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   "Slarty"  wrote in message   
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   On Aug 3, 2:00 pm, "john hamilton"  wrote:   
   > The Buddhist wheel of life contains one section for the 'Hell' states.   
   > Presumably we could include mental illness and psychologicaly unhealthy   
   > conditions in this section.   
   >   
   > With psychological conditions like anerexia novosa, where people have   
   > effectively starve themselves to death, we find the curious phenomena of   
   > on-line support groups inhabited by people who have done a mental about   
   > turn   
   > from recognizing anerxia as an illness to encouring people in its   
   > manifestations. In other words saying that its a good condition to have.   
   >   
   > This question I would like to raise is about the very common condition   
   > called; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Often thought of as someone being   
   > excessively   
   > tired. There is some dispute as to whether it is a medical condition.   
   > Sometimes it's considered a conditon occuring after ME myalgic encepolitis   
   > which is a viral condition. But with CFS no viral condition is   
   > perceptable.   
   >   
   > Often it looks as if CFS, manifests it self as an attitude in just   
   > shutting   
   > the world out. Choosing not to do anything that is likely to result in   
   > having to consequently do something at a later date.   
   >   
   > Like the phenomena of someone coming home from a tiring day at work and   
   > all   
   > they want to do is veg out in front of the television. Then someone   
   > invites   
   > them to a game of tennis which they really like. A little while later they   
   > are rushing about playing a strenous game of tennis, all thoughts of being   
   > tired long forgotten.   
   >   
   > Someone I know was slouching about like a zombie for most of the time, and   
   > then suddenly realised he only had five minutes before the off-licence   
   > clossed for the night. Afraid of missing his cider he literally runs out   
   > and   
   > cycles off like a mad thing to the shops.   
   >   
   > When told that his condition was probably psychological he really lost his   
   > temper. he has already done this with his doctor when his doctor told him   
   > the same thing. Funnily enough he had taken an interest in Buddhism over   
   > the   
   > years, so in a way its difficult to see why he cannot think that   
   > practically   
   > everything we do is 'psychological'.   
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