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My second psychologist did not think I had bipolar disorder at all. My first psychologist said I was manic because she said there was no reason I should be happy. I've been happy because I gain and keep my values as much as I possibly can. I don't and can't focus on anything that doesn't pertain to that which I want to gain and keep (my architecture, my life, and even the boring things which my architectural career presupposes). I do experience the latter when I'm creating the esthetics of and the means to create my architecture (and other endeavors), but often I'll be working on a floor plan then switch to haute couture then switch to the exterior/interior of a limo then switch back to the floor plan then switch to the limo again, then work on the elevations of the floorplan.... You're an Objectivist and seem to have decent knowlege of psychology. Would you call my pursuit manic or bipolar? It is however difficult for me to clean my room and I used to hire people to do it as I consitered the cleanliness of my room a much much lesser value than my work and pursuit. But its incredibly difficult to clean. Would this be bipolar? I think you have mixed me up with Adam, I am not an Objectivist although I have read most of Rand's writings and I think I have a fair grasp of her ideas. I think to be taken from creative idea to creative idea,and never want to stop working on them, is fairly typical of bipolar behaviour in my layman's opinion, yes. I'm not officially bipolar but I hate to clean my place and will do anything to postpone doing it. Everybody is a little bit crazy, at least in my experience. I've read Mozart was the same. He seldom finished his pieces in one sitting; he wrote numerous pieces at once. My second psychologist did not think I had bipolar disorder at all. My first psychologist said I was manic because she said there was no reason I should be happy. I've been happy because I gain and keep my values as much as I possibly can. I don't and can't focus on anything that doesn't pertain to that which I want to gain and keep (my architecture, my life, and even the boring things which my architectural career presupposes). I do experience the latter when I'm creating the esthetics of and the means to create my architecture (and other endeavors), but often I'll be working on a floor plan then switch to haute couture then switch to the exterior/interior of a limo then switch back to the floor plan then switch to the limo again, then work on the elevations of the floorplan.... You're an Objectivist and seem to have decent knowlege of psychology. Would you call my pursuit manic or bipolar? It is however difficult for me to clean my room and I used to hire people to do it as I consitered the cleanliness of my room a much much lesser value than my work and pursuit. But its incredibly difficult to clean. Would this be bipolar? I think you have mixed me up with Adam, I am not an Objectivist although I have read most of Rand's writings and I think I have a fair grasp of her ideas. I think to be taken from creative idea to creative idea,and never want to stop working on them, is fairly typical of bipolar behaviour in my layman's opinion, yes. I'm not officially bipolar but I hate to clean my place and will do anything to postpone doing it. Everybody is a little bit crazy, at least in my experience. I've read Mozart was the same. He seldom finished his pieces in one sitting; he wrote numerous pieces at once. He wasn't much on housekeeping either.

My second psychologist did not think I had bipolar disorder at all. My first psychologist said I was manic because she said there was no reason I should be happy. I've been happy because I gain and keep my values as much as I possibly can. I don't and can't focus on anything that doesn't pertain to that which I want to gain and keep (my architecture, my life, and even the boring things which my architectural career presupposes). I do experience the latter when I'm creating the esthetics of and the means to create my architecture (and other endeavors), but often I'll be working on a floor plan then switch to haute couture then switch to the exterior/interior of a limo then switch back to the floor plan then switch to the limo again, then work on the elevations of the floorplan.... You're an Objectivist and seem to have decent knowlege of psychology. Would you call my pursuit manic or bipolar? It is however difficult for me to clean my room and I used to hire people to do it as I consitered the cleanliness of my room a much much lesser value than my work and pursuit. But its incredibly difficult to clean. Would this be bipolar? I think you have mixed me up with Adam, I am not an Objectivist although I have read most of Rand's writings and I think I have a fair grasp of her ideas. I think to be taken from creative idea to creative idea,and never want to stop working on them, is fairly typical of bipolar behaviour in my layman's opinion, yes. I'm not officially bipolar but I hate to clean my place and will do anything to postpone doing it. Everybody is a little bit crazy, at least in my experience.

ADD and bipolarity are both descriptions of the way consciousness works in some individuals. They usually work to the detriment of the individual. Because to have a successful career, you need to maintain focus, even for things that do not interest you, for fairly long periods. And when you are bipolar, you can only focus on one thing, obsessively, whille on a creative high, and you only want to stay there. If you indeed have these conditions, and want a successful career, you need to learn to live with them and balance them.

But how can it be valid to use neutral terms such as selfish as symptoms for diseases? Also, I've actually been studying Objectivism for about a year and a half. I made a point to understand the entire Fountainhead speech and the John Galt speech and I understand them both now with the exception of minor details in the Galt speech which I'm working out now. I've made mistakes but I'm ironing them out. What made you think I was new to Rand? I've always been enthusiastic about philosophical truth, I'm suprised I didn't stumble upon her before researching for my case. Medical terms are not about precise semantics but about observable symptom patterns.m In medical context they serve as shorthand for these patterns. It is philosophy that seeks to rightly define, or redefine words. I repeat, Rand was a philosopher with little interest or knowledge in medicine. The speeches in her novels were about philosophy, and somewhat about economics and aesthetics. Not about medical science.

So what would you expect from the Star? We have the Post and the Sun here too. Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant and Conrad Black are feted by our thriving group of rightwingers, and our Prime Minister has a hotline to Republican headquarters. Both sides have polemicists up here too. We just have a bigger middle, that deplores the black white dichotomous world you guys have to live in.

I know you are newly enthused Rand fan, and it is an intellectual joy to fit the world into her shining vision. But remember, she said herself, that she knew very little of psychology. And as to psychiatry I do not think she knew anything. I think some of the psychological theories and "therapies" that flourished under her aegis did a lot of harm.

Not to discredit ytou either, but reading online is not the same as studying a subject. I have researched this subject, though I of course am no expert. I have personal knowledge and experience, with family members, and have done considerable homework on it.

Manic bipolar disorder is not about psychology at all. It is a measurable physical condition based on neuroscience as well as observations of symptoms.. In many cases it is treatable by conventional medicine, sallowing the individual to return to a normal healthy self.

So, I am guessing that, purely on mere weekly paycheck, the union son is paid more? Yes, considerably. In fact because he works more hours, he is paid more than I am though my hourly rate is higher.

Actually no, I don't know what benefits the radio station pays. And my grammar bad, I should have said "the more money!" Oh, I am slipping...

This is interesting to me, a reminder of how same but different our two countries are. I have 2 children I think around the ages of yours. We have the most conservative head of government we have ever had, and I dislike and distrust his policies. Yet I don't think that my kids' future will be destroyed even by four, or five or whatever years of Harper. One son is already getting his shot at excellence in the cuttrhoat market-driven radio business. The other landed a fairly secure, uninionized job in the city public transit. Guess who makes the most money.

There is no difference. Maybe the rich feel that "wealthy" sounds more genteel than "rich".

A fine article, thanks A I would not otherwise have seen it, Burns really seems to "get" Rand, objectively.

I don't get 'automatic'. You mean subconscious? But then, everything subconscious had to come through the conscious. So can be introspected. You mean, like driving a car - habitual? The only 'automatic' in the brain is reflexive, and instinctive behavior, far as I know. Being aware of everything pertaining to one, is what we've been discussing with evasion. Automatic is for automatons. I don't get 'automatic'. You mean subconscious? But then, everything subconscious had to come through the conscious. So can be introspected. You mean, like driving a car - habitual? The only 'automatic' in the brain is reflexive, and instinctive behavior, far as I know. Being aware of everything pertaining to one, is what we've been discussing with evasion. Automatic is for automatons. Yes I think I do mean subconscious, But I don't think the subconscious is programmed consciously.

Sure. You're always welcome on my Radio Show. I'll always hold a special place for you in my heart since you were one of the first sponsors. You helped me to become what I am today, and I'll never forget that. Btw, you shouldn't say "fingers crossed" about negotiations with the Comrade's representatives. The idea of luck of really pisses her off. You've probably already blown the deal. J Sure. You're always welcome on my Radio Show. I'll always hold a special place for you in my heart since you were one of the first sponsors. You helped me to become what I am today, and I'll never forget that. Btw, you shouldn't say "fingers crossed" about negotiations with the Comrade's representatives. The idea of luck of really pisses her off. You've probably already blown the deal. J Oh heck Jonathan, you were right. The telephone screening interview did not go well. They did not think my excerpt about the Senegalese bartenders was "a good fit", even though I made them to be from different parts of Senegal and looking for work. I think I heard nervous tittlering in the background. And the 20 page questionnaire they sent! All those questions about Dr D's Phd thesis, and and Are you now or ever have been a visitor to Checking Premises? Please list names... Usually I am good at questionnaires but I think I will just have to wing it. I am not optimistic .

This gives me the impression that your dad had some knowledge of philosophy,, and of the market cost of reams of paper. No wonder you enjpy the Office.

Sincere congratulations jts. Your intro is a 200% improvement over your usual ones. I don't know what is in your vide because i do not click on them unless they come from wss, Ninth, Jonathan or Adam. Otherwise it is too hard on my eyes. But well done anyway.

Funny coincidence. I picked up a book at the Zellers gob sale, about Dan Quayle,, by Woodward and Broder. It shows how Quayle went from golf addict to Veep choice, by hard work and powers of persuasion.

This is appalling. What kind of monster hates a 5 year old child? I would guess that many members here were creative at an early age. MSK with his musical talent for a prime example. I used to make up stories and poems from about 5, I am sure many more did the same. I got some laughs and sneers from my "audience", sure, and I certainly was not praised to the skies, but never did I feel hated for my efforts. When I hit another kid on the head with a hammer in a sandbox at that age, I was hated and deservedly, but it had nothing to do with anybody's talent or confidence. It was about somebody's toy truck. You'd be surprised haha. My parents were and still are the most evil people I've ever known. They destroyed every drawing of mine from age 5 to 18 (except the 2,000 I hid). Why did they destroy your artwork? Were you drawing Grandma naked or something? Or did they have fanatical clutter issues? Obviously not, if he was able to sequester 2,000 hidden drawings... If he could hide 2000 pieces of subversive paper on the premises, obviously the Soviet regime had some security flaws.

This is appalling. What kind of monster hates a 5 year old child? I would guess that many members here were creative at an early age. MSK with his musical talent for a prime example. I used to make up stories and poems from about 5, I am sure many more did the same. I got some laughs and sneers from my "audience", sure, and I certainly was not praised to the skies, but never did I feel hated for my efforts. When I hit another kid on the head with a hammer in a sandbox at that age, I was hated and deservedly, but it had nothing to do with anybody's talent or confidence. It was about somebody's toy truck. You'd be surprised haha. My parents were and still are the most evil people I've ever known. They destroyed every drawing of mine from age 5 to 18 (except the 2,000 I hid). Why did they destroy your artwork? Were you drawing Grandma naked or something? Or did they have fanatical clutter issues?

That is interesting, and MSK who has been delving into neuroscience could comment knowledgeably on this as could others here. The impression I get from a non-knowledgeable standpoint is, most of what happens in the brain is automatic.

A practical advantage of Ryan is, he is a Washington insider, a Capitol Hill kid. He knows how things really work, although maybe he has not been stellar in working them.

As of now it looks like there will be an NHL season, so I can update you on the league as of Dec. 18. (I don't know what access you will have to seeing any games. In the Canadian Forces of course, watching HNIC is mandatory) By mid-December the Leafs will be on the crest of their annual slide into oblivion. I hope you get your shot at Arabic, though it is very hard. Supply and demand would seem to indicate that they would want to train as many Arabic speakers as possible. I imagine a lot of recruits already speak spanish and other "soft" languages.

Thanks Adam! Pure fun and that's the fact, Jack.

Shame on you secret Maureen. Ryan is a married man. Go watch some soccer, you hussy.