Bitterness To Be Classified As a Mental Illness 511
Some psychiatrists are trying to get excessive bitterness identified as a mental illness named post-traumatic embitterment disorder. Of course this has some people who live perfect little lives, and always get what they want, questioning the new classification. The so called "disorder" is modeled after post-traumatic stress disorder because it too is a response to a trauma that endures. "They feel the world has treated them unfairly. It's one step more complex than anger. They're angry plus helpless," says Dr. Michael Linden, the psychiatrist who put a name to how the world works.
Makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Bitterness is a mental illness (Score:5, Funny)
I have fought for the classification of bitterness into the mental illnesses several decades ago but people laughed at me. Still bitter about it.
Re:Makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
No, red potato men have smiles on their foreheads, you bigot.
Re:Makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cynicism (Score:5, Funny)
So when is Cynicism getting added to an ever expanding list of mental disorders that one more pill can set right?
While they surely have a pill ready, all you need is an irony supplement.
bah (Score:5, Funny)
"They feel the world has treated them unfairly.
I don't think the world has treated me unfairly, I just happen to share it with 6 billion fucking cunts I can't stand.
What's wrong with that?
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There's a recession going on, people. (Score:5, Funny)
And psychiatrists have boat payments to make, dammit!
At the rate things are going, this will soon become so serious that it can only be treated with a brand new, expensive drug just invented. It's a derivative of the drug they use for Restless Leg Syndrome, only it costs a lot more.
Re:Pschyciatrists (Score:5, Funny)
You sound bitter...
Re:Hmm, on that note.. (Score:4, Funny)
...my girlfriend who likes TV and Facebook a bit more than the average person?
I dunno, have you met the average person? TV and Facebook are way better than those poor sods.
I submit (Score:3, Funny)
I submit "Compulsive Classification" as a mental disorder, but everybody thinks I'm paranoid. I have proof.
Re:Bitterness is a mental illness (Score:5, Funny)
Be Well to you! (Score:5, Funny)
I would just like to convey my sympathies to all those who have become embittered due to the traumatic stress of a world fraught with unfair competition, divisiveness, and discrimination. If you were born ugly and attractive people have more opportunities in life, that is no reason to be bitter. If you have been informed that you are somehow not good enough but not explained in what way, that is no reason to be bitter. If you are black in a predominantly white-controlled area and can't seem to get a fair chance in life, that is no reason to be bitter. If you are white and in a predominantly black-controlled area and can't seem to get a fair chance in life, that is no reason to be bitter.
There are many acceptable ways to respond to adversity in life so long as it is not angry or bitter in any way. If you happen to respond to such circumstances with anger and bitterness, fear not! We will not hold it against you, nor will we hold you responsible for it. We have declared that this is a mental illness and soon there will be treatments available for it. While the treatments will not elevate your social status in any way, you will be more accepting of "your place in life" so that your inner spirit will be more peaceful and docile. You will be better suited to serving those you had once resented for so long.
Re:Cynicism (Score:2, Funny)
Easy there, don't get manic about it. Sounds like you need some PharmAmorin [theonion.com].
As for your question, there's always Despondex [theonion.com] for those abnormal people who are too upbeat and happy to be suffering from a disorder.
For everyone else, there's always Zoloft for everything [theonion.com] or perhaps you need some Placebo [theonion.com], now available in liquid form.
Re:Makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
yes but they still do taste quite bitter.
fucking great (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cynicism (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Makes sense (Score:2, Funny)
It looks awfully like one of the original Mr. Men [daddytypes.com] characters, though I cannot find the exact one.
Funny.... I read that series when I was little and I really don't remember #44. Was that the ultra-limited-edition hardcover, mayhap?
Re:I resemble that remark (Score:4, Funny)
You should only diagnose disorders you can treat without drugging them. The rest is just life.
You posted in the wrong thread. The recent Scientology thread is here: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/26/2111214 [slashdot.org]
BTW, don't visit France right now.
Re:There's a recession going on, people. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Cynicism (Score:5, Funny)
Bipolar? You just named another imaginary one.
You've got it wrong, it's monopolars that aren't real.
Re:A new twist on Orwell (Score:5, Funny)
Don't give Them ideas, They are already quite certain that They have the power to quarantine you without due process.
Good news for married men, disability benefits now (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cynicism (Score:4, Funny)
What are all these dangerous chemicals of which you speak???
Re:American Liberals (Score:3, Funny)
If there's oppression to be found, don't dance around it, WIPE IT OUT. By force if necessary. Just take the bull by the horns and fucking solve the problem. It shouldn't be made more complicated then that. When you do, it makes for more "worrying" because now the issue has gone from bad to worse.
Since you've got all the answers, take your brilliant plan and just do it. Make sure to post your triumph on Slashdot so we can learn the secret of "taking the bull by the horns and fucking solving the problem". I know we'd all like to hear that story.
But what about Scotland? (Score:4, Funny)
So what will they do about Scotland? It seems to be full of bitter, sad people. I didn't know it was a mental condition, I thought it was just how Scottish people were.
Mind you if I lived somewhere where it was cold wet and windy and they made me wear a skirt with nothing under it, I'd be bitter too.
And then there's the beer. Oh, and haggis ... and bagpipes ...
Re:American Liberals (Score:4, Funny)
You wouldn't like my plan as it involves warfare against dictatorships. [...] .By going after the root cause, it solves many problems.
Yeah, those liberal dumbasses should have a look at Iraq or Afghanistan if they think that kind of stuff doesn't work.
Re:Makes sense (Score:4, Funny)
The cure for post-traumatic bitterness disorder is ketchup?
Classification Redundant (Score:1, Funny)
oi, wait for it...
wait for it...
Rush Limbaugh Listener
what? no LOLZ?
Re:Makes sense (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Makes sense (Score:3, Funny)
Re:But what about Scotland? (Score:2, Funny)
The bitterness comes from six choobs ae spesh ahna bootle ae bucky but it aye gaes awa when englin looses at the fitbah.
Re:Cynicism (Score:3, Funny)
I don't believe you; you must have done something wrong.
Re:Cynicism (Score:4, Funny)
Dude, maybe you're a schizo and don't know it. So it's time to ask yourself: Is it really true that the world is out to get me, or
1. do you have periods of time where you can't remember and can't account for your actions
2. do you have an evil twin brother
Re:Cynicism (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Makes sense (Score:2, Funny)
It takes a doctor to spin it.
Re:But what about Scotland? (Score:1, Funny)
And then there's the beer. Oh, and haggis ... and bagpipes ...
... and short tempered, violent women! ... Wait, lassy, don't ... arrgh!
Oh, waily, waily.
Re:Cynicism (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cynicism (Score:2, Funny)
I was small for my age, wore glasses, and was the best of my class at everything except sports -- you do the math.
You were small, wore glasses, were the best of your class and you STILL made other kids do the math? No wonder you were picked on!