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Well, there are several misconceptions which still stand, here, and I'd like to point them out.
You argue that Darkstalker is using semantics as a basis for his beliefs, yet you do the very same thing with your notions of "disorder" versus "illness", both very much matters based on perception. You'll note that in the field of psychology several leading doctors have had very different opinions and results, and thereby their conclusions have been quite different. No doubt, many will tell you they are infallibly correct, as is the case with some of Jung's documents and Freud. We could argue over semantics all day long, but it would get us nowhere (i.e. Is the cat alive, or dead?). We must entertain the third option, as illustrated in my previous example, that we invariably do not know all things, and from a professional standpoint we would be wrong to assume anything until we know for a complete fact that it is this way or it is not this way. Again, my opinion, which may be correct or false, depending on your standpoint.
I'm not going to point fingers here, but at least one of the people involved in this discussion have already stepped down from their position, given it's more of a personal belief than sound advice, and to maintain that they are one and the same quite often has ramifications on your bias, your place in the discussion, and your conclusions. I have already congratulated that member, and I do appreciate that they have what it takes to realize the ineffable fact that not everyone is, in fact, correct 100% of the time.
And my advice is contrary to yours, but that does not make it immediately dismissible as unsound, or any less pertinent to the topic. It is "real advice", because it is advice that I suggest, from my lifetime here and my experiences, just as yours is "real advice" based on the same. My advice is this: What you believe, what you think, and what you are are very important to you. Follow your heart, your dreams. Chase the sun, kiss the sky, live your life how you want.
Acid does have some decent advice to give, though, and that is that this is a very serious matter, one not to go into without thinking it through. But, all that aside, do what you feel is right. That's my advice.
Edited my post because I realized the topic had been moved back.
This post has been edited by Isaiah: Jan 3 2007, 10:04 PM
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"It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands." Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
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Hello, Anybody Know Anything About This?
polite.heretic Hello, Anybody Know Anything About This? Jan 1 2007, 10:12 PM
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