Category: Health and Wellness
Hi All, I've heard of computer addiction in my school text book. Is that a real disorder? I wonder because I'm on the internet for 7 hours a day. Do to my dad griping at me numerous times, I think I need to cut back. What tips do you have for doing that?
find something constructive to do.
Katie, I agree with the last post. Find something that will take you outside the house. In other topics you mentioned hating getting up early. Try finding something to do outside that requires some energy. Maybe walking if your neighborhood is safe. I'm not saying take a 25 mile hike the first day, but start small and work your way further from home. You might meet interesting people and discover new things about where you live in the process.
Lou
there is such a thing called disease mongering. doctors and the pharma industry make up phoney diseases and disorders in order to sell more drugs. when i find the list of them, i will post them here.
here is an example of disease mongering.
these diseases r actually being discussed by the medical community.
As the drug companies are running out of real diseases to boost their pharmaceutical sales, they're increasingly inventing new, fictitious diseases in order
to scare people into thinking they have some sort of disorder or dysfunction. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is perhaps the best known
fictitious disease invented to sell psychotropic drugs, but there are many other made-up diseases such as General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).
All this is headed to an obvious conclusion: every quirky or uncomfortable
human behavior
will soon be labeled a disease, and a medication will be quickly be dispensed to deal with that "disease." Of course, it may take the drug industry years
to invent all these diseases, but you can bet they have teams of scientists working on that effort right now.
But why wait? I decided to pitch in and help the
drug companies
by listing quirky human behaviors that deserve to be called diseases right now! There's hardly a person alive who hasn't exhibited one or more of these
behaviors, meaning there's a huge untapped drug market out there for the taking!
So this is my goodwill deed for Big Pharma today: my list of human behaviors that should be diseases, but aren't. So far, at least.
(Note: some of these diseases are considered "real" by organized medicine! See if you can spot them...)
Refrigerator Door Disease (RDD)
This disease is characterized by standing in front of the refrigerator with the door wide open, staring blankly into a collection of fuzzy jars of grape
jelly, half-eaten margarine tubs with bread crumbs, and something that used to resemble fresh fruit (but might actually be meatloaf). This disease strikes
only at night, and is accompanied by light sensitivity that makes the refrigerator light seem ten times brighter than normal so that it pierces closed
eyelids like the flashlight of God himself.
Language Obfuscation Disorder (LOD)
Striking mostly doctors, surgeons and oncologists, Language Obfuscation Disorder causes its victims to speak in unintelligible medi-babble while imagining
their words make perfect sense. People afflicted with this disease literally speak in Greek, substituting normal-sounding English words (like "liver" and
"inflamed") with words made of Greek elements ("hepato" and "itis" or just hepatitis.) Interestingly, two or more victims of LOD seem to be able to understand
each other perfectly well, although no one else has any idea what they're saying.
Obsessive Hosiery Dislocation Disorder (OHDD)
OHDD is characterized by a frantic household search for the other sock of any given sock pairs. Victims of this disease, when finding only one sock from
a pair, feel the universe has fallen into a state of great imbalance that can only be restored through the recovery of the missing sock. Victims may also
become sock-dependent, whereby they repeatedly buy new socks in the hopes that sheer sock volume will make up for the universal imbalance caused by dislocated
socks. In advanced stages, this disease causes people to safety-pin their socks together in the wash.
Commerce Anxiety Disorder (CAD)
Characterized by heightened worry over whether your credit card charge will be declined at the cash register, Commerce Anxiety Disorder afflicts primarily
people under 35. Victims of CAD frequently experience sweaty palms and heart palpitations at any checkout counter, and they often carry three or four credit
cards or debit cards in order to have a backup plan should one piece of plastic fail the transaction.
Repetitive Remote Disorder (RDD)
This devastating disease afflicts mostly males aged 15 - 35 and is characterized by rapid channel surfing of cable
television
using a remote control device. Victims of RDD can often flip through over 100 channels is less than one minute, spending just slightly over one-half second
per channel to evaluate its programming. This near-subliminal exposure to channels of varied television programming can cause long-term damage to the retina
and visual recognition system, leaving RDD victims in a permanent zombie-like state where they can no longer recognize anything other than brand logos
or sports teams.
Obsessive Wardrobe Change Disorder (OWCD)
This fascinating disease afflicts mostly women and is characterized by the incessant changing of clothing before a planned event (for which the victim is
usually late). OWCD victims have been known to change clothes up to nine times before deciding on something to wear -- which is usually the initial item
the victim tried on in the first place. Women with OWCD are often married to men with Repetitive Remote Disorder (RRD), which actually works out nicely
because it gives the husband something to do while waiting for the OWCD victim to work out her wardrobe obsession.
Obsessive Disobedience Disorder (ODD)
This disease is characterized by a persistent distrust of authority figures, including schoolteachers, government officials and often law enforcement figures
as well. While most normal people have no trouble whatsoever in following orders (even seemingly ridiculous ones) from anyone displaying the symbols of
authority, victims of ODD believe they alone have the right to think and make their own decisions. For obvious reasons, ODD people are dangerous to the
balance and harmony of society, and they should all be medicated ("treated") as quickly as possible, for their own protection. (Did you guess this one?
It's a "real" disorder currently being discussed by those in the psychiatric community!)
Repetitive Pocket Searching Syndrome (RPSS)
This frustrating condition is characterized by repeated searching of one's own pockets following the misplacement of some small item such as car keys. The
victim of RPSS frantically and repeatedly searches the pockets of the clothes they are wearing, irrationally hoping that the missing object will somehow
appear after the third or fourth search. When this proves futile, the RPSS victim will turn to yesterday's clothes and start searching those pockets. Additionally,
pockets of jackets and coats will be desperately searched for the missing item. In extreme cases of RPSS, the person will search the pockets of other peoples'
clothing.
Ultraviolet Light Tanning Dependent (UVLTD)
This disease results in an addiction to
ultraviolet light
, causing victims to repeatedly sunbathe with the same zeal as crack addicts searching for their next fix. UVLTD sufferers feel an obsessive need for sunlight
and cannot function without it. Some have even been known to capture sunlight in a syringe and shoot up on the beach. (Did you get this one? According
to some in organized medicine, this is a real disease!)
Retarded Gait Disorder (RGD)
Afflicting mostly men, this disease only becomes apparent after a person trips on a crowded sidewalk or curb, then proceeds to act like they actually meant
to trip by continuing to walk in retarded-like fashion that somewhat resembles the trip motion itself. It's as if the victim wants the world to think,
"I always walk like an idiot. Therefore, I did not trip."
Traffic Light Anticipation Disorder (TLAD)
This condition affects both men and women, usually striking those who drive crappy cars held together by at least six yards of duct tape. Victims of TLAD
are mentally incapable of grasping the meaning of red traffic lights. They think red lights indicate the driver should allow their vehicle to slowly creep
forward into the intersection, sort of like a green light, but in slow motion. (Author note: I once saw a TLAD person who creeped all the way to the center
of the four-way intersection, and then figured, "Heck, I'm half-way, might as well get to the other side at this point..." So he floored it and just continued
on.)
Um'm'm'm'm'm'm'm'm'm'm. I safety pin my socks together. Does that mean i have OHDD?
Whoever claims diseases like A.d.H.D. and generalized anxiety disorder are fake, most likely doesn't have anyone in their lives who has them or is not suffering from one of them personally, and is passing those disorders off as fake to make people who have them look like idiots! I do have a form of anxiety, so I know what I'm talking about when I say it does exist! It sounds like the writer of that article does not know what he or she is talking about. Don't believe everything you read. and as for that list ... it's crap! I won't hear of it!
i dont think the list is crap. i wont disagree that there r real disorders and things out there, but most of these r made up disorders that the medical community is talking about passing off as real.
and as far as anxiety, everyone has one form or another of anxiety. and hyperactivity is normal for children. sugar causes most of the hyperactivity problems. take your kids off of sugar and boom! no more hyperactivity. ok i will admit that i should have found a better list. but like i was saying, that was just an example of disease mongering. and as far as pinning socks together. no u dont have odd lol. u r blind, so u devise an alternative way to match your socks up and make sure that you are not losing them.
ADHD is not solely based on sugar intake, and it's not all about hyperactivity. Some kids just have a difficult time focusing in school, and they struggle with paying attention. It's much more complex than we think. Would you say the same thing about someone who has turrettes syndrome?
well i think it is mainly due to all of the harmful preservitives and additaves that are in the majority of the modern american food supply, and the unhealthy eating habbits of most people as well as all of the pollutants in our air and water that is contributing to most of america's ailments. people who eat mostly nonprocessed or organic foods do not have most of these problems that face most people today.
that is called a sweeping statement, so go put your head back in the sand where it belongs
I skipped mot of that post with the list in it becase I find it would be more appt to go on a joke board! I've had loads of kids in school with me who've had ADHD and I tell you this now the one girl I knew dd not eat anything bad. Get that brain into gear and read properly.
agree with the last post
I haven't seen any research that says some of those disorders are genetic in nature, but I've seen enough parents and children who were diagnosed with ADHD, which makes me ask the question.
Lou
Never heard of computerized syndrome or what ever you claim to have download. However, in all fareness, anxiety disorder, a d d, and a d h d are real.