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Subliminal Peripheral Vision Psychosis
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Posted By:
Myst
Mar 23, 2005
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Please note: Reading the following site could cause bouts of insanity accompanied by uncontrolled eye rolling.
Fifty years ago Engineers found a conflict of physiology when it caused a sudden psychotic episode in certain office workers. They didn't tell anyone else and to this day they believe it is confined to the business office. Cubicle Level Protection is the solution. But they didn't give the problem a name. Maybe that's why it is unknown fifty years later.....
http://visionandpsychosis.net/
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L K Tucker
in Montgoomery Alabama
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 | 01:51 PM
I don't know where to start with a reply. You still refuse to investigate and acknowledge the 1960's accidental discovery that visual subliminal distraction would, with enough exposure, cause a "not harmless but believed-to-be-harmless" mental break. You could not even get that right.
You do not investigate that the cubicle was designed to deal with the problem and has done so for forty years. That may require several phone calls to find a designer willing to talk about it. My site provides a list of manufacturers on the Modern Cubicle page.
I advise anyone with beginning psychiatric symptoms to have a full physical exam. The phenomenon on my site does not require that you engage any treatment to investigate. It cost nothing. Avoiding it also should cost nothing.
As clearly stated my project seeks through historical investigation so show that none of the current beliefs about this phenomenon are true. Specifically that it only causes a harmless temporary episode. (Again, you don't seem to understand that.)
Typical historical events are the Taiping Rebellion of 1840's China, the mass insanity event on the Belgian Polar Expedition of 1898, the first episodes of Dissociative Fugue in 1880's France, a temporary mental break that happened to a Russian cosmonaut, mental problems of users of two 3000 year old exercise forms (believed to be supernatural forces), mental problems of participants in a three day ten hour per day seminar, and Culture Bound Syndromes as I define them.
Rather than making an effort to find out that this is a real problem you want us to substitute your "opinion."
My wife's current mental problems are from drug reactions to Alzheimer's and antipsychotic drugs a quack psychiatrist lied about to get me to give her. |
ron
in conn
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 | 08:10 PM
I once watched a multipart documentary of Abraham Lincoln on PBS, and they related a story from his childhood, where he witnessed a traumatic scene.
His neighbor's son was outside chopping wood, and out of nowhere became psychotic and began to attack his own mother.
I always wondered what in his environment could have caused this reaction. Possibly it could somehow be related to this theory.
One question: how are ICU patients in a similar state of mental dissociation, as are students studying in a library, or those practicing meditation? |
L K Tucker
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 | 12:18 AM
The human mind can only do one thing at a time if that activity requires full mental investment. When you engage that level of concentration you dissociate (ignore) everything happening around you. This is true in each of the situations mentioned. The ICU patient is daydreaming. The student, reading for comprehension, and those using 'eyes open' meditation are all engaging a level of mental investment that allows light dissociation for things happening around them.
When in that mental state, if there is threat-movement in your peripheral vision, you will subliminally detect it and your brain will react to that detection by breaking your concentration with a startle and vision reflex to look at the detected movement.
If it is a safe situation most of us can ignore or attach a zero level of attention to the detected movement so that the startle will stop.
But you cannot stop seeing anything in your vision field. This is because you cannot turn off the sensor cells on the rods and cones of your retina. If stimulus, reflected light from movement in peripheral vision, strikes them neural impulses go to your brain over their normal channels.
After you learn to ignore the movement your brain still detects it and attempts the reaction. That is a Subliminal Distraction.
It is my operating theory that your brain, with repeated detection incidents, eventually discovers this "new but subliminal" vision input and attempts to integrate it into consciousness and reality. In so doing it makes new synapses and false associations that eventually cause the brain to stop normal function.
Your brain cannot reconcile the subliminal input because it is movement and position information only. There is no color or shape data available from your Subliminal Peripheral Vision.
If the stimulus stops the new connections dissolve from disuse and normal brain function returns. But if the stimulus is low level for long periods the brain changes are reinforced and that makes them permanent.
If you go back into the history of mental illness you find that even some of those committed to mad houses in the 1500's spontaneously recovered with no treatment.
Today claims are made for drugs, talk therapy, and a hose of other modalities. There is no 'testable objective evidence' that these therapies do anything. How many of the claimed cures are actually spontaneous recoveries? How would anyone know? |
ron
in conn
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 | 07:37 AM
That would be a perfect test for your theory. There must have been a number of blind persons in ICU units somewhere. If one third go crazy, then surely they would too.
Unless your theory is true. Possibly you could ask ICU nurses about their experience.
If that is what causes the problem, then the blind persons would not suffer from it. |
L K Tucker
in Montgomery Alabama
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 | 08:42 AM
You have stated the problem exactly. I have searched the APA data base and had volunteers search it for me.
We could not find any cases of someone blind from birth with schizophrenia, panic attacks, or bipolar disorder. There are cases of those who are legally blind or that have reduced vision that do have these disorders. In addition there are cases of some who were schizophrenic before becoming blind.
Any disorder that remits and returns would be suspect as caused by Subliminal Distraction. SD exposure that increases or decreases from changes in daily activities would cause that.
My medical condition and my wife's mental condition have prevented a full investigation. You are welcome to do that and post your own website.
Yes I am searching for someone to write and implement a study to establish that ICU Psychosis is caused by Subliminal Distraction.
The other ongoing effort is to reach someone in South America working with Moskito Indians to investigate Grisi Siknis, (crazy sickness or jungle madness) incidents of mass insanity, as being caused by Subliminal Distraction exposure.
I used my congressman to contact OSHA about why there is no knowledge of Subliminal Distraction since it has been known as a problem in offices for forty years. They said they would refer it to investigation. If you want to help get your congressman to contact OSHA also.
There is no reply from the Office of the Postmaster General about the two investigations of mass shooting events that failed to find Subliminal Distraction and the lack of Cubicle Level Protection as causation for the shootings. A letter writing campaign might push that forward. |
ron
in conn
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 | 07:50 PM
Unfortunately, I am a phd. student in a different field. Or else I could possibly help you out. It seems like a very easy hypothesis to test though.
That is, what percentage of completely blind ICU patients suffer from ICU psychosis. If it is significantly less than 33 percent, then your claim definitely has some validity.
Believe it or not, I did find one non-example where all blind and deaf patients were excluded from the study:
Although I found your website to be confusing, as others have mentioned. The hypothesis is intriguing, especially to those of us who have lost faith in the professional psychological diagnoses.
Possibly I could talk to you through email if you are interested in my personal experience. But for right now I will just mention two of my current interests: Ruth Whalen, and psychetruth on youtube. Both offer some interesting alternative perspectives. |
Garrett
in Chicago, Illinois
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 | 09:56 AM
I found some videos of office mental breakdowns on youtube. They all seem to be in workspaces where people can come up behind you alot, or see moving objects when you turn your head. Some start when someone walks in from behind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxHEkjaAfOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJvwlw8AsA4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M__Q0D-BNg (idk bout this one...) |
L K TTucker
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 | 09:25 PM
Ron,
I have posted a beta email form on the contact page for VisionAndPsychosis.Net. I am interested in gathering stories or cases of successful use of the information on my site.
http://visionandpsychosis.net/contact.htm
The index page still says that the contact email is down and that message will be left until the new method is proven out.
Garrett,
On the subect of YouTube videos, be careful. The center url given is revealed to be an advertisement for a movie (?).
All three situations are correct for Subliminal Distraction exposure because of the close proximity of low-wall cubicles. The "desks" are incorrectly situated. The printer is located so that several workers will be exposed as office staff visit the printer or copier often. Copiers should be an a separate room.
But ask yourself, why was the camera there turned on? |
Justin
in Atlanta, Georgia
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 | 05:31 PM
Seriously, L.K., your ramblings do have the tone of a paranoid schizophrenic or other psychotic-spectrum patient. I say this as a licensed, Ph.D.-holding clinical psychologist who has worked with that population for over twenty years.
I suspect you're familiar with Morgellons Syndrome and its online cult -- in my view, your site reads like Morgellons.org, only yours is significantly more disorganized and rambling. Similarly, try reading the works of "Tomotom" -- again, they are quite reminiscent of your website.
Before you call me out for "ignoring intro-level psychology" (per your experience in a single course in community college), please note that I not only completed but also teach numerous undergraduate and graduate-level psychology courses, including introductory courses.
The causal link you posit between subliminal peripheral movement and psychosis is ludicrous. There are so many potential mediating factors -- including several which have repeatedly been clearly demonstrated to have ACTUAL causal effects -- that to make the leaps you have is almost laughable.
I say "almost" because I can't in good conscience laugh at a person with delusions. Still, you should take heed with regard to how dangerous those delusions may be when presented to others as fact. |
the good doctor
in dallas
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 | 06:26 PM
Justin, your ramblings have the tone of someone that's not really in the mental health field.
We also doubt that you "teach numerous undergraduate and graduate-level psychology courses, including introductory courses." You must be very, very busy. How many courses do you teach in a semester?
Doing a meta-search, I can't find any clinical psychologists named Justin in Atlanta. Why is that?
I say this as a licensed, M.D.-holding psychiatrist ( a real doctor ) who has worked in the field for over thirty five years (teaching and private practice).
I passed around a copy of your response with my former colleagues ( psychologists and psychiatrists ) at U.T. Southwest Medical School and it raised a few eyebrows. I might add that none of them believe you are authentic.
Although there are numerous questionable statements made on this site, your unprofessional conjectures, ramblings and tone of attack are an embarrassment. Justin, not all people in my field are arrogant jackasses.
Since you seem comfortable in guessing a diagnosis without the benefit of the patient "on the couch" ( not that a real "Ph.D.-holding clinical psychologist" would ever do that anyway, right? ), I'll go out on a limb and throw one at you for entertainment purposes only.
You have self-esteem issues and I'll wager it's very easy to engage/challenge your parent ego state. I can imagine an undergrad challenging you in class and you beating them over the head with your "credentials". I've seen it many, many times before.
Get some help.
Take care. |
Tinker Bell
in Never Never Land
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 | 05:48 PM
This is great research. I am soooo glad to find some science not based just on "facts" and "findings" and "studies." Bleghh! I mean where's the magic?
I myself firmly believe in SPVP and often experience it when flying back and forth between Never Never land and London. Maybe it's the planes and satellites? Maybe it's the other faeries and pixies? I don't know but have been consulting with both Peter Pan and Merlin the Wizard (both of whom have confirmed the veracity of this condition) in order to try and overcome it.
One question: has anyone considered the fact that the Illuminati may be behind this?
It would seem obvious to me that Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan and John Wilkes Booth all suffered from SPVS and was at the root of them being targeted and implicated as assassins. Which we all know isn't true!
And what about 9-11? Huh? Huh?!?
Anyways, the Tooth Fairy and I have set up an appointment with "The Good (witch)Doctor in Dallas" and the esteemed Shaman/Quack, LK Tucker to try and get to the bottom of this.
BTW, if you still don't believe in this very well researched phenomena, just watch "Office Space" over and over. You'll get it. I mean they put that one guy in the basement. The basement! And look at what he did. Proof positive.
Okay, got to run (or fly), having coffee with Bigfoot and Puff the Magic Dragon in an hour in Shangri-La.
Thanks again to LK Tucker, VisionsandPsychos.Net and "The Good Doctor in Dallas" for helping us all to remember that we shouldn't be always believe the truth. Especially if it doesn't support our crazy, made up, mystical fantasies.
I mean, if we always did that, we would have no Santa Claus or Jesus.
Sincerely,
Tinker Bell
PS - PSVD is soooo crazy on acid!!!!! Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and I just dropped a couple of tabs and totally saw Barack Obama having tea with Karl Marx and the Devil. I knew it! I knew it!!! |
Tinker Bell
in Never Never Land
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 | 05:53 PM
LOL! Sorry bout the typo in the post-script. SPVP not PSVD!!! Who even knows what PSVD is? Hahah!
Nowadays it's hard to keep the acronyms for all of these great made-up conditions straight.
But in all honesty the acid was kicking in and Boehner's face was glowing radioactive orange.
Totally distracted me. My bad.
-Tinker Bell |
L K Tucker
in Montgomery Alabama
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 | 06:59 PM
The site is slowly being edited to remove the substitute names used before Subliminal Distraction was introduced as the correct term.
I will have more time if we do not move in March.
Which page did you find SPVP, Subliminal Peripheral Vision Psychosis, or another acronym on??
You did not comment on the nonsense names in the DSM. Perhaps you believe these disorders, PTSD, Bipolar, or Schizophrenia, are real diseases?
They are made up names for observed behavior. The membership of the American Psychiatric Association votes on them. No science is used. |
L K Tucker
in Montgomery Alabama
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 | 07:24 PM
I am going to go one step further.
If Subliminal Distraction exposure is a serious problem the evidence exists. It must, and it will be in plain sight. How is that possible?
Researchers did not have a key piece of information to put the puzzle pieces together.
In fact the key is necessary to know what the puzzle pieces are.
Culture Bound Syndromes were the significant break through. They have existed for centuries under different names.
Every place these CBS mental breaks happen the locals give it a name based on their culture and concept of reality.
Once you understand a simple problem is causing them they can be grouped for deeper understanding.
The startle matching behaviors are a prime example. These events are so bizarre they cannot be mistaken for anything else.
Upon startle the person will perform any action demonstrated to them or perform any action commanded to them even if it is harmful to themselves or others.
Since it happens around the world it can't be caused by local psychosocial pressures, the current belief of experts. Each culture is different. It has to be something common to all those individuals living around the world.
Human physiology, the startle reflex, and Subliminal Distraction is that commonality.
Everywhere these CBS's happen the population lives in too-small single-room arrangements or the equivalent.
In Mooselake Maine it was bunkhouses in remote lumber camps where Jumping Frenchmen of Maine appeared. (How about that for a made up name?)
Latah, the startle matching behavior in Malaysia, appears where entire villages live in single room longhouses.
You can link to the Culture Bound Syndromes for the full discussion.
No one will ever be able to "open the box" and look inside the human mind to determine what causes mental illness. But you can be intelligent enough to read then make your own informed decision. |
Dr. Scott
in Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 | 02:48 PM
I encountered the website several years ago, and read the entire contents. I followed-up with related reading from other sources which corroborated the effects described, and supported the conclusions.
While I realize that professional scientists who are already firmly in the grip of the Academic and Research establishments will instantly discount the information as a.) not having been arrived at by a grant-funded double-blind research study at an accredited university, and b.) deriving conclusions from largely anecdotal evidence, I would like to point out that UNTIL there is research, it is scientifically FOOLISH to assert that the author's conclusions are patently wrong and that the phenomenon does not exist.
The optic nerve is hardwired to the vision centers in the Occipital Lobes, and there are 17 different and seperate parts of our brains that ALL play a part in vision proscessing. "Subliminal" is a reasonable description of the phenomenon (though subconscious might be more accurate) because any nerve stimuli which do not produce perceptions registering on conscious perception STILL cause neurophysiological effects.
I think the problem is labelling it as a psychosis. It may be an unrelated induced dissociative disorder, or even an Autism spectrum related response to certain repettive peripheral visual stimuli.
May I note here that when Jules Verne wrote about Submarines, people called him crazy and said such things were impossible. When Anton Mesmer claimed results through "animal magnetism" nobody knew what hypnosis was, and said he was a quack. When Kary Mullis took a tab of LSD and had a vision in which he created the Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA replication process, people said he was nuts. (He got the Nobel Prize for it, you know.)
When the answer is still unknown and uninvestigated by proper research, it is wholly unscientific to declare that such a thing does not exist. The purpose of science is to illuminate such questions. Only when you do the research study, can you properly confirm or dismiss the question.
And I believe this phenomenon is a dissertation-worthy subject. Someone WILL look into it, and will be awarded PhD. for it. |
L K Tucker
in Montgomery Alabama
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 | 03:13 PM
I cannot believe you continue to post and repeat nonsense while withholding your true name.
Subliminal Distraction as a cause of mental breaks for knowledge workers in business offices is a problem discovered and solved forty years ago!
Let me repeat: It was discovered and solved forty years ago.
You have not bothered to pick up the phone and speak with a designer working for any major office furniture manufacturer. Have that person explain Cubicle Level Protection for you.
It is not the presence of blinking lights that causes the problem. It is your brain's attempt to integrate subliminal sight, subliminal vision input, into consciousness and reality. That cannot be done.
Give us all a break. Post your name or investigate this as I explained it to you. |
C schmidt
in alabama
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 | 09:10 AM
I personally think there is merit in the conclusions of the author. What i would like to know is if there are any non drug or psychobabble treatments for this problem.Why was the site http://www.navaching.com/index.html nightwalking referred to on your site? It seems to me that it could offer some help if a person could be more aware and use his peripheral and or subconscious vision. Thank you for the many hours you have spent investigating this worthy subject. |
L K Tucker
in Montgomery Alabama
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 | 03:09 PM
There are no treatments for this problem. When you eliminate exposure your brain recovers normally. (See the est Werner Erhard page. Wood recovered in one week with "one dose of medication.")) The 'psychosocial and psychobabble' reference is to the current state of the art in mental health services. When a serious mental event happens social stresses are usually blamed.
One such case was Jennifer Wilbanks, runaway bride. She began to quote a therapist that her episode was "running away from self." But in her interviews she revealed it was so distressing she considered suicide. It happened when she moved in with her boyfriend and began planning the wedding. She worked in a doctor's office and there is no provision for Cubicle Level Protection in such offices. Her new roommate provided a source of movement in peripheral vision at home. (She would not reply to interview requests.)
Practitioners believe if someone improves while undergoing treatment then the treatment must have helped. There is no "testable objective evidence" that current treatments do anything. (See the new Site Summary page.)
The 'nightwalking' site was included in the early investigation of subliminal sight. I have not repeated that investigated so it is possible the site has changed and eliminated the information I originally found there. My memory is that those early site references were to the sensitivity of peripheral vision to detect movement and the sensitivity of peripheral vision in low light situations.
Culture Bound Syndromes through the centuries show that these episodes have happened across the ages. Too small single room living arrangements allow SD exposure even with primitive or no illumination source except cooking fires. (See the Culture Bound Syndromes page.)
I have permission to use the Auburn University library here in Montgomery and expect to add evidence of this phenomenon. |
L K Tucker
in Montgomery Alabama
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 | 03:44 PM
That should have been Jason Weed who recovered in one week not"Wood." |
Kundalini Girl
in Earth
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 | 03:52 PM
LK,
I am a tad confused by your website. I would really like to understand it, but cannot discern entirely what you are trying to say.
I think your proposed issue may have merit. Would you consider defining subliminal distraction using new words? Give it a 1-2-3 approach. -example - first you close your eyes, second you ??????? - third - then what happens?
Please consider this an earnest request, as I would like to understand more fully. |
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