http://mindhacks.com/2012/03/01/a-non-hysterical-view-of-cheerleader-hysteria/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2012/03/01/a-non-hysterical-view-of-cheerleader-hysteria/#comment-25936 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:35:57 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=21642#comment-25936 Regarding conversion disorders, you might want to take a look at this post: http://blog.autoimmunetherapies.com/lost_wanderer/2009/07/19/delusions-as-strategic-deception/
It discusses a paper by Edward H. Hagen in which he argues that this disorder is one example of a number of types of unconscious strategic deception that evolved in humans.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2012/03/01/a-non-hysterical-view-of-cheerleader-hysteria/#comment-25928 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:48:56 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=21642#comment-25928 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is another one of those “illnesses” that seems suspiciously “psychosomatic”, and occurs in women far more than men. There also appears to be little evidence of a physical cause, although apparently some forms of cognitive therapy are reported to be effective. And though it’s not a very “scientific” observation, I have been struck by how often the women with CFS that I’ve met, have seemed to be particularly ambitious and “driven” types of personalities. As though the only way they could ever allow themselves some “slack” in their relentless activity, is if they had the “excuse” of a “disease”… which is not unlike Freud’s explanation for “repression”.

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