The possibility of psychogenic origin is not mutually exclusive with the possibility of directed attack. The brain can be tricked into producing symptoms that are real and sometimes devastating. However, the thing that tricked the brain could still be intentional and directed.
An example is tinnitus and hyperacusis (sound pain). These ar…
The possibility of psychogenic origin is not mutually exclusive with the possibility of directed attack. The brain can be tricked into producing symptoms that are real and sometimes devastating. However, the thing that tricked the brain could still be intentional and directed.
An example is tinnitus and hyperacusis (sound pain). These are real and devastating symptoms produced psychogenically by the brains of sufferers. The tinnitus sound can only be detected by the sufferer, and the same is true of the hyperacusis. However, it is not uncommon for these conditions to be triggered by partial hearing loss. The brain will register the loss of a particular frequency range, for instance, and supply that same range in the form of tinnitus. I know this from personal debilitating experience.
I wonder if both studies are partially correct: the syndrome is psychogenic in origin, but the trigger that tricked the brains was directed and intentional. There may well be some who have been influenced by mass hysteria, but I am disinclined to accept that was the only trigger.
The possibility of psychogenic origin is not mutually exclusive with the possibility of directed attack. The brain can be tricked into producing symptoms that are real and sometimes devastating. However, the thing that tricked the brain could still be intentional and directed.
An example is tinnitus and hyperacusis (sound pain). These are real and devastating symptoms produced psychogenically by the brains of sufferers. The tinnitus sound can only be detected by the sufferer, and the same is true of the hyperacusis. However, it is not uncommon for these conditions to be triggered by partial hearing loss. The brain will register the loss of a particular frequency range, for instance, and supply that same range in the form of tinnitus. I know this from personal debilitating experience.
I wonder if both studies are partially correct: the syndrome is psychogenic in origin, but the trigger that tricked the brains was directed and intentional. There may well be some who have been influenced by mass hysteria, but I am disinclined to accept that was the only trigger.
This is an excellent thought-provoking article!