Well so this is almost 3 decades old, but still…
What?
Why? The abstract doesn’t really explain the why, why would you want to do that?
A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder
Submitted 4 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1376114/
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phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The abstract suggests that happiness is a statistical anomaly, and in its final lines they suggest that “One possible objection to this proposal remains–that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as scientifically irrelevant.”
Venat0r@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It might not be negatively valued by the individual, but maybe it could lead to delusions that have external negativity…
d_garbage@mastodon.social 4 days ago
@fossilesque
When I read it it felt like an ironic statement about how people with mental 'disorders' are diagnosed and treated. Looking at it in that light made it kind of funny (as well as making a serious point).Checking the other papers the author was part of, there is "Drop the language of disorder(2012)" - https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/16/1/2
Thanks for the post, it was interesting and made me chuckle. It reminded me of https://thedailytism.com - kind of "The Onion" but for autism/adhd.
Cheers!
corvus@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I mean… yeah, so have to be pretty crazy to be happy living in this world as it is right now.