| "Health" and "illness" are contrasting
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| | the way the person feels and thinks. If
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| terms. They can be used in physical or
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| | the person feels fear for a long time,
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| in mental context. We know that physical
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| | the chances of becoming phobic and
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| exercise done on a regular basis keeps us
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| | paranoid increase. Withdrawal from
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| healthy. Mental exercise also keeps us
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| | social situations occurs. The family
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| mentally healthy. Just like after doing
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| | members observe the person to be unwell.
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| physical exercise we need rest, after
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| | Such a person is then asked to see a
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| mental exercise the mind also needs rest.
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| | doctor. With the person's self-esteem
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| But we hear the term "physical rest"
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| | low, vulnerability increases. This does
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| frequently. The term "mental rest" is
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| | not mean however, that the person becomes
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| rarely used. No doubt then that as
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| | totally irresponsible towards their own
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| mental activities have increased with
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| | well-being. Many times the person wants
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| industrialisation, stress has increased.
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| | to do 'something' to get better, but the
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| This stress results from our inability to
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| | health system has limited resources to
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| allow our mind to become inactive or
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| | offer much in terms of growth of the
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| relaxed for even a short time.Some people
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| | person, except medication. When a
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| believe that our brain becomes inactive
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| | mentally ill person goes to seek help -
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| when we sleep. If that were so then we
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| | confidence, self-esteem and sense of
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| should not have any dreams. Dreams are
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| | freedom are already lost. Instead of
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| evidence that our mind remains active,
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| | helping the person become independent,
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| even when we are asleep. This simply
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| | there is a tendency to make the person
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| means that our mind is active 24 hours a
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| | dependent on medication.Medication plays
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| day without any rest at all. Just
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| | its role in controlling the condition or
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| imagine how our bodies would behave if we
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| | state of illness. It does nothing to
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| were to go through 24 hours of physical
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| | improve the quality of life permanently.
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| activity.Although research may show that
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| | To improve their quality of life, the
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| 30% of mental illness may occur without a
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| | person needs to take responsibility for
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| trigger of stress, it also shows that a
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| | their own well-being. This is encouraged
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| majority - 70% - of mental illnesses
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| | in some of the organisations, which are
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| occur with stress. The research may have
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| | being run by the sufferers themselves.
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| failed to look at the other 30%, mentally
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| | GROW is an example of such an
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| ill who may not be 'acknowledging' stress
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| | organisation. Are there any alternatives
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| at a given moment. This gives us a
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| | to medication in mental conditions? A
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| pessimistic view of mental illnesses. We
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| | doctor can only prescribe drugs to
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| are made to believe that we can do
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| | "control" the mental condition. The
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| nothing about them. We are also told
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| | current trend in some other parts of the
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| that mental illnesses occur because of
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| | world is to encourage people suffering
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| our genes, our upbringing, our
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| | with mental illnesses to take
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| personality, our temperament, our
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| | responsibility for their own well-being,
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| lifestyle and we can do nothing about
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| | along with medication. Psychotherapy11
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| them. Stress or no stress, we are told,
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| | and self-help is encouraged. The usage
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| if we have all these factors loaded in
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| | of medication in such situations is
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| our personal history, we are prone to
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| | minimised or eliminated.In psychiatry, we
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| have a mental illness. Some
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| | know that the suicide rate among
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| psychiatrists adhere to this belief
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| | physicians is higher than in the general
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| strongly. This belief is then put across
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| | population and psychiatrists are at a
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| authoritatively as the "gospel truth" of
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| | greater risk among physicians, than other
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| science. Naturally, this brings up a
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| | specialists.12 Research shows that
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| sense of low self-esteem and helplessness
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| | psychotherapy is more economical than
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| in the person who is suffering with the
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| | medication alone in treating mental
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| illness. We are then made to believe
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| | illness.13 Conditions like schizophrenia
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| that medications are man-made answers to
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| | are also being treated without medication
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| mental illness, which is a curse of
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| | in some parts of the world.14 It is also
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| nature.Prayer, which was until recently
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| | a known fact that the more positive the
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| considered unscientific, has now been
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| | attitude we have, the more balanced are
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| shown to have beneficial effects on
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| | the chemicals in our body.15 This would
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| patients.1 Similarly, the current belief
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| | be more acceptable for those who see the
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| in psychiatry is that mental illnesses
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| | positive role of religion on mental
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| can be treated by medical professionals
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| | health. Some authors have suggested that
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| only and the person who is mentally ill
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| | the medicine of the future is going to be
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| has no control over their lives. The
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| | "prayer and Prozac."16 Mental health is
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| medical system works in a way in which
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| | a preventative activity. Do we need to
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| the doctors themselves have limited
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| | suffer first before we take steps to deal
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| choices other than prescribing drugs.
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| | with it? If we could only assume
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| The patient has no choices worth
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| | responsibility for our own mental health,
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| mentioning. From the legal perspective,
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| | we may not have to suffer. The best
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| a person who is mentally ill is
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| | medicine in this case is certainly
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| considered not capable of taking any
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| | prevention.We live in a free society.
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| responsibility for their actions. This
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| | The freedom to suffer is also one kind of
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| is one of the most unfortunate aspects of
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| | freedom. We also have the freedom to
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| mental illnesses. People who are
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| | look for answers to minimise our
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| mentally ill also have a sense of
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| responsibility in many areas of their
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| | (2000) Prayer, Other Forms of 'Distant
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| lives.The role of emotions in mental
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| | Medscape. Annals of Internal Medicine
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| scientists. Yet researches do show that
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| | 3. BROWN G. W., HARRIS T., (1978) Social
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| | 7. CHADHA, P. K., (2000) Drugless
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| body. This has a scientific basis.7For
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| people who attend church regularly, a
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| common experience is the sense of
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| dwells on the person. There is
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| | 11. POMERANTZ, J.M. (1999). Focused
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| | 12. KAPLAN, H.I., SADOCK., B.J., (1998)
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| have a calming effect. Only recently
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| have papers started to be published in
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| scientific journals bridging the gap
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| | 13. TALLEY P. F., STRUPP, H. H., BUTLER
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| has now been researched that people who
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| | 14. McKENZIE, C.D., & WRIGHT, L.S.,
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| | (1996) Delayed Post-Traumatic Stress
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| illness is about losing a sense of
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| freedom. When we find ourselves bound to
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| emotional issues of our life, that we
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| | 15. MOON, A. M., (2000) Positive
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| cannot rid ourselves of, we lose our
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| freedom of thinking. This creates stress
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| in our mind and our body bears the brunt
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| | 16. MATTHEWS, D.A., LARSON, D.B., (1997)
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| of it. This loss of freedom brings up a
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| sense of fear or a sense of helplessness.
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| | Traditions of Healing. Mind/Body
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| Both such feelings bring up a sense of
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| | Medicine : 2: P.3-6.Dr. Pradeep K. Chadha
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| insecurity. A person loses confidence in
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| | is a psychiatrist,who practises as a
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| their own worth. Self-esteem becomes
| |
| | psychotherapist specialising in drugless
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| low. With lack of confidence and low
| |
| | treatment of psychological conditions.
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| self-esteem, comes poor decision-making.
| |
| | He is the author of 'THE STRESS BARRIER
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| A person suffers with all these
| |
| | - NATURE'S WAY TO OVERCOMING STRESS'
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| conditions when suffering with a mental
| |
| | published by Blackhall Publishing,
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| illness. This changes the behaviour of
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| | Dublin. He is based in Dublin, Ireland.
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| the person. The behaviour is affected by
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