Posted by Dianna on December 16, 1998 at 09:07:40:
In Reply to: Re: Anxiety Disorders?/morality issues of disease posted by gary g on December 15, 1998 at 15:36:59:
Hey Gary -
I've been to that other website, but I've never looked in-depth into the profiles. I was always looking to see how many women get clusters (because, of course, women don't get clusters!) so I never looked at the personality test part of it.
My grandmother was one of the moralist-sickness thinkers; she actually told me to "command" my headaches away, ala Pat Robertson & Jimmy Swaggart. Like it's a demon or something that can be cast out.
I was just wondering about anxiety disorders and other psychological disorders in relation to clusters, because it's somewhat intriguing that many of the psychotropic drugs (lithium, Prozac) help with clusters, which suggest that clusters may have a relationship and/or correlation to neurotransmitters. I didn't mean to suggest for a minute that cluster pain is "all in your head." Well, actually, I did, but not in a derogatory sense. I wonder if the cause clusters could be linked to a specific neurotransmitter.
Yeah, arachnophobia pretty bad. I have some friends who have garden spiders (even the word creeps me out!) all over their house and yard, and boy do I have a hard time there in the summer. But I think I could learn to live with them (spideys) if it meant living in the woods and not having to bother with curtains! Tell me you have a lake or river nearby, and I'll be really jealous!
Peace
Dianna