Posted by fires on December 1, 2004, at 20:14:53
In reply to immune dysregulation » fires, posted by gardenergirl on December 1, 2004, at 18:30:19
Well.I'm long on thoughts, yet short on words. You did post earlier: "Do use humor at times. Laughter is healing, as some wise woman on another board said (Jai) :)"
I laugh> feel better, therefore I feel better because I laughed?? Correlation only.
I've never seen one shred of scientific proof that laughter is healing. I believe that's a pop psych idea that got started and then developed a life of its' own (as do so many "feel good" theories).
You also stated:
" Everyone please repeat after me: "Correlation does NOT imply causation.""
Correct. Now if Ts would only practice according to that truism. (Most would be out of practice).Correlation is the DX tool of psychology. Example: "you were sexuallly abused, therefore you feel bad." Correlation only.
There's quite a bit of evidence that Dep. **may** be caused by viruses. Certainly more evidence than the antiquated theories that it's cause by anger turned inward, or demonic possession.
> As heard in every psych research class I ever attended...
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> Everyone please repeat after me: "Correlation does NOT imply causation."
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> gg
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