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The terrorist inside my husband's brain
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Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#52This is obviously painful for the family and the fans, and I hope my words are not taken in the wrong way. But I really wish Americans (and yes, I think it's mostly Americans who have this tendency) would choose their words more carefully. If I am not mistaken, we are talking about a disease . What makes the analogy to "terrorism" apt here? For a while, everything seemed to be a "war" ("war on drugs", "war on crime",…
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Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#53This is obviously painful for the family and the fans, and I hope my words are not taken in the wrong way. But I really wish Americans (and yes, I think it's mostly Americans who have this tendency) would choose their words more carefully. If I am not mistaken, we are talking about a disease . What makes the analogy to "terrorism" apt here? For a while, everything seemed to be a "war" ("war on drugs", "war on crime",…
You are sadly witnessing one of the darkest consequences of 9/11. It was such traumatic event for the entire society, due to its stark reminder that we weren't safe, and the modern world hadn't solved every problem, after decades of comfort. There's a feedback cycle of increased fear, leading to unrealistic demands to fix it, leading to "solutions" that are immensely amplified by the media, and the politician's justi…
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Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#54This is obviously painful for the family and the fans, and I hope my words are not taken in the wrong way. But I really wish Americans (and yes, I think it's mostly Americans who have this tendency) would choose their words more carefully. If I am not mistaken, we are talking about a disease . What makes the analogy to "terrorism" apt here? For a while, everything seemed to be a "war" ("war on drugs", "war on crime",…
The problem with metaphors linking the human body with society is they are essentially fascist. The "parts" have no value and the "whole" is supremely important.
So it is incumbent on people who use these metaphors to remember that in society the "parts" (i.e. each individual) do have value. Otherwise it's too easy to turn things around and say, "Terrorists are like disease, we must kill them all; that fast-growing ethnic group is like cancer, we must cut it out."
I don't blame the author in this case as it's a very personal account, but readers should be sure to keep the distinction in mind.
Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#55> He never said he had hallucinations. [...] it became evident that most likely he did have hallucinations, but was keeping that to himself. I do not know if I would tell people about hallucinations. It is bad enough to be out of control of your function, but to have no trust in your experience is terrifying. I wouldn't be surprised if I convinced myself I didn't have them in order to feel in control.
I experience mild hallucinations when stressed out or drunk. Lack of sleep is another trigger. I haven't had it diagnosed but I suspect HPPD, stemming from some badly times mushrooms trips a couple of years ago. I find it mostly ignorable thankfully.
I was aware of the hallucinations for one year before I told anyone about it. Have only talked with one friend about it a couple of times. It is a difficult subject, and hard to relate to for people that haven't experienced hallucinations. And on the other hand is it an deeply private sensation that is very hard to convey.
Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#56To make it a little more readable I drop this is on alot of websites just edit the CSS and drop it on the bottom body { margin:1em auto; max-width:40em; padding:0 .62em; font:1.2em/1.62em sans-serif; } h1,h2,h3 { line-height:1.2em; }
It's because OP linked the mobile site version. Here is the journal's formatted PDF:
Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#57It is astounding that someone with the resources to pay for the best medical care was unable to arrive at the correct diagnosis. As we move towards AI assisted diagnoses, hopefully such suffering can be mitigated. Do neurologists follow checklists when diagnosing symptoms? Will this case change their procedures going forward?
Speaking from personal experience (I suffer from a rare neuro-muscular) disease. If you have a very common disease it is often somewhat quickly diagnosed and treated. The less common the disease the longer it takes and the more likelihood of early misdiagnosis.
Often times there are symptoms overlap. A patient may not display or disclose the symptoms that makes it stand out from the others.
Many diseases are diagnosed by physical examination only as lab results can't pinpoint many diseases. This makes it difficult as the doctors you are seeing may not have any/enough experience with the disease to properly diagnose.
In my case it took over six years to get a correct diagnosis and treatment. My doctor is quite humble which served me well as other doctors might have misdiagnosed and treated me incorrectly. In my case the doctor said to me after several months of testing and examinations, "There is clearly something serious wrong with you, but I'm not smart enough to figure out what." After that he became more of a puppet master sending me to different specialists until finally, after 6 years I found one who was familiar with my illness.
Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#58To make it a little more readable I drop this is on alot of websites just edit the CSS and drop it on the bottom body { margin:1em auto; max-width:40em; padding:0 .62em; font:1.2em/1.62em sans-serif; } h1,h2,h3 { line-height:1.2em; }
Why not just use Reader View?
Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#59This is obviously painful for the family and the fans, and I hope my words are not taken in the wrong way. But I really wish Americans (and yes, I think it's mostly Americans who have this tendency) would choose their words more carefully. If I am not mistaken, we are talking about a disease . What makes the analogy to "terrorism" apt here? For a while, everything seemed to be a "war" ("war on drugs", "war on crime",…
After reading the article I thought it was a great metaphor. Agreed that in the US too many things are "war on x" but I felt this was a good use of the word "terrorist".
I grew up in Germany during the Baader Meinhof days so to me terrorism has a specific, slightly different meaning to its use here in the US now but words have different meanings in different contexts.
Re: The terrorist inside my husband's brain
#60This is obviously painful for the family and the fans, and I hope my words are not taken in the wrong way. But I really wish Americans (and yes, I think it's mostly Americans who have this tendency) would choose their words more carefully. If I am not mistaken, we are talking about a disease . What makes the analogy to "terrorism" apt here? For a while, everything seemed to be a "war" ("war on drugs", "war on crime",…
First it was "Depression", then it was "Lewy Body Disease". Everyone wants to find blame or causes during a tragic death. The evidence points to auto-erotic asphyxiation but of course you won't raise many dollars at a charity fundraiser for that.