Anger and RA

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Hi, Kathy! Yes, I've heard and read about ideas like that before. My

opinion, if the implication is that angry people get RA, is that this

theory should be placed in the less-than-constructive " blame the

patient " category. Sure, anger doesn't help any physical condition, but

to point to it as a root cause of RA is too simplistic and basically

unfair. Genetic and more tangible environmental influences are

unreasonably minimized with this kind of thinking. Such a concept isn't

very good at explaining why children who have had nothing but a good

life experience get JRA or similar illnesses either.

Also, maybe your therapist's patients can be collectively characterized

as a group who HAS BECOME angry. Did he know them all prior to their

illnesses? And I'm not sure his comments would be all that helpful to

those he is treating since the underlying message is, " If you weren't

such an angry person, you wouldn't have become sick. " Bull.

Re: [ ] Re: Enbrel anyone? Susie aka Elf

<PRE>my therapist always says he only knows one thing about ra. that is

anger.

anyone else ever hear of this??? just curious. kathy in il