I should ask my my friend the doctor of oriental medecine about this. Dana
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:36:58 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder whether there are certain fields that attract people with these > symptoms. Sitting in front of the computer all day with the opportunity to > browse the Web whenver my mind starts to wander definitely helps me get > through the day. I can spend a few minutes just loking at some random thing > and then re-focus on my work. I spent close to a year in law school before I > realized I could never sit in a library all day and read cases for a living. > > As to Dana's speculation about why it only occurs in this country, I would > suggest that the only difference between Americans and everyone else is that > we like to classify everything in medical terms. It is part of the American > desire to understand the world around us. I think it comes in part from being > a culturally young society where there are no "traditional" explanations and > therefore no bias against research into things that would be dismissed in > other societies. > > I do think, though, that Eastern cultures (especially Chinese) have > recognized conditions that Western (especially American) medicine is now > classifying. Herbal medicines and acupuncture are good examples. Hence my > thoughts about practicing meditation, which specifically aims to calm and > clear the mind. > > >After reading all of these posts though, it does seem that this may be > >something very common in our society. Maybe it seems more prevalent in the > >Computer industry. I'm not sure. Anyway, I'll do some reading up on it... > > > >Like Robert Munn said, "I'm not alone" :) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143289 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
