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Posted by rjlockhart98 on September 12, 2005, at 20:36:19
I dont know what to say, doctors have told me so many times that i have nuerotic tendencies that i am almost about to just explode.
What is it back in history what is it now?
Posted by vbAgent on September 12, 2005, at 22:42:18
In reply to What exactly is nuerosis, posted by rjlockhart98 on September 12, 2005, at 20:36:19
> I dont know what to say, doctors have told me so many times that i have nuerotic tendencies that i am almost about to just explode.
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> What is it back in history what is it now?Many contributors of this forum have neurotic tendencies. It's very common. Imagine a spectrum with normal on the far left, neurotic in the middle, and psychotic at the far right. Generally, neurosis is any mental or emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, and involves less distorted perceptions of reality than a psychosis like schizophrenia.
Hope this anwers your question. Take care!
Posted by rainbowbrite on September 12, 2005, at 22:53:48
In reply to What exactly is nuerosis, posted by rjlockhart98 on September 12, 2005, at 20:36:19
> I dont know what to say, doctors have told me so many times that i have nuerotic tendencies that i am almost about to just explode.
>
> What is it back in historyNeurotic was used to describe any emotional problem in the past. If I recall correctly it was used to describe women more often who were emotionally unstable.
>> what is it now?
Today it is an old term that I believe isnt often used anymore. But what it covers is anxiety disorders and depression etc.
Posted by fires on September 13, 2005, at 11:32:15
In reply to What exactly is nuerosis, posted by rjlockhart98 on September 12, 2005, at 20:36:19
> I dont know what to say, doctors have told me so many times that i have nuerotic tendencies that i am almost about to just explode.
>
> What is it back in history what is it now?Way back in the early 80s, an international psychiatric association (I can't remember the exact name) dropped the term. Advances in biopsychiatry rendered it defunct.
I would be leary of any docs that still use the term.
Posted by med_empowered on September 13, 2005, at 13:27:27
In reply to Re: What exactly is nuerosis » rjlockhart98, posted by fires on September 13, 2005, at 11:32:15
hi! "Neurosis" basically means you're "off"; not psychotic or anything, just...troubled. Its a really mushy term, and I think you should be suspicious of doctors who use it. Basically, it came out of psychoanalysis--a neurosis is a maladaptive form of behavior, which is what psychoanalysis set out to resolve. Depending on your school of thought, the neurosis could have any number of different origins. The problem is that neurosis is and was more a *value judgement* than anything else; if a doctor saw behavior he or she disapproved of, but it wasn't extreme enough to qualify for all-out psychosis, the behavior and the patient could be labelled "neurotic". "Mentall illness" is a little better, but not much; if you notice, the DSM-IV has new diseases and problems every time the APA rolls out a new edition, and most of the diseases are included based on *majority vote*, not scientific data per se. The difference is that "mental illness" uses a sort of metaphor (depression IS a physical illness) that makes emotional issues more concrete and scientific-sounding, whereas "neurosis" carried a connotation of overall "un-healthy"-ness. (I believe in treating mental illness, btw, I'm just comparing the two to show how there is still a lot of mushy value-judgement stuff going on in psychiatry mascarading as science). Neurosis also has a bad rep b/c it was mostly applied to women (the ultimate female "neurosis": HYSTERIA).Plus, when psychoanalysis hit it big in the US during the 40s-60s, any rich person with the time and inclination was considered "neurotic", yet not one got any happier from all the "therapy". Oh well.
Posted by Phillipa on September 13, 2005, at 19:26:27
In reply to Re: What exactly is nuerosis, posted by med_empowered on September 13, 2005, at 13:27:27
Matt, I don't think you're neurotic just confused and growing up. Fondly, Phillipa
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