Re: Too bad we aren't well enough to be scientists » b2chica

Posted by SLS on August 30, 2012, at 16:09:32

In reply to Re: Too bad we aren't well enough to be scientists » phidippus, posted by b2chica on August 30, 2012, at 15:38:07

> just a correction. Stephen Hawkins has ALS, not a brain injury. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease effecting muscles not cognition. only about 1% of those with ALS get psychological effects, mostly mood lability, some with memory issues etc. but very few percent. so hes mostly dealing with physical impairment, NOT mood like chronic or acute depression/mania/schizophrenia.
If you think about it, one can learn to live with a great many handicaps as long as they have a healthy mind and the mental resources to do so. If one's intellect, motivation, and mental energy are intact, anything is possible. When these things are compromised, very little is possible.
Depression is an altered state of consciousness. When one is drunk and cannot function, we blame the alcohol and expect very little of the intoxicated person during the time that they are in an altered state. However, this is not true of depression. Depression is rarely appreciated as the altered state that it is, and much is expected of a depressed person.
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