Incredibly bizarre psych condition

[Josh]

Wonder if medical insurance covers that? *shrug*

I saw the Nip/Tuck episode that brought this up. Pretty interesting/disturbing.

I think anything that drives someone to wish for something which, knowingly and undeniably, will cause a physical burden to themselves and those arround them should be seen as a disorder.

 

[Mechcozmo]

I think anything that drives someone to wish for something which, knowingly and undeniably, will cause a physical burden to themselves and those arround them should be seen as a disorder.

Some definitions, as per my Psych book/class. If you are causing a physical burden to me, right now, as I am having to type this out, does that mean that you suffer from a disorder? Maybe you do, but probably not one that would influence our conversation.

According to Freud: disorders caused by conflict between Id and Superego, where the Ego cannot find a good compromise between them.

According to Biologists: chemical imbalance

According to Cognitive-Behavioral therapists: Incorrect ways of thinking, caused by bad learning earlier in life

Diathesis-Stress therapists: Stress causes it, and eventually will cause the person to 'snap'

 

[iBlue]

Some definitions, as per my Psych book/class. If you are causing a physical burden to me, right now, as I am having to type this out, does that mean that you suffer from a disorder? Maybe you do, but probably not one that would influence our conversation.

According to Freud: disorders caused by conflict between Id and Superego, where the Ego cannot find a good compromise between them.

According to Biologists: chemical imbalance

According to Cognitive-Behavioral therapists: Incorrect ways of thinking, caused by bad learning earlier in life

Diathesis-Stress therapists: Stress causes it, and eventually will cause the person to 'snap'

and these are the options we have for the sake of our "mental health"? no wonder there are so many mental 'disorders' popping up these days.

 

[Josh]

Some definitions, as per my Psych book/class. If you are causing a physical burden to me, right now, as I am having to type this out, does that mean that you suffer from a disorder? Maybe you do, but probably not one that would influence our conversation.

According to Freud: disorders caused by conflict between Id and Superego, where the Ego cannot find a good compromise between them.

According to Biologists: chemical imbalance

According to Cognitive-Behavioral therapists: Incorrect ways of thinking, caused by bad learning earlier in life

Diathesis-Stress therapists: Stress causes it, and eventually will cause the person to 'snap'

I've taken psych 101 as well

The act of typing is far from the type of burdens I speak of. Having to press a few keys with the fingers you've got is much different than going to the store and buying groceries with the legs you don't.

 

[fitinferno]

i had long hair once. i got sick of it and had it cut off. <shrugs>

I totally feel like cutting my hair off really short. My best friend won't let me do it. But at least it would grow back if I realised that it was a bad choice!

I found this topic interesting so I googled to find more info. This was probably the most interesting result of that search:

http://www.geocities.com/legcaliper/4potter.htm

 

[Mechcozmo]

The act of typing is far from the type of burdens I speak of. Having to press a few keys with the fingers you've got is much different than going to the store and buying groceries with the legs you don't.

A disorder has to interfere with your daily life. That's how the DSM-IV classifies things. If typing is a part of your life, and you cannot type, (say a journalist or a programmer) then the desire to loose the fingers would be a disorder. The act of loosing them would be really really bad.
So, the act of typing could be very important to someone's livelihood.

and these are the options we have for the sake of our "mental health"? no wonder there are so many mental 'disorders' popping up these days.

The disorders have always been there, as have these theories on how to diagnose them. However, there is a recent increase in the amount of Americans who believe they have these disorders, and threaten their doctors until they are diagnosed. People will tell their doctor what they have and threaten to sue under the guise of malpractice if they aren't 'classified' under that disorder. Parents will demand their pediatricians place their children on Ritalin (a 'safe' version of speed) because they claim their children have ADHD.

Most of those theories have been around for years, and we're just going through a time when it's 'cool' to be disordered.