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Uncovering secrets to a longer life
By Dan Buettner, Special to CNNJanuary 26, 2010 9:42 a.m. EST
How to live to 100STORY HIGHLIGHTS- Researchers looked at regions where people live long lives
- Dan Buettner says they found common practices in these "Blue Zone" regions
- People live longer when they have active physical and social lives, he says
- Buettner: Pills, diets aren't as important as having purpose in life
RELATED TOPICSEditor's note: Dan Buettner is the author of "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest." He spoke at the TEDxTC Event at the Science Museum of Minnesota in September, 2009. His Web site is http://www.bluezones.com/ For more TED Talks, click here
In the same way organisms select for characteristics that favor the survival and well-being of its species over successive generations, so too do cultures. With organisms, we call this process evolution and it represents a sort of accumulated wisdom. There is no word for this process in cultures, but there is one for the result. And that word is tradition.
For that past eight years, my team of scientists and National Geographic researchers have explored five parts of the world -- "Blue Zones" -- where people live measurably longer lives.
Compared to American averages, we found a bronze-age culture in Sardinia's interior that produces about 10 times more male centenarians; a remote peninsula in Costa Rica where 50 year-olds have a three-fold better chance or reaching age 90; a Greek island completely free of Alzheimer's (about 50 percent of Americans over age 90 suffer from dementia); and islands in southern Japan where people suffer one-sixth the rate of heart disease. How do they do it?
The Danish Twin Studies established that only about 20 percent of average lifespan (within certain biological limits) is dictated by genes. Lifestyle explains most of the rest of the longevity formula.
We found that all five Blue Zones possessed the same nine lifestyle characteristics. Among them: a low-meat, plant-based diet (all of them ate a lot of beans) and a ritual of "downshifting" each day. They experience the same stresses we do -- kids, health, finances -- but they managed it through daily prayer, meditation, ancestor veneration or city-wide happy hours (like the Sardinians).
The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives. They walk to the store and to their friends' homes and they live in houses set up with opportunities to move mindlessly. They do their own yard work, hand-knead their own bread dough, and, in the case of Okinawa, get up and down off the floor several dozen times a day.
They live in strong families that keep them motivated to support loved ones. Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean. This has a powerful two-fold effect: Children and grandchildren in these families benefit from their grandparents' wisdom and care while the centenarians feel the motivation to stay active, to get out of bed in the morning, and live for a purpose.
They live in cities where it is easy to walk to their friends' houses, to the store or to church. So, we figured they get about 105 minutes of physical activity everyday -- and no health club membership!
We know from the Framingham studies that happiness, smoking and obesity are all "contagious." If your three best friends are obese, there's a 70 percent better chance that you'll be overweight. People in the Blue Zones either proactively surround themselves with people who practice the right behaviors or are born into communities of people who do -- or people whose idea of fun is gardening, or bocce ball or swimming; people who eat meat sparingly, who have faith, who are trusting and trust-worthy. Why is this so important?
No supplement, hormone, antioxidant or pill of any sort has been shown to reverse, stop or even slow aging. The problem is two-fold: to do the study properly, you'd need to follow two groups of people for life: one who takes the pill, the other that doesn't. Then you'd have to control for all other factors and compare the average age of death for each group. No such study has ever been done on a "longevity" supplement.
The second problem is adherence. People in general just don't stick to doing anything for very long. Are you taking supplements? How long have you been taking them? I'll bet not more than a few years.
Science (and hucksters) have offered us countless diets but research done by the University of Minnesota's Dr. Robert W. Jeffrey has shown that fewer than 2 percent of people adhere to diets for more than two years. For anything to really impact your life expectancy positively, you need to do it for most of your life. Friends, unlike pills or diets, are much more likely to be much longer-term undertakings.
The secret to solving much of America's health care crisis and battle with chronic diseases lies in emulating the environment in Blue Zones. Is it possible?
Last year, my partners and I made Blue Zones-inspired changes to the environment of an entire American town -- Albert Lea, Minnesota, (see AARP Magazine article). We made the town more walkable and bikeable, dug public gardens, made it easier for kids to walk to school and people to expand their face-to-face social networks to include more people motivated to change their health habits. The results were astounding.
If the trends continue, life expectancy for the average participant would rise about three years and health care costs for city workers would decrease by 48 percent.
The wisdom of the world's Blue Zones represents centuries or even millennia of observed human experience. As Democrats and Republicans argue over how to solve the health care crisis, perhaps they should take a moment to consider the wisdom of their grandmothers.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dan Buettner.
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GuestIf you don't wanna live long be a nurse I guess they drop over all the time due to unhealthy lifestyle of nursing. Sound fun?
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GuestIf you wanna live long don't be a nurse they have strokes all the time even at young ages. It may be easy to find a job but they're one of the unhealthiest people.
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GuestKinda sad that all these young people or people starting over think nursing is such a great life, statistics show otherwise
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GuestTrue especially in the ER I have seen it many of times. A lot of RN's switch to something else like further their education to something with less stress.
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nellybellThe human body is the perfect machine. You have to listen to it. It will give you sighs of what is good for it and of what is not. Sleep well and you wont look haggard and get bags under your eyes. Eat fruits and vegies and you will have a good digestion and feel and look great.Don't envy others and ...moreThe human body is the perfect machine. You have to listen to it. It will give you sighs of what is good for it and of what is not. Sleep well and you wont look haggard and get bags under your eyes. Eat fruits and vegies and you will have a good digestion and feel and look great.Don't envy others and make the best of what you have. Smile a lot and you'll live longer and healthier. less
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MollysMom65Why in the world would someone WANT to live that long? Myself, I hope I check out when I'm in my late 60s at the earliest. No way in hell would I want to live into my 90s or 100s. NO WAY.
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GuestI agree! Life is NOT that great to live that long sounds boring.
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GuestWell, apparently there is a pattern about not eating too much red meat, however, the secret to a long great life, is : eat only to survive, mostly fruit and veggies if you can, enjoy every single day and visit and make friends as often as possible. My great grand mother died at 117 !
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redplanetI have been taking supplements for 35 years. It began when I was at Stanford and developed severe rheumatoid arthritis and they told me I needed hip replacement and steroids. I ignored them and researched what to take for RA. One of the supplements is Vit C in high doses. I just read in Cell Stem C ...moreI have been taking supplements for 35 years. It began when I was at Stanford and developed severe rheumatoid arthritis and they told me I needed hip replacement and steroids. I ignored them and researched what to take for RA. One of the supplements is Vit C in high doses. I just read in Cell Stem Cell journal that it helps turn adult stem cells into embryonic stem cells. In the journal article one of the authors said Vit C appears to be a "....reversal of the aging process at the cellular level."
I am almost 61. I kept my hips and have had no pain for 34 years. My fingers which used to be in a claw position, remain free of pain. I am happy I got the RA because it allowed me to spend a lifetime of good eating habits and therapeutic amts of supplements. This summer someone asked if I was 40 yet! it may not be the fountain of youth, but wow - I recommend VIT C. I also began Iodoral. It made a huge difference also - it's iodine. Look up David Brownstein, MD and iodine. Apparently we are deficient in iodine for many reasons.
having said all that - being happy and with people is certainly a great way to be and we should be - but why not be healthier also? Oh, and I haven't had meat since the day I was diagnosed with RA. Don't miss it or the inflammation a meat based diet causes. less -
No1ChinaThe only secret of longevity is less desire ,more contributors.Life is not easy for everyone.Something it's more tought.So we should live optimistically and virtuously.Finally takeing good care of yourself.
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GuestI fully agree with this... There is no majic supplement, no particular diet or exercise program that has been studied enough to determine if any of these particulars can affect the actual longibity of a persons life. However this sounds reasonable a study done in the areas where people live the lon ...moreI fully agree with this... There is no majic supplement, no particular diet or exercise program that has been studied enough to determine if any of these particulars can affect the actual longibity of a persons life. However this sounds reasonable a study done in the areas where people live the longest should speak volumes on what they are doing right.....I fully agree with Dan Buettner....findings.... it is not entirely about diets, or particular exercise programs....but rather the whole pic. of someones lifestyle.....(faith practices, family and friends relations, daily activity such as simple walking, and managing stress levels and eating less red meats and whole grains and beans seems to work for all these people in the So called Blue Zones better than all the diets, so called supplements, antioxidants, BS exercise programs and so called Gym Programs that so many have come up with to make money off of.....Its a bussiness and very lucrative for all of those that come up with these stradigy and written articles without real scientific data>>>>>>
Good old grandma and mom can sometimes teach us all a thing or two if we let them........One thing for sure previous generations seem to have in many cases lived longer than the average person lives today less -
GuestMy Aunt Roxie will be 107 this Saturday. Still has her mind and her humor. The town is turning out...She is the most positive person I've ever known.
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Charlie0407Iv always suspected this.There is nothing as good as having caring family/friends around one.My Dad died at 85yrs(still looking healthy and could walk several miles every day,chatting with people and strangers along the way even after 80yrs old)Blessed with 8 children and 12 grandchildren and all h ...moreIv always suspected this.There is nothing as good as having caring family/friends around one.
My Dad died at 85yrs(still looking healthy and could walk several miles every day,chatting with people and strangers along the way even after 80yrs old)Blessed with 8 children and 12 grandchildren and all his children still alive and cared for him till death.Very natural death that our bill in the hospital was only about $200.
Also with 30-60mins physical activity,1-5 cups of green tea and three balanced meals /day is sure enough to get one above 70yrs with little or no illness,After that then the grace of GOD follows.IMAO,Long life is a blessing from God. less -
GuestThe 10th thing not reported here is that if you spend your life posting negative comments on every web article you read... you can count on a nice short unsatisfying life.Seriously.. I think most of you people would post a negative comment on an article about finding the cure for cancer (OH NO I don ...moreThe 10th thing not reported here is that if you spend your life posting negative comments on every web article you read... you can count on a nice short unsatisfying life.
Seriously.. I think most of you people would post a negative comment on an article about finding the cure for cancer (OH NO I don't have cancer, how dare you spend my tax dollars!!!), eliminating poverty (OH NO, I'm not poor, how dare you help someone with my tax dollars!!)) or creating world peace (OH NO, our government spends 1 Trillion a year on bullets and bombs, this will cause a recession with all the unemployment from loss of that $$$!!!!)
People need to chill out.. considering this is still the greatest country to live in on this planet (yes, still true despite what the talking heads and bloggers would have you believe), I'd gladly welcome a few more years to enjoy it. less -
pjmitchellwho wants to live to be 100 in this crumbling world of ours? and your body goes no matter what you eat or what you do. it's called nature.
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Peter24If my "Mr. Happy" was still functioning at 100, I think that life would be worthwhile.
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leinstersLiberal garbage. A good steak from God's country is all y'all need - corn fed too!
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Peter24That's right...God created corn fed cows to provide fat laden steaks for you Rush Limbaugh sycophants to clog your arteries with. Eat hearty, but don't count on your health insurance to bail your obese butt out when you start having heart attacks. They will DENY coverage as everything your physiscia ...moreThat's right...God created corn fed cows to provide fat laden steaks for you Rush Limbaugh sycophants to clog your arteries with. Eat hearty, but don't count on your health insurance to bail your obese butt out when you start having heart attacks. They will DENY coverage as everything your physiscian wants to do for you will be labeled "experimental" by some unknown insurance clerk who is paid to say "NO".. Maybe then you will realize the stupidity of your thinking. less
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corkpullerSwim 1 mile everyday. That recommendation won't sell a lot of books but it will give you a long healthy life
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GuestI heard that plus swimmers bodies are HOT
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GuestThis is an excellent study.
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dmm1Finally found, after some searching, on his Web site:1. Move (find ways to move mindlessly, make moving unavoidable, grow gardens, cook)2. Plan de Vida (know your purpose in life, dangerous year: birth, retirement)3. Down Shift (work less, slow down, rest, take vacation, prayer, meditation, ancestor ...moreFinally found, after some searching, on his Web site:
1. Move (find ways to move mindlessly, make moving unavoidable, grow gardens, cook)
2. Plan de Vida (know your purpose in life, dangerous year: birth, retirement)
3. Down Shift (work less, slow down, rest, take vacation, prayer, meditation, ancestor veneration)
4. 80% Rule (stop eating when you're 80% full)
5. Plant-Power (more veggies, less protein and processed foods)
6. Red Wine (consistency and moderation)
7. Belong (create a healthy social network)
8. Beliefs (spiritual or religious participation)
9. Your Tribe (make family a priority: love and feel love) less -
dmm1In his talk he contradicts himself: first he says that genetics only play a small role to living 100 (10%) but then in Myth #2 he says you have to have won the genetic lottery to live 100. Huh?
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dmm1Difficult article to read in some ways: "We found that all five Blue Zones possessed the same nine lifestyle characteristics..." but then it is hard to ferret out exactly what the nine lifestyle characteristics are. I found 6 with a little effort, I'm rereading to see if I can find the other 3.
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GuestSeriously? 8 years and a team of scientists traveling the world's "blue zones" to figure this one out? You've got to be kidding me. And don't get disgustied with the lazy kids, get disgusted with their parents who feed them poorly b/c they're too lazy to cook. And these people have these eating ...moreSeriously? 8 years and a team of scientists traveling the world's "blue zones" to figure this one out? You've got to be kidding me. And don't get disgustied with the lazy kids, get disgusted with their parents who feed them poorly b/c they're too lazy to cook.
And these people have these eating habits b/c it's all they can afford - you think they sent scientists around the world to figure it out? Please, these scientists need to get off their soap box... instead of wasting money on pointless research, donate it to these countries... or I'm sorry, "blue zones." Or find a cure for cancer... we all understand what "healthy" is and means as well as what it takes.
And NYC has plenty of fat people... they also have roasted nut stands, hot dog stands, sausage stands, bars open til 4AM.. plenty of poor foods to choose from. It's not this wonderful place where everyone is eating fresh vegetables and walking 5 miles a day. less
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Monday, Dec 21 2009 This Afternoon 2°C This Evening -2°C 5-Day ForecastWonders of the deep: Stunning pictures of strange and unique Antarctic sea life
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:36 PM on 19th December 2009Amazing pictures of Southern Ocean marine life captured by scientists working in the Antarctic were released today.
The inhabitants of the continent's seas were captured as part of a study on biodiversity carried out by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Images of the marine creatures, which were taken in the Bellingshausen Sea, West Antarctica, include ice fish, sea pigs and crustaceans.
The underwater images also show giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars.
Basket Star: This bloodless creatures weighs 11 pounds and lives for about 35 years
Captured: An amphipod sandhopper (left) and up close and personal with an octopus
Skate: A slow grower, skate is also slow to reproduce and has proven susceptible to overfishing
'Few people realise just how rich in biodiversity the Southern Ocean is - even a single trawl can reveal a fascinating array of weird and wonderful creatures as would be seen on a coral reef,' said BAS research cruise leader Dr David Barnes.
'These animals are potentially very good indicators of environmental change as many occur in the shallows, which are changing fast, but also in deeper water which will warm much less quickly.
Some like it cold: the Antarctic icefish thriives in waters between -2C and 4C
We are family: The isopod crustacean (left) is related to the prawn, while comb jellies are a type of jellyfish
'We can now begin to get a better understanding of how the ecosystem will adapt to change.
'Our new studies on the diverse range of marine creatures living in the deep waters of the Bellingshausen Sea will help us build a more complete picture of Antarctica's marine biodiversity and give us an important baseline against which we can compare future impact on marine life.'
Cucumber and coral: The sea pig (left) is a member of the sea cucumber family, while soft coral can live with much less light than hard coral, but is not suitable for reef-building
Best of both worlds: The scale worm is a worm like any other, except scales allow it to swim in the chilly Antarctic waters
Ancient creature: The featherstar (left) dates back 300millions years. Right: The translucent isopod crustacean
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Very cool pictures!
- Donna Watkins, Edina, MN, 20/12/2009 13:46
Such beautiful creatures and equally beautiful pictures..! :) Wouldn't believe their existence if not for the pictures..!
Thank you Daily Mail..! :)- LuckyLibran, India, 20/12/2009 08:45
I have to ask this question. We are told the ice is melting at the north pole and hence all the hoohaa about global warming and sea levels rising. Is the ice at the south pole also shrinking or dare I say it,... increasing in size?
- mutal bilah, uk, 19/12/2009 23:44
Thank God I was born in Hackney and not the Antartic sea!
- Robert, London, 19/12/2009 23:42
Mmmmm! Bit of butter and a gentle fry, flushed down with a nice chianti.
- Mark, Birkenhead, 19/12/2009 22:38
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Abraham Lincoln, Five Days Before His Death
President Lincoln (1809 - 1865) is photographed here on April 9, 1865. On April 14, he attended a performance of the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The guard at Lincoln's post left during intermission to go drinking, and in the second act, an instant after the line "sockdologizing old man-trap" was delivered, actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head with a Philadelphia Derringer pistol. Booth jumped down to the stage, fractured his leg, and declared, "Sic semper tyrannus!" ("Thus always to tyrants!") At 7:22 the following morning, the 16th president was dead at age 56.In this photo: Abraham Lincoln
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life medical conditions medicineMorgellons Syndrome
Perhaps one of the strangest and most controversial medical mysteries out there today, Morgellons syndrome involves the sprouting of inorganic material -- including fibers and crystals -- from the skin.
No solid evidence yet exists for the condition, and many doctors today say it is likely more a psychological condition than a physical one. That is, of course, assuming that the individuals who say they suffer from it do not actually have these objects growing from their skin.
In 2006, Brandi Koch of Clearwater Beach, Fla., told ABC News that she was one of many to suffer from the condition; she claims she has colored fibers coming out of her skin.
"The fibers look like hair, and they're different colors," Koch said.
And while most medical professionals doubt the existence of the condition, at least one -- pediatrician Dr. Greg Smith of Gainesville, Ga. -- claims to actually have experienced the condition firsthand.
"It felt like somebody stuck a pin in my toe and wiggled it and it just continued to hurt," Smith told ABC News in 2006. "I've certainly had those crawling sensations, and the fibers which come out of the skin are really bizarre, and really odd."
However, Dr. Vincent DeLeo, chief of dermatology at New York's St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center, weighed in on what he'd say to someone who came to him with this condition: "I don't think this is any different than many patients I've seen who have excoriations and believe that there is something in their skin causing this."
DeLeo says the open lesions are a result of scratching the skin.
Sibling Rivalry Disorder, Mathematics Disorder and Caffeine-Related Disorders
Maybe you never got along with your little brother or sister. Perhaps numbers make your stomach turn, or maybe you drink a bit too much coffee for your own good.
If you're like most people, none of these situations poses a real threat to your daily routine. But take any of these situations and imagine them magnified exponentially. Suddenly, you're dealing with Sibling Rivalry Disorder, Mathematics Disorder or one of any number of Caffeine-Related Disorders.
Like some of the other diagnoses on this list, these conditions appear in one form or another in the DSM. And Kupfer says there is a good reason for including them; specifically, he says these collections of symptoms can often cause a certain level of personal distress or impairment -- the very definition of a disorder.
"In a way, what we are looking for is to diagnose things reliably to allow individuals to seek treatment," Kupfer says.
With regard to Sibling Rivalry Disorder, treatment can mean counseling that could solve family problems or prevent future psychological conditions. Teaching someone to cope with caffeine abuse may save them from sleep-related problems. It is in these situations, Kupfer says, that labeling such conditions as disorders is helpful.
But Hadler cautions that labeling can also have its downsides.
"A label will always change your self perception," he says. "Sometimes it elicits a positive change, sometimes a negative one."
And as far as Mathematics Disorder goes, most are skeptical that receiving such a diagnosis will get you much pity from your teachers.
"Would anybody actually say, 'I have math disorder and I'm getting treatment, and that's why I'm not successful'?" asks Dr. Dost Ongur, clinical director of the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder program at Harvard University's McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. "No, you would never get something like that. Math disorder is not like diabetes."
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or ODD for short, is a diagnosis that is applied to children who display such frequent and aggressive defiance of their parents that it disrupts the lives of those within the family.
According to the Mayo Clinic Web site, as many as one in 10 children may have oppositional defiant disorder in a lifetime, and it is often associated with other childhood behavioral disorders, such as ADD.
Galynker says the roots of this disorder are most likely genetic; aggression, he says, is one of the most highly inherited qualities. And genetic links to the kind of aggression seen in children with ODD have been proven in twin studies. Based on this, he says, ODD is likely a very real disorder.
"It's their internal characteristic to argue with their parents," he says. "Some deal better with this, while others deal worse."
An official diagnosis of ODD would likely be met first with counseling, and later with medications to help control a child's behavior. Parents may also receive counseling in order to learn more about how to control their children's behavior.
But many would argue that the blame should be more squarely placed on nurture than nature -- in order words, that parenting styles are more likely to be responsible for this disorder than genes. Ongur says it is little surprise that this may be the commonly held perception.
"For these disorders, I think it makes sense for the lay person to have that kind of reaction -- not because they are fake disorders, but because of the way it plays out in society," he notes.
Hadler, however, has a different take -- that ODD is yet another example of the medicalization of commonly seen behavior.
"No young child can be a brat anymore," he says. "Now, what right do we have to do that?"
Dissociative Fugue State
The stories are rare, but they are out there.
A successful lawyer -- a husband and father of two, active in his community -- disappears, only to be found six months later, living in a different city under a new name in a homeless shelter.
A man without an identity walks into a hospital, saying he woke up on the street with no wallet or identification, and says he has no idea who he is. His family locates him two weeks later, after which he returns to normal.
Such cases are examples of dissociative fugue state. In these cases, an individual will disappear, leaving everything behind -- including their memories and identity. In some cases, the sufferer even assumes a new identity, which persists until they are reunited with their old surroundings and allowed to return to their old persona.
Few psychological disorders have attracted such wonder from the public -- and sparked so much debate among experts in the field. Nowadays, most psychological experts agree that such cases are not simply about individuals running away from their problems, but, rather, a legitimate condition.
"The thing that people experience as 'fugue state' does happen," Ongur says. "There are people who wake up in other cities and don't know what has happened."
The fugue state is actually part of a larger family of conditions known as dissociative memory disorders. The trigger for these conditions is usually a traumatic event -- the death of a loved one, for example, or an extraordinarily stressful event at work. It is also more common in those who bear past trauma from events like natural disasters and war.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS, has garnered additional support as a legitimate diagnosis in recent years. Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes it as a condition that affects between 1 million and 4 million Americans.
Of these individuals, according to the CDC, only about half have consulted a physician for their illness -- even though it has been known to cause serious impairment in some.
As the name implies, CFS is most often associated with severe, debilitating fatigue. Non-specific pain and other symptoms are also common hallmarks of the condition, which is disproportionately experienced by women. As the condition persists, patients will often become depressed at the current lack of proven treatments to remedy the problems they experience.
But while the condition is starting to receive more attention and support, the underlying causes largely remain a mystery. Some have cited Epstein-Barr virus as a likely culprit. Others point to anemia, while still others implicate allergies.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the borders of this diagnosis remain contentious at best. Symptoms run the gamut from long-lasting flu-like symptoms to memory loss. Treatment can involve antidepressants, antihistamines or acupuncture.
To Hadler, CFS seems less like an actual condition and more like a rapidly growing hodge-podge of symptoms associated with a number of different diagnoses that are becoming increasingly more prevalent.
"Now it overlaps with post-traumatic stress disorder, fibromyalgia -- all of these labels include symptoms of fatigue," he says.
Still, dozens of studies -- many federally-funded -- are seeking answers as to the true nature of this condition.
Multiple Personality Disorder
It's been the stuff of horror movies and big-screen comedies. Yet, the truth behind Multiple Personality Disorder -- or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), as it is known today -- is, in most cases, a far cry from these dramatic interpretations of this classic psychological condition.
"Even when a patient says it's a different personality, it's nothing magical," Ongur says. "When people describe it, it is really a very extreme version of the more familiar feeling of disintegration. If you are under extreme stress or have had certain past experiences, the way the mind functions may actually break down."
Those who experience DID will create at least one "alter" personality that manifests itself in certain situations -- in essence, "taking control" of one's personality. These changes occur involuntarily, and DID in its most severe forms can limit one's ability to interact with others.
By the same token, the condition can occasionally go mostly unrecognized. Football great Herschel Walker is just one example; in his recently released book, "Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder," Walker says his life was fragmented by a number of independent "alters" -- at least one of which led him to attempt suicide.
Ongur says early psychological trauma is one of the most common underlying causes of the disorder.
"When people describe these things, it is certainly often associated with a severe history of child abuse," he says. "This was one way for them to cope."
And, as in Walker's case, psychological treatment involves unifying the alters into a single personality -- allowing those who suffer from the condition to regain full control over their lives.
"The task is to get this person feeling whole again," Ongur says.
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
If there is a success story among psychological conditions once considered spurious, it is that of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), psychological experts say.
"The whole issue of social phobias was once considered something that was not very important," Kupfer says. "As we discovered, this can cause a tremendous amount of impairment, and there are a whole lot of issues developmentally which affected coping with it."
In labeling this as a disorder, he says, medical professionals have been able to help millions of people who otherwise would have been told that they were simply shy.
Ongur agrees. "It's familiar to people because it's shyness, but it's really extreme shyness," he says. "It is something that can be very real and very impairing."
Those who suffer from SAD often find themselves faced with seemingly insurmountable anxiety when it comes to interacting in certain social situations. Most common are feelings of being watched, scrutinized and criticized by others. So intense is this anxiety that it can sometimes lead to a panic attack.
In most cases, these fears are unreasonable. Counseling can often help those who live in near-constant fear of being embarrassed or humiliated in front of others. Coaching in social skills may also be needed in order to help those with SAD better integrate themselves into comfortable social circles.
"Social phobia ... is a relatively new diagnosis," Galynker says. "Many people have difficulty socializing, of course. This is just a label to help treat people who have it."
And Galynker says the changing perception of SAD and psychological conditions like it will hopefully help remove the stigma so often associated with such disorders.
"Everybody has a problem, really," he says. "Nobody does not have some sort of diagnosis."
Katie Escherich contributed to this story
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Kindasophically speaking: What if.....??
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A couple of days back I decided to just kick back a bit, switch off the brains and let the TV do some of the thinking for me. On the Discovery channel was a special about alien life. There are loads of such documentaries that try to give both sides of the story.
The believers will tell of their experiences -- seeing this, hearing that, getting abducted and poked around a bit.
Then there'll be the cynics and people who profess to be men and women of science. And these guys just can't wait to pooh-pooh all this claims as wild hallucinations of nutjobs.
"Forget your leader, take me to Krispy Kreme!"
I'm sitting there listening to each side's accounts...
"They had almond shaped, dark eyes..."
"The guy probably had too much to drink!"
"The saucer flew at such incredible speeds"
"Um.. it was a weather balloon, yeah, or an unmanned vehicle..."
"Thousands of reports came in, all claiming to see the same phenomenon!"
"Its not unusual to have cases of mass hysteria..."
"Those beings are evil, and they are systematically abducting humans for experiments"
"Ah, people will say anything just to go on TV!"
Must not have been too bright, since he got caught!
And so the argument continues. Some of these are supposed to be famous scientists.
So who would you believe, some small town person who may have had too much moonshine or sun or both?
Or a distinguished professor who has chewed through a million dry facts and figures?
I've always wondered what would happen to these very public debates, if one day, the real truth really came about? What would the many vocal skeptics say if really, some green-grey skinned visitor came down one day ... took a look, decided we weren't worth their time and left.... right in plain sight of a hundred TV cameras?
I for one would love to see that day.
And for the record, I do believe there is sentient life out there! Its inconceivable for me that of the bazillions stars in this infinite universe, we are unique.
Remember, just barely a couple of centuries ago, the brightest scientific minds of that time though the earth was flat... um, no, round but in the center of the universe, not that... but the sun rotated around the earth... strike that... the moon is made of cheese....
Flat Earth - circa. 1225 AD
Well, perhaps not that last one. But you've seen scientific and religious dogma being proven wrong with every leap of new discovery and knowledge. Makes you wonder what other 'facts' that we hold as irrefutably true today would turn out to be yet another of our misunderstanding of nature?
I leave you with these famous words, spoken eloquently by many of the world's brightest minds. Its not about aliens or anything funky... but you'll be surprised how people felt about things which we take for granted today.....
- "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." -- Western Union internal memo, 1876.
- "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
- "The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible." -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)
- "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927
- "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." -- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
- "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
- "So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'" -- Apple Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and H-P interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer.
- "You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training." -- Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the "unsolvable" problem by inventing Nautilus.
- "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." -- Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist in his project to drill for oil in 1859.
- "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.
- "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." -- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
- "Everything that can be invented has been invented." -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
- "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon". -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.
- "No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris." -- Orville Wright.
- "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- T.Watson, chairman of the board, IBM, 1943
- "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." -- Popular Mechnics, 1949
- "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olsoon, founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1972
Labels: For fun, Physics, Ramblings, Technology9 commented:
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Interesting to read what cynics said about inventions and new stuffs that turned out to be super successful. Guess we shall never take anyone's criticism or opinion as the last word : )
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November 1, 2008 12:59 AM
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Hi Foong, guess that's what differentiates the innovators from the rest of the people. They had a vision and were brave enough to make their vision a reality, despite the cynicism that surrounds them.
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November 1, 2008 11:23 PM
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the grey picture gave me goose bumps!
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November 2, 2008 2:36 AM
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Angeline, supposedly that's from the Roswell experiments on real Aliens! Fact of fiction? No one will really know until all information about that is de-classified by the US government.
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November 2, 2008 7:36 AM
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Interesting read! Liked the qoutes from the skeptics and naysayers...
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November 2, 2008 10:33 AM
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Yeah, Jay. One never can tell how catastrophically wrong a seemingly innocent sounding statement can be.
Worse still now that we have got blogs that be easily searched and quoted.
A decade down the road someone may just pickup a line made by this moron called Center Parted making some silly prediction or proclamation!! :D -
November 3, 2008 3:07 PM
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The problem with the human is that we think we already know all about any subject and we are so wrong, we have to explore the most part of the universe to be sure that there is not life in other planets, moons, etc.
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November 8, 2008 4:57 AM
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Take the point about scientists being wrong much of the time and the fact that there is much we dont know however....
Your "Its inconceivable for me that of the bazillions stars in this infinite universe, we are unique" is correct but the volume of stars needed to make this likely makes it highly unlikey that little green men would ever be close enough to earth to come her
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