Posted by pseudoname on November 29, 2005, at 19:56:01
In reply to There is no such thing as a magic pill, posted by UgottaHaveHOPE on November 29, 2005, at 5:02:12
> ...there is no medicine that's going wipe away all of your problems without you having to deal with them. ...
> THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MAGIC PILLUgo, I think you are probably responding to some specific post(s) that look to you like examples of believing this. Could you point to them? As it is, the thing you describe doesn't exactly seem to be a run-away problem on Babble.
...UNLESS, of course, you're talking about the thousands of threads where people excitedly trade suggestions for the latest sure-fire combo (!) or rejoice when they get into an experimental trial for a rumored wonder-drug (!!) or crow about getting a script for the next great off-label breakthrough (!!!) or enthusiastically post twice-daily reports about how the new Great Wyeth Hope is affecting them (!!!!) —or express true grief when their last hopeful regimen fails utterly.
I still don't see those threads as worrisome: far from it. However, I can see how after a while their intensity could give the impression that the writers have a very narrow view of mental health.
But are those even the posts you mean? I wish you would give a couple examples, please. Until you do, it's reasonable to assume that *this* thread (well, probably one of its similarly focused kin) was your reference: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20051112/msgs/579345.html
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