tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post115543990054055997..comments2023-09-26T07:21:40.532-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn days: Science catches upPretty Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post-13533154730217893612007-07-16T18:02:00.000-04:002007-07-16T18:02:00.000-04:00I WISH they were psychosomatic. Then every time I ...<I>I WISH they were psychosomatic. Then every time I get on the bus with some idiot who has drenched themselves in perfume, I can just think nice thoughts and make my pain go away.</I><BR/><BR/>Er, no. You can't. That's not what 'psychosomatic' means, and you know it.<BR/><BR/><I>If you don't want to feel compassion for people like me, don't. But have the guts to come right out and say so, instead of playing the blame-the-victim game.</I><BR/><BR/>What on earth difference does my perceived 'compassion' make to you or not? I offer observations, based on experience. You have different observations and different experience, which you are sharing, and for which I am grateful. <BR/><BR/>Blame, as I stated in my response to what I assume was your <A HREF="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7040841&postID=415548247501223666" REL="nofollow">other comment,</A> does not enter into it at all.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post-69378329408941179562007-07-15T19:06:00.000-04:002007-07-15T19:06:00.000-04:00I have been enjoying your blog so far, but sorry, ...I have been enjoying your blog so far, but sorry, what you have to say about migraines is bullshit. You have obviously never had a migraine yourself.<BR/> <BR/>I WISH they were psychosomatic. Then every time I get on the bus with some idiot who has drenched themselves in perfume, I can just think nice thoughts and make my pain go away.<BR/> <BR/>Doesn't happen that way. It would be nice if it did. Then I wouldn't have to spend the next four hours in the ER with a needle in my arm and a chemical cocktail in my veins.<BR/> <BR/>My headaches have never responded to massage, although I have benefited from it in other ways. So although I feel skeptical, I will accept that you've had clients who were helped by massage. It has not been my experience though.<BR/> <BR/>If you don't want to feel compassion for people like me, don't. But have the guts to come right out and say so, instead of playing the blame-the-victim game. I hate the word victim. I do not choose to have migraines and/or do anything to facilitate them - I spend my life avoiding triggers. I don't appreciate being portrayed as some responsibility-evading victim wanna-be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post-1155495614268718862006-08-13T15:00:00.000-04:002006-08-13T15:00:00.000-04:00Keem, you are Not Real. Get a plausible identity....Keem, you are Not Real. Get a plausible identity.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.com