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A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder
- pewdiepotpie 8y agononsense of this nature is why the DSM was devalued, and psychiatry in general was delt a black eye https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/the-real-problems-with-psychiatry/275371/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/the-real-...
- towaway1138 8y agoInteresting paper. I once had a very brief (an hour or two) episode of mania, and it was quite pleasant, at least for me. Clearly it qualifies as a disease, though, if present in severe enough form for any real length of time. This 'happiness' being discussed is apparently meant to be a distinct condition, though, and it doesn't seem like any real downsides are mentioned.
- deytempo 8y agoWouldn’t this classify all who seek happiness but aren’t, as having the disorder in a prestate? Also people who are okay with being unhappy could be said to be content, which is almost like being happy, meaning we are either happy we are happy, unhappy that we aren’t happy, or happy that we aren’t happy which is a non state.