I was NOT at all saying that qatar was "imagining" her very real medical problems, nor in any way mitigating the suffering these conditions cause her. Nor does using the term "mental issue" mean in any way, that someone is "mental ill". We ALL have issues.
What I *was* saying, is that is has repeatedly been scientifically demonstrated, that the root cause for many autoimmune problems, is NOT some specific physiological issue, but rather a mental issue. While B. F. Skinner may have been a crazy loon, he DID demonstrate, as far back as the 80s, that something as simple as Classical Conditioning, can directly affect the autonomous immune system, to the extent of turning it OFF, or as in the case with autoimmune issues, making it over-react...
It is also pretty easy to demonstrate that many such autoimmune problems are triggered by non-physical stress. So yes, many such problems develop not because their is something physically wrong, but because of various psychological triggers. You mean to tell me that you've never developed a migraine because of some big event coming up, say a test, or that you've never experienced the idiom "that person gives me a rash", these are both physiological manifestations of "mental issues".
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Right, Sherlock
Date: 2008-07-24 10:00 pm (UTC)What I *was* saying, is that is has repeatedly been scientifically demonstrated, that the root cause for many autoimmune problems, is NOT some specific physiological issue, but rather a mental issue. While B. F. Skinner may have been a crazy loon, he DID demonstrate, as far back as the 80s, that something as simple as Classical Conditioning, can directly affect the autonomous immune system, to the extent of turning it OFF, or as in the case with autoimmune issues, making it over-react...
It is also pretty easy to demonstrate that many such autoimmune problems are triggered by non-physical stress. So yes, many such problems develop not because their is something physically wrong, but because of various psychological triggers. You mean to tell me that you've never developed a migraine because of some big event coming up, say a test, or that you've never experienced the idiom "that person gives me a rash", these are both physiological manifestations of "mental issues".