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ellejayzee

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  1. During my mental health placement, I experienced the same with patients who have bipolar (and other narcissistic/personality disorders). Delusions of grandeur are, from what I've seen, really common during the manic phase. I know of a few friends who've experienced mental crisis and believe themselves to be literal sons of Jehovah - this doesn't mean they're demon possessed or they've done something to open their mind and let demons in. The mind is incredible in how it works and aside from our creator, we'll never truly understand how it malfunctions.
  2. Many analgesics are based on the same compounds of heroin. Everything from over the counter painkillers such as codeine to morphine lolly pops for those with severe chronic pain very often are the only treatment options for those who suffer daily or are involved in trauma. Fentanyl is used routinely in endoscopic procedures, for example. Now, it's being heavily, heavily abused (in the US mainly), as it makes the user feel so incredibly good - one could say it alters the mind both emotionally and quite literally by blocking pain receptors. It's causing a horrendous number of deaths due to its being 100x (or something like that) the strength of morphine. Ketamine is another example of a tranquilliser used in the case of dislocated limbs/severe trauma, but also used as a party drug. I'm sure there are some brothers and sisters who feel that taking a medication containing the same compound as a recreational drug may not be acceptable to them, and that's certainly a conscience matter - especially for those who may have suffered with their own addictions. I personally think regarding this particular study that if it's controlled and used in a professional way, more than likely side-by-side with psychosocial therapies (that is to say, if it actually is proved to be an effective treatment), it may greatly benefit those who have treatment resistant depression and would be no different to using opiates to control pain. Because the aim isn't to get high, the aim is to reset the brain in the same way ECT is thought to work.
  3. A very interesting finding. Putting my critical thinking in the practice: The sample size was quite small here, only 19 people. Based on the number of people with depression in the UK, the study would need to be replicated on a much, much bigger scale It noted that appropriate psychological support is still needed in addition to the compound - could there be a placebo effect here? Someone thinking they're taking magic mushrooms may well be more receptive to therapies. Similar to how people may end up feeling tipsy despite only unknowingly drinking alcohol-free booze. There was no control group, so no accurate comparison could be made between those who were administered the compound and other patients receiving standard psychotherapies. I would be much more willing to look at the report if it was replicated as a randomised control trial, but it's promising nevertheless. Not sure it's something I would personally consider, but then I do accept opiate-based painkillers for a long-standing pain issue so it's a difficult one!
  4. Most of us in England would definitely say the same! Geordie and Scousers' accents are so thick even a native like me can have trouble understanding. I would find a video with one of those accents absolutely hilarious though! I was funny when I travelled over to NYC once (in fact, another brother had the exact same issues a few years before me) I was trying to ask for water, pronouncing it 'war-tuh' with a hard 't'. The poor server had no idea what I was asking for and ended up bringing me a bottle of some sauce of some kind? I had to drop the 't' and call it some hybrid of English and American 'war-dur' and she finally understood!
  5. Of all the publications to be released, even as a little girl, I love the yearbook the most. To hear how our brothers and sisters face their own challenges around the world gives me so much strength and encouragement. Hopefully soon the yearbooks released will be of the new work we'll all be doing following Armageddon!

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    Laura
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    I was raised in the truth by two pioneering parents, along with my younger sister.

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