My secret
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:00 am
I spoke with my family and they agreed I could explain the following after I told them what was going on in the Mod forum. They asked that I ask you not to spread it about coz it's personal and we like our privacy.
I have a very unusual medical condition called Constans Felixus Snydrome. It has only been documented in three other people that I know of so far, it's that rare. We searched everywhere for more information but my Specialist could only find a few references to it in obscure medical journals from the early 1980's. Anyways.
People's brains control many things, not least what we call emotions. In the frontal lobe, which is right under your forehead, well, it takes up approximately one-third of your brain in normal people. But mine doesn't... mine is much larger there and takes up nearly half. I also have many more sulcus in that area than is normal. They are the shallow grooves you see on a brain. My levels of dopamine which produce phenylethylamine are so high, they have never been measured at that level before and they do not know how to reduce them without messing up my entire biochemical structure. I've been on many different prescription drugs but none changed anything.
Anyways, because it's so rare, the Doctors here have no idea why I don't feel emotions normally. The fact that I am ALWAYS happy has them stumped for answers. And I'll be honest here, they just shrug their shoulders and say, "There's nothing wrong. She's happy. Be grateful for that for others are not." It bothers my family that I hardly ever feel sad or cry but they're used to me. The only other person I know personally who has this condition is a man called Dr Hunter Doherty Adams. He's some famous doctor somewhere in the US and was nearly thrown out of Medical School for being 'too happy'.
I feel so relieved in being able to share this with you guys. *laughs out loud*
Hopefully, now you'll be understanding why I always gotta post these grinnies guys... I find immense happiness in them.
I have a very unusual medical condition called Constans Felixus Snydrome. It has only been documented in three other people that I know of so far, it's that rare. We searched everywhere for more information but my Specialist could only find a few references to it in obscure medical journals from the early 1980's. Anyways.
People's brains control many things, not least what we call emotions. In the frontal lobe, which is right under your forehead, well, it takes up approximately one-third of your brain in normal people. But mine doesn't... mine is much larger there and takes up nearly half. I also have many more sulcus in that area than is normal. They are the shallow grooves you see on a brain. My levels of dopamine which produce phenylethylamine are so high, they have never been measured at that level before and they do not know how to reduce them without messing up my entire biochemical structure. I've been on many different prescription drugs but none changed anything.
Anyways, because it's so rare, the Doctors here have no idea why I don't feel emotions normally. The fact that I am ALWAYS happy has them stumped for answers. And I'll be honest here, they just shrug their shoulders and say, "There's nothing wrong. She's happy. Be grateful for that for others are not." It bothers my family that I hardly ever feel sad or cry but they're used to me. The only other person I know personally who has this condition is a man called Dr Hunter Doherty Adams. He's some famous doctor somewhere in the US and was nearly thrown out of Medical School for being 'too happy'.
I feel so relieved in being able to share this with you guys. *laughs out loud*
Hopefully, now you'll be understanding why I always gotta post these grinnies guys... I find immense happiness in them.
