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I heard the excuses, that you couldn’t control yourself that your form has a reasoning of its own.Sorry to say, that this defense mechanism is unbelievably false. Muscle spasm happens because your mental mentality is trying to tell us something is wrong. Some blame it on alcohol, like in the book “the townspeople say that Dolphus Raymond is a drunk and that is why he acts the way he does. However Mr.Raymond isn't a drunk he says people who don't understand try to find their rational exclamation”( Lee 268).By all means alcohol still hurts your head, but your brain is still always in charge.
I heard the excuses, that you couldn’t control yourself that your form has a reasoning of its own.Sorry to say, that this defense mechanism

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