Fifty Signs Of Mental Illness

Fifty Signs Of Mental Illness website ^ | April 2005 | James Whitney Hicks, M.D.

[theFIRMbss]

Anger Antisocial Behavior Anxiety Appetite Disturbances Avoidance Body Image Problems Compulsions Confusion Cravings Deceitfulness Delusions Denial Depression Dissociation Euphoria Fatigue Fears Flashbacks Grandiosity Grief Hallucinations Histrionics Hyperactivity Identity Confusion Impulsiveness Intoxication Jealousy Learning Difficulties Mania Memory Loss Mood Swings Movement Problems Nonsense Obsessions Oddness Physical Complaints and Pain Panic Paranoia Psychosis Religious Preoccupations Self-Esteem Problems Self-Mutilation Sexual Performance Problems Sexual Preoccupations Sleep Problems Sloppiness Speech Difficulties Stress Suicidal Thoughts Trauma

[Supernatural]

I guess 100% of the population on the planet earth is mentally ill according to this list.

[texson66]

I'd bet the mental health "experts" would add


51. Homophobia (the homos arent sick; you are!)

[N. Theknow]

Didn't see the one for "Driving around with a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker two years after being beaten."

[CougarGA7]

Hmm. I see a lot of 8, 11, and 24 around the office here.

[theFIRMbss]

>I'd bet the mental health "experts" would add 51. Homophobia

"We treat racism and homophobia as delusional [#11!] disorders," said Shama Chaiken, who later became a divisional chief psychologist for the California Department of Corrections, at a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. "Treatment with antipsychotics does work to reduce these prejudices."

[Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness]

[theFIRMbss]

>Didn't see the one for "Driving around with a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker two years after being beaten."

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