Tagged with Mental illness

Self-Righteousness

Posted by Void on 11/20/2009

Self-Righteousness stems from mental illness, from boundary issues. If you don’t own it, stop trying to control it.

Humor in the Holocaust

Posted by Void on 05/10/2008

“…Look, without humor we would all have committed suicide. We made fun of everything. What I’m actually saying is that that helped us remain human, even under hard conditions.” — Holocaust survivor, quoted by Dr. Chaya Ostrower, PhD of Beit Berl College, Israel in Humor as a defense mechanism in the Holocaust I came across […]

Majnoon or Jinn?

Posted by Void on 04/08/2008

Today I learned that the Arabic word for mental illness has the same etymology as the Arabic word for evil spirits. This has an unfortunate effect on how the mentally ill are perceived in the Middle East. Language is an odd thing. It enables you to express your innermost thoughts and feelings. BUT it almost […]

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