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- From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
- Subject: Re: Chocolate, love, and mental "illness"
- Message-ID: <1993Jan29.053929.25343@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <ewright.728251491@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 05:39:29 GMT
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- In article <ewright.728251491@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >
- >So, Charlie believes that any behavior that has a biochemical
- >basis is a mental "illness" that must be "cured" by psychiatric
- >"treatment."
- >
- >Researchers have found that the chemical beta-phenylethylamine
- >is the responsible for many of the good feelings people experience
- >when they are in love.
- >
- >The same chemical is found in chocolate.
-
- 'Tis true--indeed, this fact has caused many people to conclude that
- love is merely a substitute for chocolate.
-
- >So, is love a mental illness?
-
- Perhaps, but at least it's treatable--I know I like to treat my love
- to dinner, plays, picnics in the mountains....
-
-
- Trygve
- --
- "I've been seduced by the dark chocolate side of the force!"
-