The Body Politic
I check out good Dr. Weil's site now and again as he provides valiant attempts to save me and mine from going round the bend, with helpful suggestions like buying myself a bunch of flowers, or chukking the coffee in favor of Bancha or Matcha green tea. Yesterday's medical topic gave me a chuckle, though it was not by way of schadenfreude.
Morgellons disease is a new hot affliction about which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are launching an investigation. Weil reports that many doctors liken it to "delusional parisitosis, in which patients are convinced that their bodies are harboring hidden parasites, and won't accept evidence that they're not." The supposed parasitic extrusions, when tested at labs, prove to be plant or textile material.
My rueful chuckle came at the thought that unless people are turning into straw men, this is not really physiological at all but rather, a psychological conversion.
In my imagined analysis, these sensitive folks have internalized the parasites ruling us, for to recognize the truth would be more painful than having the things pop out of our own bodies. Much as we slough our skin cells, each new "parasite" disgorged is a rejection of the body politic, writ small. Mix this in with a fair amount of guilt and projected control, for good measure, and you've got the creepy crawlies. I'll bet lots of Morgellons once thought the Iraq War was a slam dunk.
--by Lisa
Morgellons disease is a new hot affliction about which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are launching an investigation. Weil reports that many doctors liken it to "delusional parisitosis, in which patients are convinced that their bodies are harboring hidden parasites, and won't accept evidence that they're not." The supposed parasitic extrusions, when tested at labs, prove to be plant or textile material.
My rueful chuckle came at the thought that unless people are turning into straw men, this is not really physiological at all but rather, a psychological conversion.
In my imagined analysis, these sensitive folks have internalized the parasites ruling us, for to recognize the truth would be more painful than having the things pop out of our own bodies. Much as we slough our skin cells, each new "parasite" disgorged is a rejection of the body politic, writ small. Mix this in with a fair amount of guilt and projected control, for good measure, and you've got the creepy crawlies. I'll bet lots of Morgellons once thought the Iraq War was a slam dunk.
--by Lisa
posted by rangeragainstwar at 11:24 PM
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