ebube
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Post by ebube on Mar 6, 2018 15:31:57 GMT -4
While extremism in any aspect is usually negative I agree with Dr Mark Salter when he said "There is a tendency to try and label a whole range of complicated and complex human behaviors with a single word. But that is dangerous because it can give something reality where it really has none”. Psychological diagnoses especially, have the ability to cause further damage to emotional health. Calling yourself by a diagnostic label has been shown to increase the likelihood that you will continue to act in that manner for example Saying that you are depressed increases the likelihood that you will stay home instead of socializing, or you give yourself the permission to nibble, eat and gain weight instead of pushing yourself to work out and follow a healthy diet. At the same time, diagnostic clarity can be a benefit so it is best to be cautious when it comes to labels.
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Post by destiny on Mar 11, 2018 19:19:34 GMT -4
Although selfies can be a way of expression of ones self and/or feelings. It may also be a way of self esteem booster for those with low self confidence, I do not think it should be totally classified a psychiatric disorder. It also can be a form of attention seeking that may give self satisfaction when such desire is achieved. I do not think it is okay to classify all case of "selfitis" a disorder. I partially agree with Sir Simon Wessely and I also think if done in excess to the point it interferes with everyday life activities then it can and should be considered a disorder.
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Post by Laura Torres (LTC-UMHS) on Mar 30, 2018 17:52:11 GMT -4
"‘Selfitis’ – the obsessive need to post selfies – is a genuine mental disorder, say psychologists
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Who are we to judge what is normal and what is not? That is currently one of the biggest problems in our society. The human being since the beginning has the tendency and the urge to label, segregate and judge what is normal and what is abnormal. Well, I am not either the one to decide if “Selfitis” is a mental disorder or not, but what I can do is give my sincere opinion. According to the most recently Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) published by the American Psychiatric Association “selfitis” is not recognized as a mental disorder or as a psychiatric diagnostic. “Selfitis” is not even mentioned in the DSM-5, and this time I inclined to agree with Dr. Salter when he says in the article “there is a tendency to try and label a whole range of complicated and complex human behaviors with a single word. But is dangerous because it can give something reality where it really has none”. The human being tends to categorize everything and to explain complex human behaviors in only one word. I really don’t see anything wrong with the idea that maybe you went out with a couple of friends or maybe alone to have fun and you take a couple of selfies to remember from that day, because usually in these days you are not going to give your expensive phone to a stranger who can just take your phone and run away with it instead of taking you a picture. However, it is also possible that compulsives and obsessives behaviors about taking selfies can begin to functionally impair your life or other people lives and it is in that time when it can become pathological and a genuine mental disorder but it is not classified as “selfitis”. There are other classifications and psychiatric diagnostics that can be applied to this behavior when it becomes pathological in the life of a person, and with pathological what I want to imply is when it impair the life of the person or the lives of people that surround that person. Definitely, it is going to depend on the different criteria, signs, and symptoms that the individual present. For example, depending on the criteria we can think in personality disorders or even defense mechanisms. Furthermore, everyday technology continues advancing with their pros and contras: videos, pictures, selfies, and Internet, although it is our duty to advance with it, not to depend on it. Finally, I consider that sometimes technology can drag our life into it, but it sometimes can also help us to express ourselves and share our feelings with the world giving us one of the most valuable human rights; liberty of free expression and who are we to judge that.
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