Posted by IsoM on March 20, 2002, at 0:16:38
In reply to Re: Left / Right Hemisphere Imbalance = Depression ??? » SLS, posted by Ritch on March 19, 2002, at 23:28:26
Mitch, I still haven't given Rach's test a try yet but I am curious to try it & report back to her. But I think it'll only work for some people. Like headaches or stomachs, everybody gets them but from many different reasons. One headache may be tension related, another a hang-over, a third, banging their head on something, & in a rare case, a tumour even.
Same with depression. Depression is merely a symptom of something gone wrong. Most causes are physical but there are emotional blows that can seriously sap a person such as wars, death, & other disasters - some are more fragile than others too.
In all the psychological tests done on me, the results always show I'm almost smack dab in the middle of right-brained & left-brained. I could never figure out why any question would ask things like "If you're the head over a large group of people, does it make more sense to do it your way - the right way, or to do it the way that would make your employees happy?" To me, those are the stupidest questions as either answer really isn't the right answer. You do it both ways. Logic doesn't exist separately from feelings, & vice versa!! So I don't need to try balancing my sides.
But that doesn't stop me from be depressed & need treatment. Best, I guess, to try it out fair & square. I wonder how many times I'm going to be stepping on my cats' tails though. :-)
I plan to try to find more about the scientist & any other things he came up with to get an idea of how credible he is.
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