Comments on: Road Rage Now “Intermittent explosive disorder”

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:43:29 +0000

Alistair,
I haven’t fact checked this but I am a medical professional and though I haven’t traversed the neuropathways of Anatomy and Physiology in some 9 years I am fairly certian that I recall that the amygdala is an unconsciously stimulated part of the brain whereas the pineal gland is not.

I am really going out on a limb now but I think that the amygdala is the part of the brain that responds to things like unpleasant odors and negative body language with it’s own negative response; things like tense shoulders, clenched hands, facial grimaces and the like. The amygdala is what makes us lean away unconsicously from people we don’t like.

Now that I may have embarrassed myself with this post I guess I can’t do much worse than to also say I think we have this part of the brain in common with fish. I better go google the endocrine system so I can see if I have to wish that Tim had a “modify post” option to his blog.

BTW, I agree with Daniels drunken supposition, too.

By: alistair

alistair — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:04:21 +0000

daniel, i tend to agree with your supposition. the pineal gland and the amygdala are consciously stimulated centers in the brain that bring us into contact with the divine nature of our being. to repress that turns us into zombies…….or consumers. religion does the same thing though. government, science and religion are the hand-maidens of spiritual repression.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:16:55 +0000

I had intermittent explosive disorder once but it was after eating some a couple of bad tacos. I don’t think, however, we are talking about the same thing here.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:20:04 +0000

all these drugs seem to be targeting the pineal. I’m not big into conspiracy but it would appear to be aimed at inhibiting people’s psycho/spiritual/chemical make up to make us zombies. If it sounds funny, I’m a little drunk.

By: alistair

alistair — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:27:08 +0000

simile; like lightbulbs floating in a swimming-pool.

By: Gnomely

Gnomely — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:09:05 +0000

I think my head is about to explode

Like in David Cronenberg’s movie Scanners?

Well, I would definately like people seek medical treatment for explosive head syndrome. Heads exploding is a very common theme in today’s world, especially in horror films. Needless to say the human brain is very scary and we are surrounded by them like (I can’t think of a simile)– each one ready to explode on any given whim, impulse, or provacation. Now my brain is very hippy like but I am sure there are vicious repitillian undercurrents which could come flooding out if I was cut off riding a unicrorn on a silly, goofy, magical road somewhere.

By: alistair

alistair — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:54:06 +0000

aldous huxley`s lecture at harvard in the early sixties suggested that a population that didn`t think would be a happier, more productive one. this slippery slope to mood altering pills for everything is, in my view, a direct outcome of that type of thinking.

By: Tim Boucher

Tim Boucher — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:21:15 +0000

I know, the very thought is entirely unimaginable and comes from WAY out in left field!

By: prnsqlr

prnsqlr — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:27:44 +0000

Politicians casting citizens as terrorists?

WHO COULD HAVE FORSEEN THIS?!

By: Worker Bee

Worker Bee — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:11:01 +0000

Explosive disorder is a positive trait for managers right?

I don’t see anyone making a pill to stop bosses from yelling at their workers.

(I just imagine same bosses are the ones driving on the shoulder of the road during rush hour here, obviously in a big hurry to get home because their TV watching pleasure somehow trumps yours and mine)