Posted by rnny on March 11, 2010, at 16:39:10
In reply to Psychiatric illness, posted by sigismund on March 11, 2010, at 2:28:12
It never ceases to amaze me how anything can be considered a mental illness. I am sure there is something if you prefer apples over oranges, you may be someone who is considered to have a fear of oranges, whether you do or not. Being taken hostage and trying to escape, I wonder if they consider that a mental illness. A 'normal' reaction to 'abnormal' circumstances is often viewed as mental illness by people when in fact the behavior is what one should expect and in fact if someone didn't act that way..THAT would be cause for concern. Interesting. I found a website once that listed several hundred fears. I was shocked. Not at the fears but that all these things have a name. I think I just made one up. "fear of oranges".
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