Today we focused on dissociation and somatoform disorders. Professor Welkowitz is the first professor that I have had that has acutally told me it is ok to sleep in class. He figures that if we do fall asleep we are tired or in some other way unable to focus in class. He spoke about how he presented the idea of the internet using spiders to his daughters school and saw all of the children's eyes glaze over... then mentioned that was similar to the looks he was getting from us!
We also had a discussion about wether we would want to know if we had a disease or if we would not want to take the test. Personally I have lived my life, up until recently, not knowing any of my family history. I liked it that way because I could live the way I wanted and not have to worry that in so many years some horrible disease could take over me. Now I am begining to get information about my biological family and I'm not sure if I want know.
On a lighter note I watched an old showing of MTV's Real Life that followed three young men from New York that were Autistic. It was very interesting to watch because the young men were so very different and one had Asperger Syndrome. That young man enjoyed doing stand up comedie, another young man was a very good artist, the last one just wanted to communicate with his classmates.
Well I am very impressed that I blogged on the same day that I had class.. so now I'm off. Have a good night all!
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