FRED research continues to progress throughout the country, and this week I am pleased to report a startling new (though controversial) breakthrough in our search for the cure. Ironically it comes to us from a text as old as mankind, the bible. Researchers have found that by applying even a mild dose of select principles taught by Jesus Christ, FRED's symptoms can be decreased dramatically. Specifically, counselors have examined the effects of the "golden rule" method of treatment and the results were incredible: nearly all FRED sufferers agreed that, when they put the shoe on the other foot and imagined how they would feel if their spouse/family member behaved like them, they would find it hurtful. But the researchers didn't stop there. Not only were they able to help FRED victims recognize the hurtful impact of their behavior, they actually helped FRED sufferers make the critical link from cognition to comportment, that is, from identifying this characteristic in themselves to then changing their own behavior and eradicating completely the symptoms of the disease. Subjects were then able to participate in several family functions with no sign of resistance. This clinical research represents some of the first observable cures of FRED.

Up till now, most of the research in the field had focused on identifying and changing specific characteristics of families that were likely to aggravate FRED sufferers. The premise was that families, not FRED sufferers, were the source of the disease and therefore needed treatment. But this new research is ground breaking in that it severs the link between how families act and how FRED sufferers respond. It establishes that the cause of FRED is not the idiosyncrasies of a particular family but the character and/or thought patterns of the sufferer. The research indicates that the cure for the disease does not depend upon circumstantial factors and exists independent of any particular family. This "new" discovery of the application of the golden rule, though apparently simple, has powerful ramifications for FRED sufferers everywhere.

Stay tuned for more FRED updates.

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