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Lol this planet is going to hell in a handbasket. I want to laugh, cry, care and not care at the same time. Can anyone tell me what sort of feeling this is?

saycheese 10y ago
Sounds like Mania: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania
- godmodus 10y ago
  "a “mirror image” to depression, the heightened mood can be either euphoric or irritable;" rubs chin seems to be a xor, though what I felt was simultaneous - maybe shock. rubs chin after some digging around it seems to be this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance My brain experienced a slight shock and went a bit joker on the emotions.
  - saycheese 10y ago
    Generally speaking, self evaluation takes considerable knowledge, skill, experience and time. To me, the update you provided didn't add clarity, but an additional degree of understanding what you're attempting to express. Someone experiencing pure cognitive dissonance would not act manic, they just realize that there was a paradox in their reasoning that needed to be resolved. Literally wanting to laugh and cry in series is an emotional response and to me, sounds manic. Emotional responses are a better predictor of understanding someone than reasoned expressions.
    - godmodus 10y ago
      Well I literally DIDN'T laugh and cry. Felt a deep sense of Sadness/panic at the stupidity of this move. And just felt that sort of giving up,realising I can't do shit about a country half a,world away that wouldnt heed my advice even if it did reach it. Must admit, it caught me by surprise that my own "are you fucking dense?!" reaction was so strong. That all said and do done my friend, such a public exchange should have remained a more light hearted one - and not a me possibly suffering from a chronic psychiatric condition. On that note, I think I'll end this,and go light a candle to lament our collective intellectual regression, and pray that cthulhu be a merciful God when he eventually rises.
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saycheese 10y ago

Sounds like Mania: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania

godmodus 10y ago
"a “mirror image” to depression, the heightened mood can be either euphoric or irritable;" rubs chin seems to be a xor, though what I felt was simultaneous - maybe shock. rubs chin after some digging around it seems to be this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance My brain experienced a slight shock and went a bit joker on the emotions.
- saycheese 10y ago
  Generally speaking, self evaluation takes considerable knowledge, skill, experience and time. To me, the update you provided didn't add clarity, but an additional degree of understanding what you're attempting to express. Someone experiencing pure cognitive dissonance would not act manic, they just realize that there was a paradox in their reasoning that needed to be resolved. Literally wanting to laugh and cry in series is an emotional response and to me, sounds manic. Emotional responses are a better predictor of understanding someone than reasoned expressions.
  - godmodus 10y ago
    Well I literally DIDN'T laugh and cry. Felt a deep sense of Sadness/panic at the stupidity of this move. And just felt that sort of giving up,realising I can't do shit about a country half a,world away that wouldnt heed my advice even if it did reach it. Must admit, it caught me by surprise that my own "are you fucking dense?!" reaction was so strong. That all said and do done my friend, such a public exchange should have remained a more light hearted one - and not a me possibly suffering from a chronic psychiatric condition. On that note, I think I'll end this,and go light a candle to lament our collective intellectual regression, and pray that cthulhu be a merciful God when he eventually rises.

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