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This leaves me wondering why you used the modifier "emotional"?
I think it's a good question: is there any fundamental difference between psychological disorders and other disorders that makes medication appropriate for one and not another?
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You can't make emphysema go away with the power of your mind. Irrational fears, paranoia, depression, anxiety.. those are pyschological flaws, not physical flaws.
And again, no offense to you, snowy.. but...
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
tried to work it out.
I couldn't. Medication was the only thing that worked. Of course, I have a family history of depression and bipolar disorder, so the deck, shall we say, is stacked.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Depression, SAD, OCD, panic attacks, ADD, ADHD.. whatever the flavor of the week is -- it's still something that can be solved by anyone with logical faculties, the desire to change it, and the motivation. The only person who REQUIRES medicine lacks one of the above (usually motivation or logical faculties).
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Just because you gave up doesn't mean it wasn't possible to overcome your
paralyzing fears. It certainly would have taken longer and been more difficult, but that does not mean you have a 'chemical imbalance." Chemical imbalance has become a psuedoscience buzzword used to describe ALL of these "emotional disorders" -- and unless your doctor can show you that your serotonin, or dopamine or whatever "chemical" he thinks is causing it is LOWER than an actual average.. its just conjecture and an easy way to 'prove' that you need medicine.