Re: AW: "Radiation free zones" etc/Paranoia

["Richard L. Hess" <lists@richardhess.com>]

Not to defend, but to try and understand:



 From history we have at least Tesla who was apparently hypersensitive to a 

wide variety of things, at least as reported in "Tesla: Man Out of Time" a 

biography by Margaret Cheney. (a popular book, I'm afraid).



 From "art" we have the bubble-man episode from the TV series "Northern 

Exposure." I understood at the time (10 years ago?) that there actually 

were people who had (or at least imagined they had) such sensitivities. I'm 

only bringing this up to the extent that art mirrors life (or sometimes the 

other way around).



I'm surprised in a way that there's such a large suspected population in 

Sweden that might have this challenge. I wonder if the fantastic support 

system there may allow people the time and confidence to be more 

introspective.



I honestly don't know anyone that fits this category. One friend from long 

ago MIGHT have had some sensitivity, but he loved playing with things 

electronic. He just could "feel" some things I couldn't.



One of my usual one-liners is, "I'm paranoid from birth--I'm a native New 

Yorker." We always knew who was around us on the Subways, who was lurking 

in shadows, which dark alleys to bypass on the other side of the street. I 

think you grow up wary in a place like NYC. (And I'm not picking on NYC in 

particular--I just happened to have grown up there).



I think most of us think this hypersensitivity is at least over-blown if 

not bunk. BUT, from a compassionate standpoint, how do you come to 

understand what these people are feeling? I'm perhaps more sensitive to 

this TYPE of thing as I have a son with very bad food allergies--tallest in 

his class, but food allergies nonetheless.



Cheers,



Richard



At 08:38 PM 9/16/2002 +0000, Bjorn Cedervall wrote:

>>Also the letters to the discussion forum are so far away from any sense, 

>>that one should probably be sorry for such people, who are afraid of 

>>everything and see dangers in every aspect of life. Isn't that called paranoia?

>---

>One of their writers is a retired professional to answer such questions 

>(assoc. prof. in psychiatry). He has written about me recently. I 

>presently do not intend to write about him.



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