tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post5307391318302121274..comments2023-04-30T05:23:27.355-07:00Comments on hush!: Hysteria's Rootshushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-57922326284505784342011-06-08T16:21:08.983-07:002011-06-08T16:21:08.983-07:00@Hush - Aw, shucks! I'm blushing. Delighted to...@Hush - Aw, shucks! I'm blushing. Delighted to have found such a friendly group of smart readers. It really does sound like an interesting book. I'm putting it on my non-fiction list, but it has to take second place behind the biography of Cleopatra I've been trying to get to since Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-18357797249627235592011-06-08T15:29:36.762-07:002011-06-08T15:29:36.762-07:00@Got It, Ma! - I'd like to officially present ...@Got It, Ma! - I'd like to officially present you with the award for Best Comment Ever on my blog! Amen to all of that, sister! Yes! What is up with the strict line we draw between the physical and the psychological? I blame the patriarchy. <br /><br />@the milliner - I hope you get well soon!hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-60330407884348537032011-06-08T05:29:25.734-07:002011-06-08T05:29:25.734-07:00"anorexia, bulimia, self-mutilation" - b..."anorexia, bulimia, self-mutilation" - but those have got to fall under an OCD umbrella I would think and those three are probably being singled out because they show up more frequently in women. Like @Cloud said - our minds are in our brains and there has to be a physiological start point for even "mental" issues.mom2boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00784436196685595115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-89466364121397934682011-06-07T09:19:10.438-07:002011-06-07T09:19:10.438-07:00Stop! I already have too many things on my "t...Stop! I already have too many things on my "to read" list!<br /><br />One thing I'll add to what the others say- even a "psychological" component of an illness probably has some physical manifestation, which can perhaps be a point of intervention. Our minds are in our brains, after all.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-25502032399090491092011-06-06T18:01:35.067-07:002011-06-06T18:01:35.067-07:00ITA with what @got it, ma! said. I'm on stres...ITA with what @got it, ma! said. I'm on stress leave (burnout) from work right now and I have definitely found it hard to tease apart the psychological issues from the physical ones. It all just seems to be part and parcel of the overall issue. Kind of a 'chicken or the egg' thing...not sure which one came first or to which extent they are related.<br /><br />Because of the medical establishment's tendancy to separate the two things, I've found it very helpful to have gathered my own group of medical/well being experts (medical doctor, chiropractor, massage therapist/osteopath, psychotherapist). I find that grouping their feedback all together gives me the most complete picture of what's going on.the millinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-39603997697772191162011-06-06T14:18:20.290-07:002011-06-06T14:18:20.290-07:00Wow, @Got It Ma! That is an awesome comment. Need ...Wow, @Got It Ma! That is an awesome comment. Need to walk away and think about it...Jac.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482270755935730046.post-62031812151654348672011-06-06T10:51:25.179-07:002011-06-06T10:51:25.179-07:00Sounds like a fascinating book. It seems as though...Sounds like a fascinating book. It seems as though we draw this really strict line between biological and psychological illness. It's not a line that has any basis in fact. It just reinforces a lot of really harmful notions about mental health and mental illness. Every illness has a psychological component. But it's as though illnesses caused by unhealthy cell growth get research funding, while those caused by brain and body chemistry get looked at askance, especially if those suffering from them are predominantly female. On the one hand I can see how those suffering from CFS would find the assertion that CFS resists biological explanation troubling, because once we assert that an illness has a significant psychological component, that illness suddenly falls off the radar for much of the medical establishment, who unfortunately believe in a total separation of mind and body. On the other hand, we need to move in the direction treating the whole person, and illnesses like CFS that have confounded strictly biological explanation may offer up a new frontier of medical research which could seek answers on more levels. Just as "women's work" has been trivialized over the years, so have "women's illnesses" been branded "psychological" as yet another way to marginalize women's experiences. And by buying into the negative connotation of psychology, in a way we buy into our own marginalization. I'd argue that if CFS has a significant psychological component, that shouldn't make it seem any less of a "real" illness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com