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I believe the removal of the Amygdala would subside OCD, Aspergers, and other Cognitive disorders

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 03:27:07 2021 No.13787235 View Reply Original Report

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalotomy, literally all mental illness has some form of social anxiety and high stimulus of fear, this fear keeps people from living and enjoying life from reaching their potential by removing the source of fear one can live a more rational and productive life for fear also causes laziness and procrastination. I would like to have my amygdala removed please

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Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 03:29:24 No.13787245 Report

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I think we can solve all of it through removal of the prefrontal cortex.

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Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 03:30:12 No.13787248 Report

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>>13787235
>should we fix society so that half of people aren't teetering on the knife's edge of a nervous break?
>no no, actually we should lobotomize people

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 03:34:21 No.13787263 Report

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>>13787248
>should we fix society
We're never gonna fix it, the closet by fixing it is letting it be destroyed.

And why not have the option of lobotomy a more precision based form of brain surgery. I don't want to live a life of fear that's not living and you rather be dead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 04:07:50 No.13787320 Report

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>>13787263
>being such a doomer you want to give yourself brain damage
Just stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 18:37:35 No.13789345 Report

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>>13787320
We're already brain damaged, who are you to deny people the choice of living a normal and fulfilling life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 18:40:16 No.13789349 Report

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>>13787235
The amigdala controls aging, there's a fringe episode where a criminal steals kids' amigdala hormones to keep himself young.
If you removed the amigdala, you would instantly die of old age

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 18:53:19 No.13789385 Report

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>>13789349
Worth it to live a more productive and confidence life, I rather you live in the fast lane than just being static all your life and missing out on opportunities cause of your assburgers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 18:59:33 No.13789400 Report

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>>13787235
Funny, I had basically the same thoughts the other day, but I'm afraid something like that might have unintended consequences with other emotions. At first glance, it seems like you could do without fear, anxiety and aggression, but what about more complex but closely related emotions? How do you know removing anxiety wouldn't have an impact on your ability to experience excitement? What about your ability to enjoy a thriller, or a horror movie? How do you know removing aggression won't hamper your ability to be assertive or to enjoy competitive activities? I don't know, anon... chopping up your own brain seems like a last resort -- something to try when you get to the point you're ready to die, anyway... but I guess many of us are already at or near that point.

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Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 19:46:40 No.13789526 Report

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the absolute state of sci

Kings, Priests, Warriors and Peasants (like you)

Kings, Priests, Warriors and Peasants (like you) Mon 25 Oct 2021 20:47:06 No.13789753 Report

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>>13787235
>literally all mental illness has some form of social anxiety and high stimulus of fear
Alright. Let's make people unable to feel fear because of some arbitrarily defined "mental illnesses".
>this fear keeps people from living and enjoying life from reaching their potential
taking unnecessary risks, falling from high places, provoking fights with others is living life to the fullest.
>for fear also causes laziness and procrastination
No, it doesn't.
>I would like to have my amygdala removed please
You need a complete frontal lobotomy

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 20:57:18 No.13789800 Report

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>>13789753
>Let's make people unable to feel fear because of some arbitrarily defined "mental illnesses".
Based

>taking unnecessary risks, falling from high places, provoking fights with others is living life to the fullest.

Again this happens even with the amygdala, also yes...

>No, it doesn't.
Yes, lack of self-esteem, social cues and anxiety, timidess all comes from fear.

>You need a complete frontal lobotomy

Hell if it means taking away the ability to feel pain, I'll take that too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 25 Oct 2021 21:01:02 No.13789816 Report

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>>13789400
>something to try when you get to the point you're ready to die

Living a life of fear and mental illness is already a second death, your clinging to self-preservation comes at a cost of enjoying life to the fullest, it's better to die trying than surviving with the this mental hell.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Oct 2021 04:54:27 No.13790898 Report

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>>13787235
This can actually be done noninvasively using high intensity focused ultrasound to burn the tissue in a specific spot in the brain. Essential tremor in humans was successfully treated this way, and I think it has been explored for psychiatric conditions as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLc6lYbLI0

Like others have said this would likely have unintended consequences, and what you would really want to do is alter how the amygdala communicates with other brain regions. I'm working on a noninvasive way to electrically modulate regions of the brain with pretty good precision to allow you to reversibly excite or inhibit specific regions and alter connectivity between regions. This sort of tech is maybe 5 to 10 years out.

>>13789349
The amygdala is just a specific cluster of neurons. It does not directly produce or secrete hormones.

Mohan

Mohan Tue 26 Oct 2021 05:00:02 No.13790906 Report

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>>13787235
Fun fact:
Removing the entire brain can also lead to a cure for not just all mental disorders, but all other diseases too!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Oct 2021 05:13:59 No.13790926 Report

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>>13787235
>literally all mental illness has some form of social anxiety
you're blaming the rape victim here when you should be blaming the rapist. It makes more sense to "remove" any society that pressures you into joining it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Oct 2021 09:31:55 No.13791285 Report

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>>13787235
You know what's far less dangerous and would still allow proper emotional and memory encoding functioning? Sniffing a fuckton of oxycontin.
OCD repetitions - decrease with oxycontin.
Autism behaviors? Again, decrease.
You know how you get get a slight bump in oxycontin naturally? Physical touch. Hugging. Caressing. Even petting your dog or cat.
...yes it also increases suspicion and intergroup rivalry, but you gotta take the bitter with the sweet!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Oct 2021 09:59:20 No.13791325 Report

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>>13787235
I believe removing the amygdala from anyone would fuck them up considerably

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Oct 2021 10:09:43 No.13791337 Report

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>>13787235
I knew that /sci/ was reductionist, but this is a new one for me. Imagine not being able to understand complex systems. Also, as a counterpoint to your assertion that rationality will free us from procrastination, I have interoception and alexithymia impairments, meaning the detection and articulation of interior experiences, emotional or otherwise, is blunted/distorted and it doesn't help my own procrastination issues. The anxiety of being under pressure regarding approaching deadlines is actually useful in motivating oneself since you can rationalize all day that delaying work is a valid strategy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Oct 2021 11:32:31 No.13791457 Report

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>>13787235
I'd recommend removing your brain OP but you don't seem to have any

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