Posted by floatingbridge on November 10, 2009, at 17:46:09
In reply to Re: Peter Breggin, posted by uncouth on November 10, 2009, at 14:20:48
"Anyway, reading some of his stuff (his books are available in partial form to read on Google Books) got me thinking and a bit scared. Do I have to choose between intense emotional pain or complete numbness and affectlessness?
-uncouth"Uncouth, my understanding, (and maybe someone has said this already--I leapt ahead in the thread to write this), is that intense emotional pain has deleterious effects on the brain as well. Hopefully we can find some middle road. Is mild benzo use more damaging than non-stop stress? I'll go for benzos. As for AP's, I don't know. I've heard mixed information. But to suffer is not a good choice either.
my two uninformed cents,
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