Posted by Jackie on February 02, 1999 at 18:05:57:
In Reply to: Do we "Need Our Pain?" posted by Anonymous on February 02, 1999 at 10:33:58:
Well, my first comment: posting "anonymous" was a
good idea.
I'm sure you meant this post to generate some
thought-provoking conversation. But I don't think
I can get beyond "this is psychobabble at its worst."
I know there's a school of thought that says we're all
personally responsible for our diseases
(dis-ease). I think all this does is make people
feel like they did something wrong to get
whatever illness it is. And let's say "I need this
pain," for the sake of argument. Then what would
I do to unneed it? Go into psychotherapy for the
rest of my life? Now THERE'S a depressing thought.
Jackie