yesDale Nelson Wrote:
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> Here's a reason not mentioned by Dobelli to avoid
> social media. (His brief was specifically against
> the news -- newspapers, "breaking news" on phones,
> etc.)
>
> Namely -- unwanted bizarre behavior may be caught
> from social media.
>
> [
unherd.com]
> ourettes-leads-back-to-youtube-star/?mc_cid=9e12c9
> a14c&mc_eid=9cdda136af
>
> We do better to read books such as Behold, This
> Dreamer! and to go for walks in the woods if we
> safely can do so. (I realize that for people in
> some places, a walk in the woods means setting
> oneself up for unpleasant encounters with
> vagrants.)
I quickly read the article. It touches upon issues near and dear to my heart...
Can there even be such a thing as self-diagnosed mental illness? Perhaps there can be, but what's lacking in the current diagnostic environment is a bit of skepticism, because a much lesser social tick--attention seeking--is gratified by self-reporting symptoms of mental illness.
I mean, my grandparents, simple Balkan hillbillies, would have snorted derisively and in disbelief--always assuming that you could have gotten them to even understand that yes, people would freely demean themselves publicly, by reporting as serious afflictions nothing more than minor obstacles in life.
--Sawfish
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