Comments on: Mental Illness as Brain Disease: A Brief History Lesson http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-therapeutic-state-mental-illness-as-brain-disease-a-brief-history-lesson/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Daniel Simons http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-therapeutic-state-mental-illness-as-brain-disease-a-brief-history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-23890 Daniel Simons Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:55:21 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/the-therapeutic-state-mental-illness-as-brain-disease-a-brief-history-lesson/#comment-23890 I was recently discussing the so called existence of mental illness as an udentifiable permanent entity. Admittingly, there is no known cause for mental illness. The idea is that if a person has an injury (which can or cannot be determined) then who cares about the cause? Why not just treat it? I gave the example of a person with an "invisible" disability like one at birth. Do you try to fix that? The real question is how do you actually diagnose this disability? If it is not important to consider the cause of the disability then what and how can you identify that it even exists? Also how would you be able to treat it anyway? It is very clear that psychiatric related drugs cause a false sense of self where no such self exists. If you analyze the mind you will not find a disorder to treat. We have also discussed, brought up the question of nerve drugs. According to quantum physics they do work. Medication is an antidote on a very relative level of options. It is not the antidote itself. If a person recognizes that their is a defect in their mind, then it is not something permanent. It has no substantial existence and is like the clouds in the sky passing by. Do you try to obliterate the clouds? If you can take medication for this defect then also there are other possibilities which are more directly related to the mind: Looking at it directly to see its true nature. This is why from my experience the medication reinforces the false sense of self, one that depends on mediaction for enhancement when in fact the medication comes from mind. Whether a medication works for you or not depends on the mind. So how can any drug work on a permanent mind? Obviously this is a metaphysical problem! These speculations and superstitions become laws. And laws become curses. Curses! Every point of power has its end. Or does it? Is there a first point? I was recently discussing the so called existence of mental illness as an udentifiable permanent entity. Admittingly, there is no known cause for mental illness. The idea is that if a person has an injury (which can or cannot be determined) then who cares about the cause? Why not just treat it?

I gave the example of a person with an “invisible” disability like one at birth.

Do you try to fix that?

The real question is how do you actually diagnose this disability?

If it is not important to consider the cause of the disability then what and how can you identify that it even exists?

Also how would you be able to treat it anyway?

It is very clear that psychiatric related drugs cause a false sense of self where no such self exists.

If you analyze the mind you will not find a disorder to treat.

We have also discussed, brought up the question of nerve drugs.

According to quantum physics they do work.

Medication is an antidote on a very relative level of options.

It is not the antidote itself.

If a person recognizes that their is a defect in their mind, then it is not something permanent. It has no substantial existence and is like the clouds in the sky passing by. Do you try to obliterate the clouds?

If you can take medication for this defect then also there are other possibilities which are more directly related to the mind: Looking at it directly to see its true nature.

This is why from my experience the medication reinforces the false sense of self, one that depends on mediaction for enhancement when in fact the medication comes from mind.

Whether a medication works for you or not depends on the mind. So how can any drug work on a permanent mind? Obviously this is a metaphysical problem!

These speculations and superstitions become laws.

And laws become curses.

Curses!

Every point of power has its end.

Or does it?

Is there a first point?

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