By: Squareomatic

Squareomatic — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:24:43 +0000

Actually, with the seizure therapy, I have some things I’d like to add.
Now, seizure therapy has been seen most commonly in the application of Electric Shock Therapy, or EST. The guiding principle behind administering seisures comes from the observation made by various professionals (who and when I am not sure of) that individuals that experienced said seizures were noticeably calmer after their attack. This may sound strange- of course you’re going to be calmer after a seizure, you’re freaking tired and confused- but keep in mind that medicine, especially psychiatric medicine, often takes off on tangents like the ones described above.
It’s interesting to tie this into the insulin shock therapy that you mentioned above, as both were popular with the CIA during the Cold War, in it’s seemingly endless battery of tests on the human mind. That, and the fact that these two methods existed alongside the lobotomy, which is now all but abandoned in the medical world today.

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:54:53 +0000

I once had a leech stuck to my arm to show me how to use them if I ever needed to. I honestly think I’d rather die. It was the grossest thing ever

By: Test

Test — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:53:59 +0000

Literally, this time

By: Dresden

Dresden — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:22:32 +0000

I think I prefer not to have smoke blown up my ass, thank you.

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