Well, I think we're just using different terminology. You mention "Stimulating the brain to a level that does not cause a return of symptoms IS therapeutic." I agree. That's really all I meant by pushing, so I think we're saying the same thing in different ways. Pushing as opposed to resting.

I was just trying to express a simple analogy using physical exercise, where there is a stimulation phase and a rest phase. The original question was which is it, do you stimulate or do you rest, and my answer is both, at different times.

I would like to hear more of your views on multi-tasking. I was under the impression that the brain does true multi-tasking (in the more traditional sense), but functionally this is rather limited to dual-processing (say chewing gum and walking), and pretty much falls apart once you get to three or more tasks.