Posted by Declan on April 20, 2007, at 4:21:59
In reply to Re: Fashions in self destruction? Or what?, posted by Racer on April 20, 2007, at 2:05:33
I am a philosophical ignoramus so....but anyway....
We're back to the mind/body thing. I'm not suggesting that it is irrelevant (how could I?) that such and such mental state corerlates with, or is caused by, such and such biological feedback systems.
But when you do that are you just not changing the focus and arguing by implication for the greater importance of this field (biology) rather than that (psychology).
Some people here are clearly ill. Some people are well enough. There's always going to be something out of whack, and the sicker you are the more that will be true.
The idea that a chemical imbalance explains anything (except the issue of responsibility) puzzles me. I have no trouble with the idea of chemical imblance, indeed there must be multiple chemical imbalances.
Anyway, does the theory that self starvation is an effort at self medicating (via the type 1 seratonin receptors) lead to any promising interventions?
Some people claim that they feel much more calm not eating, and of course there is the tradition of fasting particularly associated with religion and spirituality.
I eat buckets of feed and am astonished by people who don't eat their breakfast.
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