There are many 'poisens' to be found...within and without. Nature is filled with examples of poisens. Volcanic gases, animals, rotting food...etc. I can elect not to drink cola, avoid being bit by snakes, abstain from old food...but I find that it is the internal poisens that I cannot escape/avoid. Things like: fear, anger, doubt and internal attachments to things I know are unhealthy for me.

And won the back of the toothpaste tube it says to call the poison control center if too much is ingested....fun fun.

NeuroPharmachology. Our brains and bodies are very much like a Walmart Pharmacy. Drugs that we can become addicted to are often only chemicaly manufactured cousins of what our system produces. In the same way we become additiced to chemicals we can become addicted to thoughts and ideas that trigger the production and release of endogenous chemical in our bodies. That chemical stew serves as the reward for our behavior. We can trigger endorphins or adreneline and in doing so relax or excite ourselves. Again anything we use to provide pleasure or avoid pain can be missued.

Oldman...how did you get to be so smart? Is it all...chemically based?

To come to a conclusion based on that line of reasoning you would also have to factor in time, energy and chance.

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Oldman...how did you get to be so smart?

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As far as I can tell it was having parents that encouraged me with phrases such as...

"Idiot child"

"You couldn't find your A$$ with both hands"

G*d D@mn Dummy

And my personal favorite...

" You were supposed to be a girl"


Then you go to Cartoon College.

Does 'reverse psychology' act as a poisen...or a cure?

Not so much "reverse psychology" as " perverse psychology".



It's is like radiation or chemotherapy. It can kill you or be the beginning of a long road to restoring health and well being .