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Another TED Talk - Electroshock Therapy

Sherwin Nuland, a surgeon and author, talks about the history of and his experiences with electroshock therapy.

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Chuckus : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Chuckus

9 votes NegativePositive

739 days 23 hours ago...

Powerful story.

And you could see that his disorder was knocking at the door during the entire speech becoming progressively worse but he pushed through like a champ.

Not many sappy stories get me interested or inspired but he did a good job.

EntropY* : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

EntropY*

4 votes NegativePositive

736 days 21 hours ago...

My dad had an extreme case of depression, bordering on losing control, with suicide attempts in the double digits. They put him on experimental pills, had him do psych excersizes, but when they said he was a candidate for electroshock, he flatly refused.

He`s since stopped taking the pills, and functions normally. He was so scared of the torturous idea that he began repressing it himself. Today he`s totally functional and takes no pills.

I take that back, he still has a slight obsession with the lottery, but that`s a small thing to deal with.

stbasdf : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

stbasdf

4 votes NegativePositive

736 days 20 hours ago...

ah fuck it! serenity now!

D! : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

D!

3 votes NegativePositive

736 days 19 hours ago...

the really sad part about this guy`s story is that he was treated by biogically oriented psychiatrists using biologically oriented treatments. It`s clear from his story that he had issues from childhood that came back to haunt him and affect the way he was living his life, but did he go see a psychologist, someone who is trained to assess the impact of these things on depression, anxiety, etc.?

No.

Being medically trained himself, he assumed to some extent that the problem was in his "organs" instead of in his sense of self, his sense of purpose, the meaning that he maade of his life. These are not things you learn about in med school, and they may not sound "Scientific," but they are the building blocks of depression and anxiety. Shame he couldn`t have gone to see a good psychologist who could have helped him make sense of all this. Luckily for him, the shocks helped snap him out of it, but he went through a lot of shit first. Poor guy.

scanjet : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

scanjet

3 votes NegativePositive

736 days 19 hours ago...

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GUYS TRYING TO DO TO ME!

iryngo : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

iryngo

2 votes NegativePositive

736 days 18 hours ago...

Very nice talk, personnal and inspiring in many ways.

LastCaucasian : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

LastCaucasian

0 votes NegativePositive

736 days 13 hours ago...

Thanks for the d/l. Good stuff in there I can relate to.

klavlav : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

klavlav

-1 votes NegativePositive

736 days 10 hours ago...

Unfortunately, medical "science" too often reiterates - rather than rejects - what religion and superstition originated.

Where religion appeals to "God" and "sin", medicine invokes the "natural", "normal" and somatic.

And so the witch hunts and inquisitions continue (oh, if only Torquemada had had electroshock "therapy" to work with...)

So, so many folks I`ve known with similar problems as this guy have been helped with:

1.Sex

and

2. Pot

...but then we have those damn witch hunts that get in the way...

mcbarker : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

mcbarker

1 votes NegativePositive

736 days 8 hours ago...

Wow, nice post. 5/5

PizzaBoi : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

PizzaBoi

0 votes NegativePositive

731 days 9 hours ago...

ah fuck it. you get 5/5

Leopard : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Leopard

0 votes NegativePositive

726 days 20 hours ago...

Wow.. could totally see that he was braking near the end. Very quick finish to what looked like a very emotional and difficult speech. And that guy must have super determination fairplay. Some of us don`t realize that depression gets deeper than maybe finishing your girlfriend or whatever.

5/5

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