Jack Cummins

I think that you make some very important points in considering the whole way in which the body can be seen as problematic. This involves the perspect...

The whole way in which you say about what philosophers speaking about, including self and consciousness, as arising from the the body is why I am rais...

Your discussion of two people is interesting, but it does raise the question of how much beauty is equated with the female and male with intellect. I ...

I am so glad that you are keeping up the discussion. It is interesting that you do prefer a literal interpretation of the Bible. I am a bit more on th...

Extra: I am trying to combine the way aesthetics of self, and in the social dimension, affects upon our perception and understanding as individual bei...

I am certainly wanting to avoid devilish viruses, and also trying to digest and think about all the ideas arising on this thread. I am glad that it ha...

Yes, I guess this is strange, and it sometimes seems that Catholics, and I am sure other groups of religious people, tune into aspects of religion but...

Strangely, the links worked for me and it is strange indeed because a lot of the links people put on this site don't seem to work from my phone. And, ...

These are beautiful paintings. I have never seen them before, even though I have studied a certain amount of history of art. The two pictures of the w...

I do see your view of how people can begin seeking therapy, get labelled and end going down a whole chain of being seen as lesser and end up getting s...

I had no idea this was happening and it seems as though it is within England, where I am. I did hear one woman saying that her son was put in seclusio...

I agree with you completely. Most people seem to just look up information on Wikipedia as if it has all the answers summed up, as if it is the new 'wi...

The whole question as to whether people really believe what they claim to believe is a good one and it also raises the question of social pressure to ...

I don't have any experience of working in schools or mental health services for children, so I am not aware of any practices of sensory deprivation. I...

You speak of, 'Psychiatry as a substitute for corporal punishment_ the chemical cohosh returns'. I think that it is a far better idea to address behav...

I think that you are correct to say that religion provides political power. I probably have not read that much about Islam to know its compatibility w...

It is an interesting area of discussion and I have never discussed this side of Islam with the specific people who I know. The area I live in, Tooting...

I am definitely not criticising Christianity above all religions. My comment about people finding comfort in Christianity is based on the tradition I ...

I do agree that suffering is part of life and it doesn't necessarily call for medication or therapy, but I do think it is variable. One factor is that...

The discussion of attention span, as referred to in the article link, is interesting. Generally, I think that many people I come across have an extrem...

Your point 'despair is a mental health problem' is interesting, but it is a very debatable one. That is because on, one hand, it can be a cognitive st...

I have known people diagnosed with mental health problems who have found great meaning in the antipsychiatry movement. When I did my mental health nur...

Your point about therapy approaches which don't pathologise but see it as necessary for life issues is important. However, part of the problem comes d...

You are right to say that Complex Post Traumatic Disorder is a diagnosis in its own right, even though people who have other disorders may have a sign...

I do agree.The people we turn to for help, including counsellors and therapists, can be the ones who give us the most difficulties. One of the problem...

I didn't know that Simone Weil was the patron saint of outsiders. That makes me more interested in her because I have always felt like an outsider. On...

Of course, another option available for some people is over the counter remedies. Doctors seem to have mixed opinions about this and some are opposed ...

Yes, one of the big issues for Catholics is abortion and it probably puts women in a lot of conflict. I can remember being at church and hearing the p...

Despite my initial dismay when you quoted the Biblical idea of the beast of Revelation, I have come to the conclusion that the idea of the beast is a ...

It definitely seems that women are more likely to get diagnosed with borderline whereas men with antisocial personality disorders. I have to say that ...

I think that it is important to treat depression, but it is getting so common for doctors to prescribe antidepressants routinely. I am not opposed to ...

I can think of one connection, which is the homeopathic remedy, Nat Mur. That is made from sodium chloride, obviously in minute proportions because th...

It does seem that esoteric Christianity was pushed underground, and you are correct in saying that Aquinas and Augustine's interpretation of the Greek...

The quotation from Maurice Nicholi makes a lot of sense to me. I can definitely cope with the move esoteric interpretations of the gospels. I have rea...

I believe that it is not possible to predict future states of mind, because sometimes it as if they arise out of nowhere, as well as life events being...

PTSD is a very interesting area in relation to therapy because often people who have this do not get a full response to treatment by medication. They ...

You mention the ecstatic and I do get states of that too, but I do know some people who experience continual flatness. They are always miserable. I of...

I do agree that it is possible to be ecstatic as a nihilist. However, I believe that it is complicated because for some the nihilism leads to suicidal...

Yes, I agree that nihilism and depression are rather different, although in some cases there can be an overlap. Nihilism is a way of seeing the world ...

Do you work in mental health care? I have too, until last May. I am unsure if I plan to go back into this. However, I do experience depression at time...

One idea I would also add for people to think that is one exercise a tutor on a therapy course I was doing. She asked us to imagine what miracle we co...

What I have become aware of recently is how public policy and government are so bound together. It seems that so many people want protection from the ...

I do believe that we have to try out different options available, and if they are specific psychosocial options we don't have automatic access to them...

From my experience of working within mental health care, the diagnosis of depression is sometimes complicated. If lack of enjoyment and despair come w...

I am familiar with depression because I have experienced it personally and I have worked with people experience it in in a mental health care. However...

I am really concerned about the way people are being offered online therapy. It does seem to suggest the idea of people alone in rooms tapping away on...

I think that both medication and life circumstances are important. The question is where can people begin? Medication is meant to be a starting point ...

I definitely believe that finding the right therapist is important for most people and that can be a long and arduous task. I have known some people g...

I think that the question you raise is really interesting. Do we wish to be made less sensitive or more. In a way, medication and even pleasure can ha...

You are right to say that therapy 'can be a lifesaver, and it can be useless or damaging.' I think that is probably the whole basis for my raising the...