Comments on: 2005-11-25 Spike activity

By: Vaughan

Vaughan — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:40:10 +0000

Hi Mollydot,
I think the similarities between ‘Jerusalem syndrome’ and the story you are allude to are well made.
In fact, both have been described in the literature by quite similar criteria. Look at ‘Jerusalem syndrome’ and ‘Stendhal syndrome’ on wikipedia.
It is not clear whether these categories are clinically useful at all, or whether they are just interesting names for novel, yet rare occurences.
‘Airport psychosis’ is another example in this category. More information here:
http://tinyurl.com/bakyr

By: inky circus

inky circus — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:34:19 +0000

i love the david mental imbalance story.
DID YOU KNOW: if you walk around behind the david statue in the cast hall at the V&A, you’ll find a *little* fig leaf that they used to employ when sharing david to nice little ladies. to save them from mental imbalance no doubt.

By: mollydot

mollydot — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:26:15 +0000

The art overdose story sounds very like a story you had some time ago of people being overcome when visiting sites of great religious significance, doesn’t it?