I think there is a fundamental difference between someone suggesting that a health condition has some type of psychological basis and writing if off as symptoms of clinical depression. There are old ideas about mental health that completely isolate the psychological component from the underlying biology. This leads to claims that “it is all in your head,” writing it off as an issue that someone should be able to tough it out. Our societies understanding of mental health is evolving and seems to be moving towards the integration of mental health as an extension of health as a whole. Looking at the extremes, they executed men with Shellshock during WWI. Contrast this with the modern understanding of PTSD, as a psychological disorder with a number of potential underlying biological and psychological causes and treatments. All of that said, I do not know anything about the cause of your condition, and I am sorry that you have had to struggle through not just the physical reality of your condition but the stigma around it. The best encouragement I can offer is that your struggles within our system has cleared the path to some extent for those unfortunate to follow.
One other note. A condition with such little understanding of the underlying causes as CFS/ME means that the causes may not be the same for all people with this diagnosis. The diagnosis is a fallible creation of man that categorizes these symptoms under a single heading to allow further research and treatment. What presents as a similar set of symptoms across a set of patients does not necessarily have the same origin.
In Britain there are at least 50 specialist chronic fatigue syndrome services that treat around 8,000 adults each year under government guidelines, offering behavioural and psychological therapies. Research published in July 2017 showed around a third of adults affected by the illness who attended these specialist clinics reported substantial improvement in their health.
The fact that these psychological treatments have had some effect for 1/3 of patients and none for the other 2/3 indicates the possibility of disparate underlying causes. I wish you well going forward with your struggles.
Thank you. To be clear, I was in no way trying to take a shot at Ace or trying to downplay the reality of this condition. If anything, it is more a PSA that there are groups out there collecting money to fund these activist campaigns that may look a lot like research charities. If one is looking into donating to this cause, they need to make sure the money is going to research and not to activist causes.
Sorry about that. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic encephalomyelitis. It is the Condition that forced Ace to resign from the blog and there have been some fundraising campaigns on MGoBlog in the past.
I agree. He already tore his ACL once. I hate to lose him but I can't fault anyone for taking the guaranteed money. I can only hope that he remains involved in the university a la Woodson. Maybe the reception Woodson got at the Hawaii game made an impact.
With Jake Ryan having pretty much locked down the Sam spot, no matter what Mattison says about competition, I feel like he would be a good fit at the Will. He has the speed to protect the edge. i see him in the same mold as a Jonas Mouton. Very athletic linebacker who could be devastating on the blitz but hopefully better in coverage because of his background at saftey
They don't because they generally don't get caught for everything and they dont want to get their school in any more trouble. Look at what happened to Clarett he didn't even give details and he is hated in columbus
I like a lot of what they do. They take sports and look at from different angles. I find that most their stuff is more interesting than any sports illstrated article. Another place i enjoy is the ESPN commentary section. I enjoy reading about everything involved with sports off the field.
I wouldn't read into the family man comment as much. He could be commenting on the family environment a bunch of recruits have to mentioned with Michigan. I also could be a shameless homer looking for reason he'll come here
In other bad OSU injury news. Apparently Scott McVey is about to get sent to St. Saban soon for his like third torn labrum. Source is a kid i play football with who went to St. Iggy
i go to school with a kid who played with both of them and he said Mcvey tore his labrum for a third time and is probably going to end up getting sent to St Saban soon. he also said that jake ryan didn't even start his junior and ended up getting huge before his senior year.
With as much as the D has improved already the thing i am most excited about is Big Will. he had a couple of plays where he looked like a 5 star potential NFL dt. With this coaching i think he's just going to get more consistent and will be one of the best players on the defense by the end of the year.
I can totally understand not commiting. If i was getting recruited i would definately wait and take all of my official vistis. They get to go party at college schools while everyone is basically sucking their dicks telling them how good they are the whole time. Who wouldn't want to do that.
i've got a hat signed by the entire 2001 michigan basketball team. My cousin got it signed while he was in the hospital and when he passed away i got it.
all of you complaining about the rioting are dumb. Have you ever been to a riot. Shit is so much fun. I was in pittsburgt when the Steelers, or stillers depending on how yinzer you are, won and it was awesome. Yea some shit got broken and some couches burned but it was one of the most fun things i've ever done. I was pissed when the steelers didn't win this year. we had the lighter fluid ready and everything.
so...whos in for a riot after we win the MNC and the final four this year
I am down with the snuggie dress code. They may be the most ridiculus looking thing ever but there is nothing (nothing!!!!!!!!!!!) more comforatable than a snuggie.
At this point my expectations are so low it doesn't matter how bad they are I won't get angry when i see some douchebag in ten years who thinks it looks sweet but everyone knows its still disgusting
they should give your program stat points for how your are precieved by reuits and in general than can be earned and taken away by achievemnts and add a risk factor to the recruit. all recruits don't reach the potential and having too many high risk kids on your team increases the rick factor for all of the kids
you know how most stories start to get old after a couple weeks like the brett farve thing, This is the exact opposite its like watching 24 but getting three episodes a week. I can'r wait to see how this ends
The death penalty idea is fucking retarded and there are two main reasons. First the NCAA realized that they killed an entire program and have basically stated that they will never do that again. Second they got caught with a legitimate payroll while on probation for having a legitimate payroll. They were the most arrogant cheaters on the planet even after getting caust. tosu may have been cheating forever but they've been smart enough, until this point, to not get caught. but thank god for Ray Small. i'm going to send flowers to his funeral when some crazed bucknut kills him
enough to have the rain break my car. My car is a beater and the threads on the gas capped have rusted out and the rust clogged the drain on my gas tank and it filled my tank with water. it was bad when i knew that i had a quater tank when i got to work and almost a half a tank when i left. ( tried to leave).
brown and Ojemudia both have big frames, especially brown, and will end up growing into their body. I think it more that they're focusing on getting guys who will hold their ground and take up space rather than guys who rely on their speed to make plays
Who cares about the recruiting services. We have ten guys that our coaches rated high enough to merit an offer this early in the process.
"They know what they want their identity to be," Tom Luginbill, national recruiting director for ESPN's Scouts Inc., told me Tuesday. "They know what type of fit works for them. That's one thing that is so overlooked and not given any credence in recruiting. Everybody wants to focus on, 'This guy's a four-star [recruit], this guy's a five-star.' That doesn't necessarily mean he's the right player for your program.
This is the truest thing i've ever heard about recruiting
ps anyone know how to make those yellow quotes boxes
The fact that he is from in state does help him because he is being compared to the other in state kids rather the out of state which is much harder to get accepted
i know for a fact that they have a team because i played them this year, but the fact that they play Carnegie Mellon might have something to do with it
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I think there is a fundamental difference between someone suggesting that a health condition has some type of psychological basis and writing if off as symptoms of clinical depression. There are old ideas about mental health that completely isolate the psychological component from the underlying biology. This leads to claims that “it is all in your head,” writing it off as an issue that someone should be able to tough it out. Our societies understanding of mental health is evolving and seems to be moving towards the integration of mental health as an extension of health as a whole. Looking at the extremes, they executed men with Shellshock during WWI. Contrast this with the modern understanding of PTSD, as a psychological disorder with a number of potential underlying biological and psychological causes and treatments. All of that said, I do not know anything about the cause of your condition, and I am sorry that you have had to struggle through not just the physical reality of your condition but the stigma around it. The best encouragement I can offer is that your struggles within our system has cleared the path to some extent for those unfortunate to follow.
One other note. A condition with such little understanding of the underlying causes as CFS/ME means that the causes may not be the same for all people with this diagnosis. The diagnosis is a fallible creation of man that categorizes these symptoms under a single heading to allow further research and treatment. What presents as a similar set of symptoms across a set of patients does not necessarily have the same origin.
The fact that these psychological treatments have had some effect for 1/3 of patients and none for the other 2/3 indicates the possibility of disparate underlying causes. I wish you well going forward with your struggles.
Thank you. To be clear, I was in no way trying to take a shot at Ace or trying to downplay the reality of this condition. If anything, it is more a PSA that there are groups out there collecting money to fund these activist campaigns that may look a lot like research charities. If one is looking into donating to this cause, they need to make sure the money is going to research and not to activist causes.
Sorry about that. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic encephalomyelitis. It is the Condition that forced Ace to resign from the blog and there have been some fundraising campaigns on MGoBlog in the past.
83-70 MIchigan
Hows your view from that Ivory Tower?
With Jake Ryan having pretty much locked down the Sam spot, no matter what Mattison says about competition, I feel like he would be a good fit at the Will. He has the speed to protect the edge. i see him in the same mold as a Jonas Mouton. Very athletic linebacker who could be devastating on the blitz but hopefully better in coverage because of his background at saftey
Sorry for the scare. More just wondering what's going to happen with a player excpected to be stud who fell of the map.
Lions for the ship
I have a skewed perspective because i go to school in pittsburg but i can stand listening to these damn yinzers talking about their beloved Stillers
They are master choke artists and i dont know how they became "americas team". That always pissed me off
They don't because they generally don't get caught for everything and they dont want to get their school in any more trouble. Look at what happened to Clarett he didn't even give details and he is hated in columbus
I like a lot of what they do. They take sports and look at from different angles. I find that most their stuff is more interesting than any sports illstrated article. Another place i enjoy is the ESPN commentary section. I enjoy reading about everything involved with sports off the field.
I wouldn't read into the family man comment as much. He could be commenting on the family environment a bunch of recruits have to mentioned with Michigan. I also could be a shameless homer looking for reason he'll come here
In other bad OSU injury news. Apparently Scott McVey is about to get sent to St. Saban soon for his like third torn labrum. Source is a kid i play football with who went to St. Iggy
is that his younger brother is named tim
i go to school with a kid who played with both of them and he said Mcvey tore his labrum for a third time and is probably going to end up getting sent to St Saban soon. he also said that jake ryan didn't even start his junior and ended up getting huge before his senior year.
With as much as the D has improved already the thing i am most excited about is Big Will. he had a couple of plays where he looked like a 5 star potential NFL dt. With this coaching i think he's just going to get more consistent and will be one of the best players on the defense by the end of the year.
i read the title as "beer gone, need some help." i opened this thread expecting a much more dire situation that i found
I can totally understand not commiting. If i was getting recruited i would definately wait and take all of my official vistis. They get to go party at college schools while everyone is basically sucking their dicks telling them how good they are the whole time. Who wouldn't want to do that.
I always loved watching Navarre run
I know its fucked up but this is how oversigning happens.
i've got a hat signed by the entire 2001 michigan basketball team. My cousin got it signed while he was in the hospital and when he passed away i got it.
all of you complaining about the rioting are dumb. Have you ever been to a riot. Shit is so much fun. I was in pittsburgt when the Steelers, or stillers depending on how yinzer you are, won and it was awesome. Yea some shit got broken and some couches burned but it was one of the most fun things i've ever done. I was pissed when the steelers didn't win this year. we had the lighter fluid ready and everything.
so...whos in for a riot after we win the MNC and the final four this year
I am down with the snuggie dress code. They may be the most ridiculus looking thing ever but there is nothing (nothing!!!!!!!!!!!) more comforatable than a snuggie.
At this point my expectations are so low it doesn't matter how bad they are I won't get angry when i see some douchebag in ten years who thinks it looks sweet but everyone knows its still disgusting
they should give your program stat points for how your are precieved by reuits and in general than can be earned and taken away by achievemnts and add a risk factor to the recruit. all recruits don't reach the potential and having too many high risk kids on your team increases the rick factor for all of the kids
you know how most stories start to get old after a couple weeks like the brett farve thing, This is the exact opposite its like watching 24 but getting three episodes a week. I can'r wait to see how this ends
its a herp within a derp. We must go derper
The death penalty idea is fucking retarded and there are two main reasons. First the NCAA realized that they killed an entire program and have basically stated that they will never do that again. Second they got caught with a legitimate payroll while on probation for having a legitimate payroll. They were the most arrogant cheaters on the planet even after getting caust. tosu may have been cheating forever but they've been smart enough, until this point, to not get caught. but thank god for Ray Small. i'm going to send flowers to his funeral when some crazed bucknut kills him
enough to have the rain break my car. My car is a beater and the threads on the gas capped have rusted out and the rust clogged the drain on my gas tank and it filled my tank with water. it was bad when i knew that i had a quater tank when i got to work and almost a half a tank when i left. ( tried to leave).
there saying hey look were good at football and if your not in the top 15% or so you can still make bank
the best part of the whole thing is that shane Morris got the Qb mVp even with Zeke Pike there. Glad to see we have DG replacement all lined up
i concur
Really? i know we make fun of OSU with tOSU and TSIO but that seems a little over the top. Stay classy my friend.
or its his initials. 50-50 could go either way.
and if all else fails just make sure to have plenty of garbage bags plastic wrap and duct tape.
Finally we get a couple of DT's and the streak of commits in pairs continues
Finally we get a couple of DT's and the streak of commits in pairs continues
brown and Ojemudia both have big frames, especially brown, and will end up growing into their body. I think it more that they're focusing on getting guys who will hold their ground and take up space rather than guys who rely on their speed to make plays
i'd change my post
Thanks
i'd change my post but the edit button took a vacation
Who cares about the recruiting services. We have ten guys that our coaches rated high enough to merit an offer this early in the process.
"They know what they want their identity to be," Tom Luginbill, national recruiting director for ESPN's Scouts Inc., told me Tuesday. "They know what type of fit works for them. That's one thing that is so overlooked and not given any credence in recruiting. Everybody wants to focus on, 'This guy's a four-star [recruit], this guy's a five-star.' That doesn't necessarily mean he's the right player for your program.
This is the truest thing i've ever heard about recruiting
ps anyone know how to make those yellow quotes boxes
I would upvote but my points keep disappearing so
The fact that he is from in state does help him because he is being compared to the other in state kids rather the out of state which is much harder to get accepted
im guessing more a fullback than brandon jacobs
FL- 18
CA- 17
TX-15
OH, GA-7
NC, AL- 4
NJ, PA, IL, VA,- 3
MO, MD, AZ, LA, WA- 2
DC, IN, SC, NY,KY, TN, WI, MI- 2
What southern bias? /s
Cuz the tartans just lost their biggest claim to football fame. The longest nonlosing season streak. It was at like 37 when we went 4-6 this year.
GOOOOOOOOOOOO TARTANSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
i know for a fact that they have a team because i played them this year, but the fact that they play Carnegie Mellon might have something to do with it