Aunty Jabou, Actually that was sent to the L my error. It was meant for a Psych discussion group. However, your points raised have been brought before by someone else. Only in different words. Is there any reference to your conclusion I might refer to? Thanks. Ousman Jallow Bojang. Original Message: ----------------- From: Jabou Joh [log in to unmask] Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 13:45:17 -0400 (EDT) To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: fixation Ousman, I wonder if there is not also a wider definition of fixation to encompass other situations and consitions.. For example, when a people try to get out of a particular situation and no matter what they try, they tend to end up with the same people who apply the same conditions only with a slight twist, while telling them not to worry. And so they are trapped forever. They may complain, and when they do, alas! they are termed insane by both by the perpetrators, as well as by those who tend to see things through the eyes of the perpetrators of their suffering simply because it is more expedient and self serving for them. Those on the receiving end of this predicament also tend to have their own theories regarding the perpetrators of their suffering and their helpers.. They see them as people who substitute competence and decency for brute force,dishonesty and a penchant for smear tactics while labelling everyone who does not see things their way as crazy .It is a sad state of affairs. aunty Jabou Joh Fixation. When people are unable to move from one topic to another. Th ey tend to stick or relate all topics because of their inability to move on. This is not only a problem, it is a disease. Mostly kids with psych problems that may be caused by certain experineces in thier live(s)are mor e likely to be seen with this problem when they are grown. Ousman. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~