Questions tagged [mental-illness]
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Mental/psychiatric illnesses/disorders: natural or social kinds?
What is the stance (i.e., that which is most prevalent across the psych "community" —both research and applied) on whether mental illnesses are inventions, discoveries, or some combination thereof?
Is there or has there been much debate or critical…
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Is there a national/international coming out day for people with mental health issues?
I know there's a general mental health day on October 10th and a Coming out as LGBTQ+ day on October 11th (odd that they're right next to each other), but I've never heard about a day dedicated to needing to "come out" or simply tell people you love…
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Can one go mad from the revelation in the real life
There are tropes commonly used in cosmic horror works that boil down to the following idea. A human mind when faced with something utterly incomprehensible may break into insanity and never get back to sanity.
For sure, this is just works of fiction…
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Is there a mental illness that almost completely stops you from thinking?
I know the title seems insane, and this is most likely impossible, but is there a mental illness that almost stops a person from thinking? By thinking I mean the "talking in your head" thing. I'm not looking for a mental illness that makes them…
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Regarding a mental disorder of finding pleasure and lose attraction
Say, a man is trying to find pleasure in doing something. he assumes he can have pleasure with playing, but just a while after start playing he feels definitely it can give him some pleasure. At that moment he stops playing and start finding for new…
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