From:	Seth Fogarty aravthamis@*****.com
Subject:	[OT] Emotional Conditions
Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:30:57 -0800 (PST)

---Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.com> wrote:
>
> Dvixen writes:
> > >I don't know about you, but it looks like he was talking about
> > >arthritis and chronic back pains being emotional?
> >
> > I'm not 100% sure that is what was meant, but however....
>
> I'd imagine he was talking about cases of psychosomatic "injuries".
> Conditions of pain and disability where it is purely imaginary.
Arthritis
> would not fall into that category at all due to the physical symptoms.
>
> > obSR - I imagine in the world of 2060, that arthritis and such
chronic
> > probelms are much easier to treat, for arthritis I would imagine
some sort
> > of .... transplant/implant of what the joints are missing,
Cyberware might
> > not be in general use of the population for increased strength
etc, but in
> > a small enough amount, it could quite easily solve some problems
that
> > cannot be fixed using conventional (by our standards) methods.
> >
> > Imagine someone with chronic muscle problems having muscle
augmentations,
> > or replacements, or a toxin filter for the muscles to get rid of
> > waste that
> > could be causing the pain.... Strengthen bones prone to breaking
> > using bone
> > lacing....
>
> There's very little other reason why such implants would be created.
Some
> cyberware is used for enhancements, but a lot more cyberware is
clearly
> developed to work around injuries and disabilities, with perhaps
other uses
> coming down the track. Cybereyes/ears/limbs are an obvious
candidate, as is
> bone lacing. There would also be a lot of cyber/bioware out there
that would
> be purely medical and not listed. Imagine a bioware thyriod gland
(NOT the
> superthyroid) that produced insulin for diabetics.
>
> --
> .sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com
>
>
Oh dear. Um, I was actually using an extended metaphor, comparing pain
to chemical emotional stimuli. Arithritis would be compared to
chronic, non-clinical, depression... it isn't a psychosomatic pain,
it's very real, but tehre's no real way to cure it. it isn't a
chemical imbalance, it's a very real emotion, but there's no known way
to cure it.

Hm. after reading that, I think I came off sounding like chemical
imbalances that cause depression/bipolar aren't big things...didn't
mean too. They are. but, anyways..hope this clarifies.
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