Palindrome wrote:
] ] Falling in love may be a great feeling but the next time you
] feel
] ] lovesick,missing your sweetheart, rush straight to a doctor
] as now
] ] the doctors have warned that the throes of passion should
] ] be seen as a potentially fatal medical disorder.
]
] ] Psychologists say that "lovesickness" is a genuine
] ] disease that needs more awareness and diagnosis and those
] ] little actions that are normally seen as symptoms of the
] ] first flush of love like, buying presents, waiting by the
] ] phone for a call or making a bit of an effort before a
] ] date, may actually be signs of deep-rooted problems to
] ] come.
]
] ] According to the Independent, in a report in The
] ] Psychologist magazine, Tallis has suggested that the
] ] effects of being lovesick could be described in the
] ] latest diagnostic terms with its symptoms including
] ] mania, such as an elevated mood and inflated self-esteem,
] ] or depression, revealing itself as tearfulness and
] ] insomnia.
]
] ] Aspects of obsessive compulsive disorder can also be
] ] found in those experiencing lovesickness, such as
] ] preoccupation and obsessively checking for text messages
] ] and e-mails.
]
] ] "The average clinical psychologist will not receive
] ] referral letters from GPs and psychiatrists mentioning
] ] lovesickness.However, careful examination of the
] ] sanitised language will reveal that lovesickness may well
] ] be the underlying problem. Many people are referred for
] ] help who cannot cope with the intensity of love, have
] ] been destabilised by falling in love, or who suffer on
] ] account of their love being unrequited," Tallis was
] ] quoted by the paper, as saying.
]
] ] And all this can lead a person to commit suicide, warns
] ] Tallis.
]
] Now you can't say you didn't know that falling in love causes
] mental illness to occur.

What is it about our culture that wants to root out all feelings and emotions that do not contribute to workforce productivity gains? Stop denying our humanity!

Palindrome wrote:
] ] Falling in love may be a great feeling but the next time you
] feel
] ] lovesick,missing your sweetheart, rush straight to a doctor
] as now
] ] the doctors have warned that the throes of passion should
] ] be seen as a potentially fatal medical disorder.
]
] ] Psychologists say that "lovesickness" is a genuine
] ] disease that needs more awareness and diagnosis and those
] ] little actions that are normally seen as symptoms of the
] ] first flush of love like, buying presents, waiting by the
] ] phone for a call or making a bit of an effort before a
] ] date, may actually be signs of deep-rooted problems to
] ] come.
]
] ] According to the Independent, in a report in The
] ] Psychologist magazine, Tallis has suggested that the
] ] effects of being lovesick could be described in the
] ] latest diagnostic terms with its symptoms including
] ] mania, such as an elevated mood and inflated self-esteem,
] ] or depression, revealing itself as tearfulness and
] ] insomnia.
]
] ] Aspects of obsessive compulsive disorder can also be
] ] found in those experiencing lovesickness, such as
] ] preoccupation and obsessively checking for text messages
] ] and e-mails.
]
] ] "The average clinical psychologist will not receive
] ] referral letters from GPs and psychiatrists mentioning
] ] lovesickness.However, careful examination of the
] ] sanitised language will reveal that lovesickness may well
] ] be the underlying problem. Many people are referred for
] ] help who cannot cope with the intensity of love, have
] ] been destabilised by falling in love, or who suffer on
] ] account of their love being unrequited," Tallis was
] ] quoted by the paper, as saying.
]
] ] And all this can lead a person to commit suicide, warns
] ] Tallis.
]
] Now you can't say you didn't know that falling in love causes
] mental illness to occur.

Additionally, second-hand-lovesickness is a nonfatal disease marked by nausea, vomiting, and empathetic embarassment. Disease is triggered by seeing to fools in love, prancing about a public place without a care in the world.
On top of that, if love sickness causes suicide, then love should be banned like illicit drugs or cigarette smoking. A world without love would be quite...lovely.

k wrote:
] ] Falling in love may be a great feeling but the next time you
] feel
] ] lovesick,missing your sweetheart, rush straight to a doctor
] as now
] ] the doctors have warned that the throes of passion should
] ] be seen as a potentially fatal medical disorder.
]
] [ Whatever. Powerful emotions can cause mental instability?!
] No fucking way! Give this doctor the nobel prize in the
] category of "Proofs" of Otherwise Obvious Facts. -k]

Why is it that clinical psychologists identify some psychological phenomenon and immediately classify it as a "disorder". Anything that deviates from numbness is deemed to be extreme and must be treated immediately. Seems to me like they're constantly trying to drum up business for themselves.

whit wrote:
] Why is it that clinical psychologists identify some
] psychological phenomenon and immediately classify it as a
] "disorder". Anything that deviates from numbness is deemed to
] be extreme and must be treated immediately. Seems to me like
] they're constantly trying to drum up business for themselves.

[ Agreed. Pretty soon we're all on drugs and it's illegal to have feelings like in that movie with Taye Diggs and Christian Bale. I'm not saying we shouldn't try to help people that have truly extreme reactions to life, but feelings are not all bad. Even the bad ones. Like a "if i didn't know ugliness, how would i appreciate beauty" situation. -k]