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Everything that is obviously possible to overcome with self-will, patience and persistence - drug addiction and alcoholism (except the last, incurable stage), s
by c00p3r 16y ago
Everything that is obviously possible to overcome with self-will, patience and persistence - drug addiction and alcoholism (except the last, incurable stage), smoking, obesity, shyness, and especially ignorance - should not be tolerated. Most people didn't even tried. They are just blaming everything and everyone else.
There are a few of special cases, like children of dopers or alcoholics, inherited diseases and other genetic disorders, but even in such cases it is possible to improve their conditions with a right effort.
btw, in the so-called third world word 'disease' means condition which cannot be reversed or cured, such as AIDS, cancer, liver or kidney damages and so on. Everything else, like a fly or stomach aches are just a changing phenomena like weather.
People who cannot stop shooting, drinking, smoking, eating, and passively watching are ignorant, not sick (leaving aside the clinical stages). At least from the point of view of the one who did.
- jamesbritt 16y ago"Everything that is obviously possible to overcome with self-will, patience and persistence." There are people who can lower their blood pressure though relaxation and meditation. Should we withhold blood pressure medication? "Most people didn't even tried. They just blaming everything and everyone else." And you know this how? You're just making shit up. "People who cannot stop shooting, drinking, smoking, eating, and avoiding people are ignorant, not sick. At least from the point of view of the one who did." From the POV of one who did that is quite an ignorant opinion.
- c00p3r 16y agoOh, it could be a long discussion, especially in terms of 'withhold medication'. There are some basics, like the difference between symptoms and their causes. In the cases in which it is possible to deal with causes, not the symptoms, using self-will and altered behavior one should do it. Medications, in most cases, are eliminating the symptoms but not their causes. Prozac and is the best example. The complex of cognitive, behavior and psycho therapies in the sub-clinical cases and with medication in the clinical ones usually help, while just a medication without changing the habits will probably fail.
- brazzy 16y agoI don't think you've read and understood the article. Your posting smacks of ignorance and I find it intolerable.
- c00p3r 16y ago1. I did. 2. There is a life outside US. =) 3. Try to google 'Tibetan medicine bon tradition' or something like that. btw, The root (or the trunk) of Tibetan tree of the causes of diseases is ignorance.
- c00p3r 16y agomy last 2c - all those abuses are very easy to deal with compared to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome, especially when your parents (and therefore you) know nothing about it or that it even exist. =)