PsychoAnalyzing the Moral Relativist

We know that the Moral Relativist has problems....but just how severe are these problems? Can we say Prozac?


What Causes Mental Illness? Although the exact cause of most mental illnesses is not known (probably relativism though), it is becoming clear through research that many of these conditions are caused by a combination of genetic, biological, psychological and environmental factors. One thing is for sure -- mental illness is not the result of personal weakness, a character defect or poor upbringing, and recovery from a mental illness is not simply a matter of will and self-discipline. (So, individualism will not help us much in overcoming the mental condition of moral relativism, or any other related symptoms that may be found in the mind of a relativist).
Heredity (genetics): Many mental illnesses run in families, suggesting that the illnesses may be passed on from parents to children through genes. Genes contain instructions for the function of each cell in the body and are responsible for how we look, act, and think, etc. But, just because your mother or father may have a mental illness doesn't mean you will have one. Hereditary just means that you are more likely to get the condition than if you didn't have an affected family member. Experts believe that many mental conditions are linked to problems in multiple genes -- not just one, as with many diseases -- which is why a person inherits a susceptibility to a mental disorder, but doesn't always develop the condition. The disorder itself occurs from the interaction of these genes and other factors -- such as psychological trauma and environmental stressors -- which can influence, or trigger, the illness in a person who has inherited a susceptibility to it.
Biology: Some mental illnesses have been linked to an abnormal balance of special chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters help nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other. If these chemicals are out of balance or are not working properly, messages may not make it through the brain correctly, leading to symptoms of mental illness. In addition, defects in or injury to certain areas of the brain also have been linked to some mental conditions. (I think these delusional patients need to get their neurotransmitters examined.)
Psychological trauma: Some mental illnesses may be triggered by psychological trauma suffered as a child, such as severe emotional, physical or sexual abuse; a significant early loss, such as the loss of a parent; and neglect.
Environmental stressors: Certain stressors -- such as a death or divorce, a dysfunctional family life, changing jobs or schools and substance abuse -- can trigger a disorder in a person who may be at risk for developing a mental illness.
What Is the Outlook for People With Mental Illness? When diagnosed early and treated properly, many people fully recover from their mental disorder or are able to successfully control their symptoms. Although some people become disabled because of a chronic or severe mental illness, many people who experience a mental illness are able to live full and productive lives. In fact, as many as 8 in 10 people suffering from a mental illness can effectively return to their normal activities if they receive appropriate treatment. (Adhere to moral objectivism, and there is hope for you yet!)

What Is Bipolar Disorder?Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. But there is good news: bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and productive lives. (Obviously the shifts in the person's ability to function are quite prevalent. As we can notate, they like to move from one objective realm of thought to the next objective realm of thought without actually giving it any thought. Some of these bipolar problematics do not believe they have a brain. I'm not doubting it).
About 5.7 million American adults or about 2.6 percent of the population age 18 and older in any given year1 have bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, some people have their first symptoms during childhood, and some develop them late in life. It is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's life.
"Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It is an illness that is biological in its origins, yet one that feels psychological in the experience of it; an illness that is unique in conferring advantage and pleasure, yet one that brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and, not infrequently, suicide."
"I am fortunate that I have not died from my illness, fortunate in having received the best medical care available, and fortunate in having the friends, colleagues, and family that I do."
Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., An Unquiet Mind, 1995, p. 6. (Reprinted with permission from Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.)
What Are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder?Bipolar disorder causes dramatic mood swings-from overly "high" and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, often with periods of normal mood in between. Severe changes in energy and behavior go along with these changes in mood. The periods of highs and lows are called episodes of mania and depression.
Signs and symptoms of mania (or a manic episode) include:
Increased energy, activity, and restlessness
Excessively "high," overly good, euphoric mood (Delusional Buddhistic thoughts)
Extreme irritability (Overactive imagination of their own neutrality while attempting to promote their own objectivity).
Racing thoughts and talking very fast, jumping from one idea to another (What is their point?)
Distractibility, can't concentrate well (Of course not, have of them don't even know if they exist)
Little sleep needed (As if that would help anyways)
Unrealistic beliefs in one's abilities and powers (Yeah, uhhhhhh enough said there)
Poor judgment (Lack of logical abilities and discernment)
Spending sprees (Too much money spent on getting Evolution put into the classrooms)
A lasting period of behavior that is different from usual (They are all different, and most assertively weird)
Increased sexual drive (Don't ask, don't tell)
Abuse of drugs, particularly cocaine, alcohol, and sleeping medications (wouldn't doubt it)
Provocative, intrusive, or aggressive behavior (YES)
Denial that anything is wrong (Uhhh, whats true for me isn't true for you???? There's something definitely wrong with this idea, and to try to push this disorder on other people is simply wrong, plus they are always saying, "Someone else might be saying that about you" in order to go into a self denial stage that nothing is wrong with them)
A manic episode is diagnosed if elevated mood occurs with three or more of the other symptoms most of the day, nearly every day, for 1 week or longer. If the mood is irritable, four additional symptoms must be present. (WOW! They probably do this 1000s times per day too)

The next issue that most Moral Relavists or Nominalists have is the following issue:
What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1 percent (Nearly all of the Atheists in the world) of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime - more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties, than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. People with schizophrenia often suffer terrifying symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others, or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. These symptoms may leave them fearful and withdrawn. Their speech and behavior can be so disorganized that they may be incomprehensible or frightening to others. Available treatments can relieve many symptoms, but most people with schizophrenia continue to suffer some symptoms throughout their lives; it has been estimated that no more than one in five individuals recovers completely.
This is a time of hope for people with schizophrenia and their families. Research is gradually leading to new and safer medications and unraveling the complex causes of the disease. Scientists are using many approaches from the study of molecular genetics to the study of populations to learn about schizophrenia. Methods of imaging the brain's structure and function hold the promise of new insights into the disorder. (There's hope for you yet)
Schizophrenia as an illness Schizophrenia (Relativism) is found all over the world. The severity of the symptoms and long-lasting, chronic pattern of schizophrenia often cause a high degree of disability (in the ability to think properly). Medications and other treatments for schizophrenia, when used regularly and as prescribed, can help reduce and control the distressing symptoms of the illness (ease off of that relativism there buddy). However, some people are not greatly helped by available treatments or may prematurely discontinue treatment because of unpleasant side effects or other reasons. Even when treatment is effective, persisting consequences of the illness - lost opportunities, stigma, residual symptoms, and medication side effects - may be very troubling.
The first signs of schizophrenia often appear as confusing, or even shocking, changes in behavior (I have yet to meet a Relativist that I was not shocked at their actions). Coping with the symptoms of schizophrenia can be especially difficult for family members who remember how involved or vivacious a person was before they became ill (probably due to a loss of interest in Jesus). The sudden onset of severe psychotic symptoms is referred to as an "acute" phase of schizophrenia. "Psychosis," a common condition in schizophrenia, is a state of mental impairment marked by hallucinations (delusional Nirvana), which are disturbances of sensory perception (which they define as truth...and there is quite a disturbance there), and/or delusions, which are false yet strongly held personal beliefs that result from an inability to separate real from unreal experiences (Yes). Less obvious symptoms, such as social isolation or withdrawal, or unusual speech, thinking, or behavior, may precede, be seen along with, or follow the psychotic symptoms.
Some people have only one such psychotic episode; others have many episodes during a lifetime, but lead relatively normal lives during the interim periods. However, the individual with "chronic" schizophrenia, or a continuous or recurring pattern of illness, often does not fully recover normal functioning and typically requires long-term treatment, generally including medication, to control the symptoms.
Is schizophrenia caused by a physical abnormality in the brain?There have been dramatic advances in neuroimaging technology that permit scientists to study brain structure and function in living individuals. Many studies of people with schizophrenia have found abnormalities in brain structure (for example, enlargement of the fluid-filled cavities, called the ventricles, in the interior of the brain, and decreased size of certain brain regions) or function (for example, decreased metabolic activity in certain brain regions). It should be emphasized that these abnormalities are quite subtle and are not characteristic of all people with schizophrenia, nor do they occur only in individuals with this illness. Microscopic studies of brain tissue after death have also shown small changes in distribution or number of brain cells in people with schizophrenia. It appears that many (but probably not all) of these changes are present before an individual becomes ill, and schizophrenia may be, in part, a disorder in development of the brain.
Developmental neurobiologists funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have found that schizophrenia may be a developmental disorder resulting when neurons form inappropriate connections during fetal development. These errors may lie dormant until puberty, when changes in the brain that occur normally during this critical stage of maturation interact adversely with the faulty connections. This research has spurred efforts to identify prenatal factors that may have some bearing on the apparent developmental abnormality.
In other studies, investigators using brain-imaging techniques have found evidence of early biochemical changes that may precede the onset of disease symptoms, prompting examination of the neural circuits that are most likely to be involved in producing those symptoms. Meanwhile, scientists working at the molecular level are exploring the genetic basis for abnormalities in brain development and in the neurotransmitter systems regulating brain function.

Definition of Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one of the anxiety disorders, is a potentially disabling condition that can persist throughout a person's life. The individual who suffers from OCD becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless and distressing but extremely difficult to overcome. OCD occurs in a spectrum from mild to severe, but if severe and left untreated, can destroy a person's capacity to function at work, at school, or even in the home. (Basically, the ones who think that Christians are all wrong and it will be discovered someday just like the flat earth society was wrong...uhm yeah).
For many years, mental health professionals thought of OCD as a rare disease because only a small minority of their patients had the condition. The disorder often went unrecognized because many of those afflicted with OCD, in efforts to keep their repetitive thoughts and behaviors secret, failed to seek treatment. This led to underestimates of the number of people with the illness. However, a survey conducted in the early 1980s by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)—the Federal agency that supports research nationwide on the brain, mental illnesses, and mental health—provided new knowledge about the prevalence of OCD. The NIMH survey showed that OCD affects more than 2 percent of the population, meaning that OCD is more common than such severe mental illnesses as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or panic disorder. OCD strikes people of all ethnic groups. Males and females are equally affected. The social and economic costs of OCD were estimated to be $8.4 billion in 1990. (Since the discovery of Relativism, we know the true cause now)
Although OCD symptoms typically begin during the teenage years or early adulthood, recent research shows that some children develop the illness at earlier ages, even during the preschool years. Studies indicate that at least one-third of cases of OCD in adults began in childhood. Suffering from OCD during early stages of a child's development can cause severe problems for the child. It is important that the child receive evaluation and treatment by a knowledgeable clinician to prevent the child from missing important opportunities because of this disorder.
Symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessions
These are unwanted ideas or impulses that repeatedly well up in the mind of the person with OCD. Persistent fears that harm may come to self or a loved one, an unreasonable concern with becoming contaminated, or an excessive need to do things correctly or perfectly, are common. Again and again, the individual experiences a disturbing thought, such as, "My hands may be contaminated—I must wash them"; "I may have left the gas on"; or "I am going to injure my child." These thoughts are intrusive, unpleasant, and produce a high degree of anxiety. Sometimes the obsessions are of a violent or a sexual nature, or concern illness. (A contamination of morality and judgmental behavior towards moral objectivists for instance?)
Compulsions
In response to their obsessions, most people with OCD resort to repetitive behaviors called compulsions. The most common of these are washing and checking. Other compulsive behaviors include counting (often while performing another compulsive action such as hand washing), repeating, hoarding, and endlessly rearranging objects in an effort to keep them in precise alignment with each other. Mental problems, such as mentally repeating phrases, list making or checking are also common. These behaviors generally are intended to ward off harm to the person with OCD or others. Some people with OCD have regimented rituals while others have rituals that change. Performing rituals may give the person with OCD some relief from anxiety, but it is only temporary.
People with OCD show a range of insight into the senselessness of their obsessions (Yes again). Often, especially when they are not actually having an obsession, they can recognize that their obsessions and compulsions are unrealistic (Although, some Relativists can not). At other times they may be unsure about their fears or even believe strongly in their validity (Again, confirmed in point).
Most people with OCD struggle to banish their unwanted, obsessive thoughts and to prevent themselves from engaging in compulsive behaviors. Many are able to keep their obsessive-compulsive symptoms under control during the hours when they are at work or attending school. But over the months or years, resistance may weaken, and when this happens, OCD may become so severe that time-consuming rituals take over the sufferers' lives, making it impossible for them to continue activities outside the home.
OCD sufferers often attempt to hide their disorder rather than seek help (Carpe Diem was a perfect example of this). Often they are successful in concealing their obsessive-compulsive symptoms from friends and coworkers. An unfortunate consequence of this secrecy is that people with OCD usually do not receive professional help until years after the onset of their disease. By that time, they may have learned to work their lives—and family members' lives—around the rituals.
OCD tends to last for years, even decades. The symptoms may become less severe from time to time, and there may be long intervals when the symptoms are mild, but for most individuals with OCD, the symptoms are chronic.
Brain's 'Oops' Center Gives Clues to OCD
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Everybody makes mistakes, but researchers say they've spotted a brain area that swings into action when expensive errors are made.
While the finding is interesting in terms of mapping the brain's reactions, it may also help increase the understanding of mental health problems, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the researchers say.
"We have been interested in how the brain processes error," explained lead author Dr. Stephan Taylor, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Reporting in the April 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, his team found that an area of the brain called the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) becomes very active when people realize they've made a mistake that carries negative consequences -- for example, losing money.
In the study, Taylor's team scanned the brains of 12 volunteers as they played a game centered on making or losing money. During the game, participants were given immediate feedback about whether they were playing right, or making costly mistakes.
The brain's response to mistakes that cost money was greater than the response to other mistakes, the Michigan team found. And the involvement of the rACC suggests the importance of emotions in decisions and performance-monitoring processes, Taylor said.
"This is an area of the brain that is involved in OCD and depression," Taylor said. "People with OCD focus on getting it right -- there is a sense in OCD that things are not right, and they have to work extra hard to get them right."
Taylor believes the finding has implications for OCD treatment. "This is more information that a part of the brain is doing a particular thing in a psychiatric disorder," he said.
To that end, he said, "we are doing a treatment study in which we are looking at people by measuring their brain activity before and after they go through cognitive behavior therapy, to demonstrate that this area changes with treatment."
One expert thinks this study has value only if it can be put into clinical practice.
"The point is: how much real clinical significance is there in these kind of studies?" said Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, an associate research professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. "Most people are satisfied to just do brain mapping. What good is a map if you don't do anything with it?"
"We have now reached the point that what we should be working much harder to do is to train people in how to modify those responses," Schwartz said.
Schwartz believes people can be trained to modify their automatic emotional responses. "Humans are not animals," he said. "This field has been dictated by the passive side of nervous system function. What we need to start doing is studying the active side. In other words, what can the mind do willfully to modify these autonomic responses?"
Using a variety of techniques, people with OCD and other conditions can be taught not to respond to automatic brain activity, Schwartz said. "You can train people to say: 'That's a false brain message, I'm not going to respond to that,'" Schwartz said. (We need to do the same to Relativists).

Yes, why is it that Liberals seem to all possess these unique problematic conditions. Moral Relativism seems to promote these conditions. Do we wish to see an "improvement" as they call it in society as a promotion of these "so-called" values? Lets hope we can get these Relativists heads on straight before they completely go overboard and lose their minds in Anarchy and Communism.