control, posted by ed_uk2010 on January 25, 2015, at 7:47:38

Ed:

I completely concur with your assessment (that being in control is a strong motivator in choosing "alternative" treatments to pharmaceuticals). It is probably the primary underlying motivation in my trying so many non-pharmaceutical supplements as a treatment option.

However, I think another motivation (for me) is the now accepted Romantic (in the philosophical sense) cultural meme that non-western or pre-scientific/rational ways of approaching medical/psychological issues may have some more mystical synergistic (spiritually and physically) effects on us. Since the 1960s (in North America, at least), this meme has gained more and more "mainstream credibility," probably due to increasing skepticism toward a Calvinist/literalist adherence to Judeo-Christian tradition, in my opinion.


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