tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post1953554284831382264..comments2023-12-05T21:57:17.293-08:00Comments on The Beat OCD Blog: OCD in the MediaAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403176285595873953noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8002849649452685145.post-31518755215319906792009-11-29T10:51:01.101-08:002009-11-29T10:51:01.101-08:00Thanks for pointing out this article. Like you, I...Thanks for pointing out this article. Like you, I was really taken by the comments. As I've noticed when looking at reviews of books on places like Amazon, the people who tend to write either totally love or totally hate the book. No one with a moderate opinion writes in. Not always true, of course, but often. So an article like this really brings the extremists out of the woodwork. They don't want to debate or discuss, they just want a soapbox.<br /><br />Also like you, I noted that very few of those responding admitted to OCD, and many of those who did felt that at least the option of such a surgery should be maintained. One comment really resonated with me:<br /><br />"I wonder how many of the 99% of patients who where denied these procedures eventually ended up committing suicide. A bullet to the brain destroys significantly more brain cells than any of these surgeries does. Speaking as someone who has battled severe and unremitting major depression for over 20 years, I feel obligated to remind readers that a very common outcome of these truly nightmarish illnesses is suicide. The risk-benefit calculus must also take into account the potential or probable risks of non-treatment."<br /><br />I think as long as people can be realistic about expectations - understand that there is no such thing as a perfect cure, and that any surgery can go awry - then this is a good thing.<br /><br />Blue Morpho<br />www.anxietyland.blogspot.comThe Blue Morphohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387317327488568515noreply@blogger.com