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Date: 1997/08/12
Subj: behaviour and symptoms
hi all
in re ... situations where parkies have exhibited behaviour
that is generally termed 'psychotic' or 'delusional' or ...
our brain chemistry is a living miracle
it's a miracle that i can understand the words i'm writing now
it's a miracle that you can understand the words you're reading now
let alone all the miracles that took place
to get from me to you
if that miraculous brain chemistry 'soup' recipe is out of balance
we can exhibit a myriad of symptoms:
tremour
obsessiveness
shuffling walk
hostility
uncontrollable profanity
tiny handwriting
full blown glorious rage
total withdrawal
wild dyskinetic movement
seeing puppies on the kitchen floor
frozen facial muscles
the range and breadth of potential symptoms is breath-taking
and all caused by the recipe being out of balance
a pinch of something may need increasing here
a dash of something may need reducing there
so many of these physical and behavioural symptoms are still tainted
by the associations in our minds with so-called craziness:
psychiatric hospital, nut house, loony-bin
and my all-time favourite
insane asylum
but they are all just symptoms
and indications that the chef has work to do
yours in nutsiness
janet
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janet paterson
52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset
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