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| Global warming fears seen in obsessive compulsive disorder patients |
| 2010-05-08 |
| A recent study has found that global warming has impacted the nature of symptoms experienced by obsessive compulsive disorder patients. Climate change related obsessions and/or compulsions were identified in 28% of patients presenting with obsessive compulsive disorder. Their obsessions included leaving taps on and wasting water, leaving lights on and wasting electricity, pets dying of thirst, leaving the stove on and wasting gas as well as obsessions that global warming had contributed to house floors cracking, pipes leaking, roof problems and white ants eating the house. Compulsions in response to these obsessions included the checking of taps, light switches, pet water bowls and house structures. "Media coverage about the possible catastrophic consequences to our planet concerning global warming is extensive and potentially anxiety provoking. We found that many obsessive compulsive disorder patients were concerned about reducing their global footprint," said study author Dr Mairwen Jones. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Sounds to me like they're just...nuts. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-08 20:37 |
| #5 David Cameron just announced "he would make the creation of a low carbon economy a priority". How is the smart money betting: new elections in a year or in eighteen months? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-08 19:25 |
| #4 David Cameron just announced "he would make the creation of a low carbon economy a priority". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-05-08 17:18 |
| #3 STFU and gimme a new gun. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-08 15:06 |
| #2 Their obsessions included leaving taps on and wasting water, leaving lights on and wasting electricity Finally an explanation for noted environmentalists' Al Gore's $30,000 electric bill or Barbra Streisand's $22,000 water bill. They're victims. Boy is my face red, thinking they were nothing but hypocrites. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-05-08 10:14 |
| #1 Pretty much as expected- this is like finding that people dangling over cliffs are concerned about falling- the difference being that the 'cliff' is in the subjects psyche. What is unsettling is how near-OCD behavior is considered socially acceptable in the global warming congregation, and how crazed lawmaking to compulsively regulate other peoples behavior is debated as being rational instead of what it actually is- symptomatic of a personal spiritual crisis. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2010-05-08 06:19 |