Posted by Ritch on July 18, 2002, at 0:00:30
In reply to Re: Someone please shoot some holes in this story..., posted by Squiggles on July 17, 2002, at 14:21:38
> Mitch,
>
> Before I comment on other points of
> your message, here is the 60 million
> dollar question:
>
> What does "kindling" feel like? Have
> they observed/reported it?
>
> Squiggles
>
> tx
Hi,Shopping is a feeling, not kindling. (Talking Heads) :)
The word "kindling" suggests the idea of "future fire". If you don't have anything left to start a fire with.. the future fire will not happen. That really is the core of the whole concept. In other words, if you get manic and don't continue prophylaxis antimanic treatment after the initial episode subsides, you will leave "coals" behind that are ready to start the next future fire, OR you will fail to "put out" the coals leftover from the initial manic episode which will linger about to "reignite" a future episode sooner and more furiously than it otherwise would happen. That's what it is in a nutshell.
The question of what "kindling" *feels* like would be nonsensical because it is a theory that is spread out over a long time frame. Short term subjective aspects of "feeling" wouldn't span the timeframe involved and would be irrelevant to the question, unfortunately.
Mitch
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