Nowadays the former hysteric would be called anxious. Hysteria was a name given to people who were easily overwhelmed with anxiety due to poor emotional coping skills and did not authentically experience their emotions. It is still used to today among clinicians when discussing patients. It describes a personality type very effectively.
--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mentioned not long ago another common malaise-du- > jour that was definitely "in fashion" and labeled > by the medical profession as a disease. The name > of the disease was "hysteria." The accepted treat- > ment for this disease, seemingly as common in its > day as depression is today, involved a scientific > invention that has since gained enormous popularity, > and is still used on a daily basis to treat the same > disease. However the disease is no longer called > hysteria, nor is it still considered a disease. > > Slate has an article on the subject at: > > http://www.slate.com/id/2121835/ > > Click the "here" link in the last sentence to see > a slide show on this historical method of treatment > and its modern counterpart. It's only tangentially > related to the issue of antidepressants, but given > all the talk of Mike Love and the Beach Boys today, > I thought the link would add to overall total of > good vibrations on the group... :-) > > Unc > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
