Mass hysteria of a sort, wherein something catches the public's attention and, without good reason, takes hold of the culture and dominates the media, purchasing and personality. (chi-usa.com)
Well-documented but not well-understood, the concept of mass hysteria goes back for many generations and defines instances when many people believe in a false affliction or circumstance. (historicmysteries.com)
In an interview after the verdict, Norman Pattis,* a lawyer for Mr. Khan, said he had tried to challenge "the outer limits of the #MeToo movement," which he called "a form of mass hysteria. (simplejustice.us)
Hystera4
They refer to this condition as hysteria, a term which originated from the Greek word hystera, meaning uterus. (livewelltalk.com)
The word "hysteria" -- defined as "behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic" -- is derived from the ancient Greek word "hystera," meaning uterus. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
The term "hysteria" actually originated in Ancient Greece, where they believed that the womb (hystera) "wandered" around the body, which produced a range of conditions, both physical and mental. (somedays.com)
Charcot opined that hysteria had some psychogenic component and was influenced by environmental conditions, with psychological and medical symptoms of disease along a continuum. (medscape.com)
Symptoms11
The term "hysteria" was attributed either to ancient Egyptians or to Hippocrates and the Greeks ( hysterika is Greek for uterus), with a belief that female ailments could be the result of a wandering uterus applying pressure internally on organs and nerves leading to symptoms. (medscape.com)
This nomenclature was established due to their belief that the symptoms of dissociative disorder are contributed by a fetus' abnormal movement around its mother's womb. (livewelltalk.com)
Hysteria is currently recognized as a neurotic pathology characterized by physical symptoms that have no biological basis. (albumarte.org)
The belief that this was a kind of supernatural illness was gradually overcome by the beginning of the 18th century, and a century later the diagnosis of hysteria was based on symptoms that are very similar to those of epilepsy but, still, it was thought to be an exclusively female syndrome. (albumarte.org)
Until the early 20th century, female hysteria was the official medical diagnosis for a truly massive array of symptoms in women including but not limited to: loss of appetite, nervousness, irritability, fluid retention, emotional excitability, outbursts of negativity, excessive sexual desire and "a tendency to cause trouble. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
While some of the symptoms of "female hysteria" could be signs of legitimate (if misdiagnosed) mental health issues, most of it described male (as the medical field was a men-only profession up until the mid-19th century) discomfort with women's behavior and sexuality. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
Symptoms of hysteria were thought to include a wide array of symptoms, including (but not limited to): anxiety, fainting, sexual desire, loss of sexual desire (you can't win), irritability, insomnia, a swollen or painful abdomen, tears and laughter, and frequent urinating. (somedays.com)
People with uteruses have been called "hysterical" for "overreacting" to pain for so many years, and when you look back and examine hysteria symptoms…it sounds a lot like endometriosis, which is incredibly common. (somedays.com)
Hysteria and contemporary conceptualizations of it rely on stereotypical notions of "femininity", which you can see in the supposed symptoms of hysteria. (somedays.com)
Hysteria is an old term referring to expressions of intense emotions with persistent psychosomatic symptoms. (iscmentoring.eu)
Symptoms called hysteria may include nausea, vomiting and difficulty breathing. (iscmentoring.eu)
Diagnosis1
Though these ideas are outdated and the diagnosis of "hysteria" does not exist in the same way anymore, they inform a lot of deep-rooted medical beliefs that disproportionately impact people with conditions like endometriosis. (somedays.com)
One's2
They will stop at nothing, care for no one's beliefs, and would blast through everything I hold of value if it would satisfy their ideology. (generationaldynamics.com)
It is part of the world of the patient, a means through which to learn how to structure one's hysteria so as to make one an exemplary patient. (cdlib.org)
Greek3
Ancient Egyptians also shared the early Greek belief that hysteria in women, now known as Conversion Disorder, was caused by a "wandering uterus, " and so used fumigation of the vagina to lure the organ back into proper position (Alexander 21). (interstellarindex.com)
Between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE, Greek physician Hippocrates denied the long-held belief that mental illness was caused by supernatural forces and instead proposed that it stemmed from natural occurrences in the human body, particularly pathology in the brain. (interstellarindex.com)
Ancient Greek physicians believed that hysteria only affected women and was caused by a variety of problems with the womb. (historicmysteries.com)
Disorder of the brain1
Hysteria when willis theorized it resulted from a disorder of the brain. (oneclass.com)
Surgical1
Historical treatments for hysteria included surgical removal of the womb (hysterectomy) and/or ovaries. (iscmentoring.eu)
Middle Ages2
Moreover, in the Middle Ages hysteria was thought to be linked to demonic forces and hysterics were exorcised. (albumarte.org)
During the Middle Ages, there was a widespread belief that cotton imported from India came from a plant that produced a vegetable lamb. (listverse.com)
Syndrome1
Worth noting: much of the blame for "female hysteria" was placed on "wandering uterus syndrome" or other sexual "dysfunctions. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
Womb1
Hysteria was first identified in ancient Greece, and although the description changed many times, it was called a woman's disease, because the uterus (womb) was thought to move around the body. (iscmentoring.eu)
Term4
I gather from the recent hysteria that the Supreme Court has just ordered all 72 million American women of childbearing age to get pregnant and carry the baby to term. (theoccidentalobserver.net)
The term hysteria is an indicator of the erroneous myth surrounding the cause and nature of the phenomenon. (historicmysteries.com)
I'm not sure what they would term the truly inexplicable events like the regrowth of a gall bladder or uterus, but these things have absolutely been reported by practitioners as well. (newearthjourneyjournal.com)
Pierre Janet (1859-1947) first used the term dissociation to describe the behavior of people who had been diagnosed with hysteria. (iscmentoring.eu)
Female4
[ 3 ] This social belief reflected the patriarchal nature of society and the different views of male and female health and illness. (medscape.com)
In this personal exhibition, the duo presents a series of unpublished works specifically realized for the spaces of AlbumArte, which reflect on the theme of hysteria as a stereotype of exclusively female pathology. (albumarte.org)
Since the times of ancient Greece, medical examinations would erroneously consider it a distinctive disease of the female, caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. (albumarte.org)
The word "hysterectomy" originated from a time when women were treated for female hysteria by removing the uterus. (breitbart.com)
Women5
It is precisely this link between hysteria and being a woman that the work of the two artists focuses on, addressing the vicious idea that women are inherently incapable of managing their emotions which results in a clear discriminatory and derogative attitude towards femininity in general. (albumarte.org)
On the other hand, even accepting the abortion cult's belief that members of the weaker sex are incapable of either keeping their knees together or mastering birth control, I still only count about 100,000 women who won't have easy access to abortion without Roe v. Wade. (theoccidentalobserver.net)
Similarly, in women who utilize analogous devices such as preventive sponges and pessaries, neurasthenia and hysteria are of frequent occurrence. (oddbooks.co.uk)
blockquote align="none" author="Shalome Sine"]Academia recognized that the roots of the word 'hysteria' were offensive to women and stalled the progress of psychology as a science. (historicmysteries.com)
Beliefs about mental illness and proper treatments were altered, and in some cases advanced, by early European thinkers. (interstellarindex.com)
Generations1
She believes the terms invoke the jaded beliefs of older generations and wants more practical and descriptive terms for body parts. (breitbart.com)
History4
Melancholia o referred to as conversion disorder in dsm has a long history believed that it was caused by wandering of the uterus until 17th century. (oneclass.com)
Psychologists throughout history have thoroughly examined many cases of hysteria epidemics, but, so far, there are only guesses as to what lies behind the mysterious condition. (historicmysteries.com)
We'll take a look at the various types of hysteria and a number of the weirdest examples documented in history. (historicmysteries.com)
It was only until the 17th century that the disorder was recognized as a medical condition originating from the brain and not from the uterus. (livewelltalk.com)
Calling it a medical issue meant that men didn't have to respond to behavior that challenged male sensibilities or belief structures. (themusingsofalattequeen.com)
When I started my research into medical gaslighting and chronic pain, I was awestruck when a participant of my study explicitly mentioned the connection between hysteria and endometriosis. (somedays.com)
The author, as well as having a forename which is an anagram of his surname, had some unusual beliefs about what is bad and what is good for human beings. (oddbooks.co.uk)
Incredibly1
Due to the measles outbreak becoming a hot-button issue, and the realization that his smoldering anti-vaccine denialism would not go over well, our weekly debate host decided to instead unleash all of his other incredibly stupid, unscientific beliefs about medicine. (denialism.com)
Word1
While I agree going back on his word could be a problem for Obama, and he might have to find a way out, this is not a case of having the government dictate a belief system . (generationaldynamics.com)
Ancient1
Here are ten very strange, very bizarre beliefs people in the ancient past used to regard as true! (listverse.com)
Mental1
Plato shared the belief that mental disorders were in part divinely caused. (oneclass.com)
Cases1
They explained to me that they were shocked to discover that people are now starting to talk about how for years, most hysteria diagnoses were actually misunderstood cases of endometriosis. (somedays.com)
Things1
No, we need less hysteria about things like Ebola and climate change. (theaimn.com)
Medicine2
This inherently gendered dimension of hysteria remains entrenched in modern medicine. (somedays.com)
First, in order to understand how conceptualizations of hysteria inform contemporary medicine and more specifically, endometriosis, it is important to understand the context of hysteria and pain. (somedays.com)
Time2
The frequent local hyperemia resulting from the sexual excitement may very readily lead to inflammatory states of the ovaries and uterus and its covering layers, this, in turn, having a tendency to shorten life and even frequently causing death within a brief period of time. (oddbooks.co.uk)
In what way was Flaubert's specification of Emma's affiliation as "brain fever" rather than perhaps "uterus fever," when most would diagnose her with "hysteria" at the time, progressive? (duke.edu)
Brain1
In what ways was it still reductive, as hysteria was speculated for millennia to be caused by women's unfulfilled sexual desires, and Emma's brain fever occurs after being left by Rodolphe? (duke.edu)
Sexual1
They reach down to the Victorian era of sexual suppression and ridiculous ideas about the functions of a uterus. (historicmysteries.com)
People2
However, this can sometimes lead to people holding unfounded beliefs and superstitions. (listverse.com)
Most people want to be seen as fair, rational and tolerant of others' beliefs and perspectives. (chi-usa.com)
Idea1
The idea that every belief, every assumption, should be critically examined started the might of Europe. (theatheistconservative.com)
Signs1
Flash to thousands of screeching harridans, whose only risk of pregnancy would be if a zoologist inseminated them in a lab, holding signs that say, "GET OUT OF MY UTERUS! (theoccidentalobserver.net)
Forces1
The use of various artistic components, including volume and sound, to evoke strong feelings helps initiate conversations around psychiatric issues and forces us to engage with our 'self', our own beliefs and how these beliefs are rooted in dominant values. (learningensemble.ca)
Mind1
Every citizen of the republic, they laid down, must be free to declare his beliefs, to argue his case, to speak his mind, to examine ideas as publicly as he chose without fear of being silenced. (theatheistconservative.com)
Artist1
For the artist, this giant envelope becomes the conceptual and formal representation of hysteria. (albumarte.org)
Respect1
Now it appears, contraception has entered the temple as well and every speck of tolerance, respect, and understanding for the beliefs of others must be offered up to this totem. (generationaldynamics.com)