Assignment MT6.3

Brain = Washing Machine
Depression = Broken Washing Machine

Rosenthal compares a brain to a washing machine and sees the serotonin in one’s brain as the “water in the machine.” The imbalance or the lack of serotonin is like having a broken washing machine that cannot be filled with water even though it is set on high. The action of not being able to fill up to washing machine with the right amount of water or “serotonin” levels can have severe consequences that lead to depression.

Depression = Mistuned Radio

Burns describes depression as a radio that is in perfect working order, but just needs to be tuned for it to work properly. This metaphor looks at depression as being easily curable. All one has to do is “adjust the dials” The action of “adjusting” the dials leads to a good consequence in being cured of depression.

Finding the cure to Hysteria = Unearthing and researching artifacts at an archeological excavation site.

Fraud sees curing hysteria as going to its source and “digging deep” into the mind trying to unearth and pinpoint what exactly caused this disorder, like an excavation site where people try to unearth and discover as much as possible about the ruined civilization that once stood beneath them. The cure cannot be found if the explorer just views what is in plain view, but he/she must excavate to find real answers. The action of digging and unearthing research leads to finding out the source of what caused an ill person’s hysteria.

Men = Energy that produces economy by force

I am not quite sure what this quotes on Adams is exactly about, but I think that Adams means that educating men leads to them being successful. He sees men as a form of energy and by educating them, they reduce the friction by which they are being held be to become an economic force. The action of educating men produces them to be successful and economically driven as a consequence.

Suppression of hysteria = Controlled by boundaries

Fraud relates the suppression of hysteria as how well one can hold the traumatic events that caused this illness in by their boundaries. Theses traumatic events can slip through these boundaries, causing one to become hysteric. The action of suppressing traumatic thoughts and containing them within boundaries, can lead to these frightening thoughts to come out later causing one to become hysteric as a consequence.