[Mikal]

WizShaw, just wanted to comment on your statements about Schizophrenia. The psychiatrist Thomas Szasz would be wired for sound if he read that because he warned in the 1960's that the medical field and psychiatrists would take all human problems, attach them to neural circuitry, medicalize them and label them. He is a world renowned psychiatrist and author well respected for his critique of his own field. He did state and continues to state today that Schizophrenia is a label. I have extensively studied his work and quite admire the man for his courage to step to the fringe of his own field. I personally feel that Schizophrenia is a thread of consciousness rather bequeathed to us from our own ancient forefathers who called themselves Shamans and were renowned in their ancient societies. When experiencing the integration of my own consciousness I had to undergo many symptoms classified as Schizophrenia...they were passing states until the process was complete and I would definitely say they were not destructive states but more intense mental states I had to cope with until they more evened out. Thomas Szasz would tell you that "mental illness is a myth."