XPost: misc.health.alternative, alt.psychology   
   From: fan@superstar.stalk.net   
      
   -Phil Clemence wrote...   
   > It seems most people show some of the behaviors of autism ... or is it that   
   > autism simply makes the behaviors more obvious?   
   > Hugging oneself and rocking, watching things that go round and round .. so   
   > many psychological problems seem to be about repetitive behavior (as I post   
   > this same thought again ;). Is it the inability to ignore certain things   
   > most of us do? Obsession, habit, compulsion, fixation, addiction ... it is   
   > all normal until it is repeated too much, then it is a problem?   
      
   It is only ever a problem if it interferes with someone's productivity.   
   If rocking back and forth all day was useful on a factory assembly line,   
   then the behavior would be defined as normal and encouraged, and workers   
   who didn't exhibit it would be forcibly treated and drugged to cure them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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