Do Physicians Believe In The ‘Mind’?
September 30th, 2008
Why do I ask such question?
To me, the mind is a concept that human beings are used to describe the driver of thought. It does not exist, neither in material form nor in energy form. Therefore, chemical reaction cannot occur in the mind. If a chemical reaction is absent, then drugs could certainly not affect the mind. Then why the countless drugs coming out every day to cure “mental” health problems?
Before I answer that question, I will prematurely conclude that such drugs does not 100% guarantee a cure. If I’m to bluntly speculate, no drug existing or that has existed could ever guarantee a 100% cure because the reaction is not mathematically accurate. If you think about it carefully, can a medicine produce a chemical reaction and completely eradicate the misbehaving organism within your body? Drugs are tested in the basis of statistics. With hypotheses, scientists would perform an experiment and observe the effect, but never quantize the reaction between matters to the zero limit.
To avoid further argument, I will assume that a subnormal behavior exist and is defined to be a behavior which is not usual to the majority population. Such behavior is considered a mental health illness. When we say mental, it directly pertains to the mind. Many drugs are out to further minimize the abnormalities. How can this be possible when I previously stated that the mind cannot foster chemical reaction? The drugs do not affect the mind, rather they affect the nerves.
The nerves are the only explanation why a human being does certain things. It’s not the mind. The nerves are the ones driving the thoughts and actions. A combination of nerve state is a function. If we have countless numbers of nerves, you take countless combinations of those would give countless number of functions. A function would consist of a frame of thought or action, so a set of function could trigger a thought, actiong, or emotion. That’s the only way I can tell how medicine affect the normality of a behavior. It could either trigger the nerves to add more combination if it is lacking or turn off a combination if it has turned on a function that is usually off on a normal human.
So, is there such thing as a mind? I always carelessly use the word, but I am going to deny its existence.
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1. Lorie said on
October 1st, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Hmmm…a psychiatrist is a physician that specializes in psychiatry, as in mental health/disorder. MD yan ha hehehe…
The mind affects the physical aspect of humans. The first example that came to my mind is a person who is anxious will have increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, oxygen demand, etc hehehe So naisip ko a person who has heart failure or a disposition to get heart attacks or whatever will suffer because of anxiety or any other emotional distress.
I don’t know if this is what you mean…
I agree that drugs are not 100%. Heck, I don’t know what treatment is 100% sure. You quoted the word mental in mental disorder but these are very real problems and these are people who really need the drugs. I know it’s hard for us to understand the abnormal (for lack of a better word) processes in their minds.
I’m sensing an opposition to psychiatry :) I had to say something. You hit a nerve, no pun intended hehehe.
2. aovaron said on
October 1st, 2008 at 10:54 PM
You were referring to the mind as if it exists. These mental physicians are just using the mind to make sense of what they can’t solve. Anxiety is triggered by the nerves, not the mind.
3. Lorie said on
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 AM
I don’t know No. Nerves are not just the reason we do things. Di ba in the nervous system we have involuntary and voluntary systems. Involuntary, you touch something hot you withdraw your hand, that’s just nerves, reflexes. But voluntary…if I want to turn off the TV or pinch myself or eat cake what’s making me do that? My nerves? Sure we need brain and nervous system function (as in motor and sensory) to do all of that but what about reasoning, judgment, decisions. It’s not all mathematical; we’re not just robots. The idea that the brain is just one complex circuit is interesting but until scientists/anyone can give evidence and map out thought processes I’ll stick to the good, old mind.
4. aovaron said on
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:42 AM
You’re sticking to something that’s harder (or could never be) to prove.
I’m really pushing your button, aren’t I? hahaha
5. Lorie said on
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Yeah I noticed the more I think about it the harder it is to argue my side hahaha. Basta ayoko maniwala sayo (papaka-stubborn daw :). The mind is one of the mysteries that humans still have not solved.
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