Help yourself

Do you read self help books? Some people consult these in lieu of seeing a therapist. They are often cheap and usually benign. Like St. John’s Wort they are for the mildest of problems. And, both are sold over the counter. Buyer beware.

Seems that there is a 12-step, Self-help program for just about every imaginable compulsive behavior. Gamblers, Drinkers, Shoppers, and Overeaters, for example, come together to commiserate and proclaim their powerlessness.The “secret wish” must be acknowledged and discarded. (That, someday, controlled use may be possible.)

Monthly Breast Self exams have decreased the occurrence of one type of cancer in women. Men can be stricken, too.
A Urologist once told me how the self help movement had finally been mobilized to fight prostate cancer. “Feel your prostate, if it feels… like the tip of your nose- that’s normal...the side of the nose- that’s prostatitis…and the bridge of the nose-that’s cancer”
... Does managed care know about this?? (Do not attempt this except under the advice of a physician)
--James
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