tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post116448138890394193..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: If Your Doctor Is An AlienUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164805853628468912006-11-29T08:10:00.000-05:002006-11-29T08:10:00.000-05:00All your base are belong to us.All your base are belong to us.Steve & Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543746132388754693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164779859359942272006-11-29T00:57:00.000-05:002006-11-29T00:57:00.000-05:00I read this book, "Hystories," which compared and ...I read this book, "Hystories," which compared and contrasted a whole host of (Western) cultural/psychological phenomena, including DID and alien abduction. I disagreed with the author's interpretations of chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War syndrome as being part of the same general category, but the parallels are indeed interesting.<BR/><BR/>(By the way, I should mention that I'm actually an intergalactic gerbil bot. Resistance is futile.)Gerbilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908487212760713496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164769580245267182006-11-28T22:06:00.000-05:002006-11-28T22:06:00.000-05:00I absolutely LOVE K-PAX! I discovered it earlier ...I absolutely LOVE K-PAX! I discovered it earlier this year . . .<BR/><BR/>For one, that man can ACT, can't he!!<BR/><BR/>It's a long movie, but good; although I did cringe at the boundary thing of inviting the guy to the family BBQ.<BR/><BR/>That's another psychiatrist portrayal, a positive though imperfect one, that would go well on the media thread. Heck, he FLIES somewhere to find out stuff. Although he IS distant from his wife and family, at the beginning.<BR/><BR/>And I LOVE how the director left it up to the audience/viewer to decide what they thought . . .Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164716844719960572006-11-28T07:27:00.000-05:002006-11-28T07:27:00.000-05:00This is an interesting flip to the sometimes idea ...This is an interesting flip to the sometimes idea that our patients are aliens.<BR/><BR/>I've not had a patient who truly felt like she was an alien - alienated, maybe.<BR/><BR/>Which makes me think of that Kevin Spacey (ironic) movie, <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272152/" REL="nofollow">K-PAX</A>, where he is an alien/patient with a severe trauma to uncover. This is a very good movie -- worth seeing, if you haven't.<BR/><BR/>And, of course, psychiatrists used to be referred to as "<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alienist" REL="nofollow">alienists</A>".Steve & Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543746132388754693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164666509206097652006-11-27T17:28:00.000-05:002006-11-27T17:28:00.000-05:00I think I might enjoy speaking to an alien for a c...I think I might enjoy speaking to an alien for a change. Could beat a lot of practitioners I've had in the past. And they might be on to something that we're not you know.<BR/><BR/>I'm just sayin'... *grin*<BR/><BR/>Not the borg though. We have enough unhealthy assimilation already on earth.Patient Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13443612027249870621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164508544519547902006-11-25T21:35:00.000-05:002006-11-25T21:35:00.000-05:00I'm not technically an alien. Technically, mind y...I'm not technically an alien. Technically, mind you. I do feel somewhat away from my home planet most of the time.Fat Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672076019531106668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164507406180265142006-11-25T21:16:00.000-05:002006-11-25T21:16:00.000-05:00That might explain the pasty complexion and dead e...That might explain the pasty complexion and dead eyes of a physician I saw recently...SEAMONKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650057783106718784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164491433457816542006-11-25T16:50:00.000-05:002006-11-25T16:50:00.000-05:00So that's why my stomach was bursting last Thursda...So that's why my stomach was bursting last Thursday. I thought it was the turkey.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164485153501996862006-11-25T15:05:00.000-05:002006-11-25T15:05:00.000-05:00Actually, I may be an Alien.Actually, I may be an Alien.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1164483912830535812006-11-25T14:45:00.000-05:002006-11-25T14:45:00.000-05:00technically, the same treatments ARE used in both....technically, the same treatments ARE used in both. Group therapy and hypnosis to increase or bring out memories are the popular ones... I guess it wouldn't be a far fetch to assume that both parties have self induced psychosis - that is to say, that they weren't in fact abducted by aliens or ARE actually possessed...<BR/><BR/>no idea where i'm going with this comment... nice blogNichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09736388898903345303noreply@blogger.com