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It read like parody to me at first, but I verified the domain[0] and it's not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press https://en.wikipedia.o

by gary_0 4y ago

It read like parody to me at first, but I verified the domain[0] and it's not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press

Traubenfuchs 4y ago
This has been a thing for a while. https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ It's status as illness though, let alone mass-illness is dubious at best.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  If you can't voluntarily stop it and it's causing negative effects to your quality of life then why can't it be called an illness? These people aren't going to get professional help just for the fun of it
  - tedunangst 4y ago
    > Third, patients often reported to be unable to perform unpleasant tasks because of their symptoms resulting in release from obligations at school and home, while symptoms temporarily completely disappear while conducting favourite activities.
    - mrguyorama 4y ago
      That makes no comment about whether the symptoms are on purpose, or unconscious. Ask any ADHD or OCD person about "symptoms that arise around unpleasant tasks"
    - bowsamic 4y ago
      How does that imply that it’s voluntary?
- astura 4y ago
  These illnesses appear to be very real, even if sociogenetic in origin. Someone researching the same thing has this to say https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is-scary-why-young-women-on-social-media-are-developing-tourettes-like-tics https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is... >Olvera’s research has not gone down well in some quarters. “I’m frustrated,” she says. “I’ve tried to stop reading a lot of what is written out there.” She’s received “lots” of angry emails. “My colleagues have had a positive response to my research,” she says, “but I don’t know if it’s been perceived appropriately by the public. The last thing I would want is for my patients to walk away from this thinking that their disorder is fake or not worthwhile.” >Much of the controversy arises from the misapprehension that doctors are accusing young people of faking Tourette’s for attention, or arguing that TikTok is giving people Tourette’s. Neither claim is true. “What the media has boiled it down to,” says Olvera, “is that if it’s not Tourette syndrome, it’s fake. But just because it’s not Tourette syndrome doesn’t mean it’s fake. This is a real condition. Even though it’s not typical Tourette’s, it’s very disruptive and stressful.”
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    A lot of the responses in this thread demonstrate the same dismissal that she discusses

by gary_0 4y ago

It read like parody to me at first, but I verified the domain[0] and it's not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press

Traubenfuchs 4y ago

This has been a thing for a while. https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ It's status as illness though, let alone mass-illness is dubious at best.

bowsamic 4y ago
If you can't voluntarily stop it and it's causing negative effects to your quality of life then why can't it be called an illness? These people aren't going to get professional help just for the fun of it
- tedunangst 4y ago
  > Third, patients often reported to be unable to perform unpleasant tasks because of their symptoms resulting in release from obligations at school and home, while symptoms temporarily completely disappear while conducting favourite activities.
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    That makes no comment about whether the symptoms are on purpose, or unconscious. Ask any ADHD or OCD person about "symptoms that arise around unpleasant tasks"
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    How does that imply that it’s voluntary?
astura 4y ago
These illnesses appear to be very real, even if sociogenetic in origin. Someone researching the same thing has this to say https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is-scary-why-young-women-on-social-media-are-developing-tourettes-like-tics https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is... >Olvera’s research has not gone down well in some quarters. “I’m frustrated,” she says. “I’ve tried to stop reading a lot of what is written out there.” She’s received “lots” of angry emails. “My colleagues have had a positive response to my research,” she says, “but I don’t know if it’s been perceived appropriately by the public. The last thing I would want is for my patients to walk away from this thinking that their disorder is fake or not worthwhile.” >Much of the controversy arises from the misapprehension that doctors are accusing young people of faking Tourette’s for attention, or arguing that TikTok is giving people Tourette’s. Neither claim is true. “What the media has boiled it down to,” says Olvera, “is that if it’s not Tourette syndrome, it’s fake. But just because it’s not Tourette syndrome doesn’t mean it’s fake. This is a real condition. Even though it’s not typical Tourette’s, it’s very disruptive and stressful.”
- bowsamic 4y ago
  A lot of the responses in this thread demonstrate the same dismissal that she discusses