Posted by hrtlm on July 13, 2002, at 10:17:52
In reply to Re: making myself deaf??? » hrtlm, posted by Phil on July 13, 2002, at 7:28:24
> I do see a pdoc and will ask her why I make up scenarios when I read that someone wants to know how to go deaf w/o sticking an icepick in their ear. <
Did I ever say that I wanted to know how to go deaf w/o sticking an ice pick in my ear? No. I simply asked if it was even possible. Here's my exact question:
<<could you make yourself deaf (without jabbing an ice pick into your inner ear or anything painful like that)?>>
Then you say:
<<I made it up, as you say, because you ignored the question.>>
So it's my fault that you just make things up about other people? If you are talking about the fact that I didn't answer the "Why do you want to know?" question, here's a thought:
Why do I need to justify my question to you? Either you want to answer the original post or you don't. But you don't need to try and dictate to me any criteria that you might have before answering my question. If you *want* to help out, go ahead, but don't try to invalidate my request for information just because you, in all your professional training (LOL), decide that I'm not entitled to an answer. And you are most certainly *NOT* entitled to make up your own little scenario (lies) just because I didn't rush to explain myself to you.
In the interest of putting the argument to rest, I will tell you why I asked. A friend and I were talking about mental illness, treatment, the snowballing of symptoms that occurs with lack of treatment, etc. My friend, a lot of times, makes crap up (Wow, maybe you two would hit it off.). Anyway, he gets into this story about someone who couldn't take even the smallest of noises, so the guy intentionally inflicted deafness upon himself. I said "Jesus, that would hurt!", thinking it would have to be a self-inflicted physical injury (unless it was really some sort of uncontrollable incident like a virus, etc.). He said that no, it wasn't anything like that. So I asked him for specifics and he, of course, didn't have any, so I thought I'd ask here.
Again, I'm not saying that you had any obligation to answer my original post. But it's really not appropriate to publicly deem my request "unworthy" by asking "Why do you want to know?" And again, you definitely have no right to create your own scenario and post it.
> We haven't covered that one.
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> Oh, the picking at scabs, here's your answer. BTW, I had a friend in school who pulled out his eyelashes(same syndrome)
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> ------------ABSTRACT----------
> Characterization of trichotillomania. A phenomenological model with clinical relevance to obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.
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> O'Sullivan RL, Mansueto CS, Lerner EA, Miguel EC.
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> Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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> Multiple approaches to characterization of TTM have been developed, including categoric definitions and dimensional considerations. When TTM is viewed in the context of other disorders with common comorbidities and overlapping similar phenomenologies, such as OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, skin picking, TS, and olfactory reference syndrome, clinical approaches to assessment and differential diagnosis are more complex. This article presents a general overview of TTM included as a background for a heuristic clinical framework for assessing obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. A comprehensive behavioral model of TTM as a template is presented in the context of a broader, phenomenologic approach to assessment of several other disorders. These additional conditions were chosen on clinical grounds because they seem to share some phenomenologic characteristics with TTM. It is hoped that combining a phenomenologic approach to the differentiation of repetitive behaviors (as has been valuable in advancing the understanding of repetitive behaviors in TS and OCD), coupled with a paradigmatic comprehensive behavioral assessment and treatment model of TTM, may foster the validation of such approaches for other putative obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Also, the relative intensity and frequency ascribed to the various behavioral and phenomenologic components of the conditions depicted represent clinical impressions, with varying degrees of empiric support, and require objective validation. This approach is meant to serve as a point of departure for clinical assessment of these complex, interesting, and sometimes incompletely diagnosed and inadequately treated conditions. It is hoped that empiric validation or refutation of this conceptualization will stimulate additional research and provide clinicians with a general framework for assessing patients suffering from these difficult conditions. For more information about trichotillomania, contact The Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC), 1215 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (831-457-1004; www.trich.org).
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