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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Korean Mental Disorder |
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In a premier American Psychiatric Text Book, "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)", a Mental Disorder called "Hwa Byeong" is described. This disorder is what is known as a "cultural syndrome" as in, it is specific to a particular culture. That culture being the Korean culture.
Quoting the Psychiatric Times "Hwa-byung is frequently found in middle-aged women of low social class, and in a combined form of depression, anxiety and various somatic symptoms. Physical symptoms include headache, dizziness, weakness/fatigue, palpitation, blurred vision, stifling/oppression, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, anorexia, indigestion, weight loss, flushed feeling, mass in the throat or epigastrium, heat sensation, intolerance to heat, multiple pains, sighing, dry mouth and a sensation of pushing-up in the chest. The results suggest also that the psychological symptoms of hwa-byung are a pervasive depressive mood, regret or guilt, anxiety, anger, destructive impulses, "weak and sensitive mind," obsession-compulsion, irritability, paranoid feelings, and hypochondriasis."
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p980145.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwabyeong
Have you met any people suffering from Hwa byeong?
What percentage of the population suffers from Hwa byeong?
Does Hwa byeong explain some "Korean behaviour"? |
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MANDRL
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ahh, I can stop being so annoyed at JAD. There IS a reason his that way.
Edit. I know that was mean JAD, I forget that you have said you are 'white'. |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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All mental disorders are given to it's victims by ignorant society.
Get rid of ignorant society than disorders will disappear. |
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dmbfan
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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All mental disorders are given to it's victims by ignorant society.
Get rid of ignorant society than disorders will disappear. |
...kind of like calling the kettle black, eh?
LOL! Keep it coming! This hilarious!
dmbfan |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Damulgun wrote: |
| All mental disorders are given to it's victims by ignorant society. |
It's nice to see that you take so much time out of your busy day to give back to yours. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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This disorder seems to be simply stress.
Be careful of the health industry making up stuff to legitimise itself. |
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atomic42
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
Location: Gimhae
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Both the medical and pharmaceutical lobbies thank you for perpetuating their horses.hit. |
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mj roach
Joined: 16 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| are you saying that korea is 'ignorant society'?? |
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just another day
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| MANDRL wrote: |
Ahh, I can stop being so annoyed at JAD. There IS a reason his that way.
Edit. I know that was mean JAD, I forget that you have said you are 'white'. |
woah! i've been on ur mind all day huh?  did u have a *brain overload* recently?
actually those descriptions do describe some of the rabid anti korean posters here.
i don't lose my composure here if you notice. but it does seem like some posters here like to think about me all day and foam at the mouth. kind of amusing.
sorry, but i honestly don't think of any of u guys at all during the day. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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Who are the new Korean trolls. I checked Dave's during my lunch break and there's all these names I've never seen before. And they're all making posts in broken English. And all their posts are defending Korea... whether or not someone is actually saying something bad about Korea.
I thought Dave's was for, you know, people who teach English, or at least expats living in the country. |
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MANDRL
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| just another day wrote: |
| MANDRL wrote: |
Ahh, I can stop being so annoyed at JAD. There IS a reason his that way.
Edit. I know that was mean JAD, I forget that you have said you are 'white'. |
woah! i've been on ur mind all day huh? did u have a *brain overload* recently?
actually those descriptions do describe some of the rabid anti korean posters here.
i don't lose my composure here if you notice. but it does seem like some posters here like to think about me all day and foam at the mouth. kind of amusing.
sorry, but i honestly don't think of any of u guys at all during the day. |
I can't help it though. Why just last night I informed my fiancee of my feelings of a poster on Dave's but did not want to act on it since he lives in Los Angeles. Oh Lord, please give me the strength to keep JAD out of my mind. JAD, why are you such a fine specimen of a human being? How do you do it? |
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just another day
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| hmm... maybe u need a cold shower and u should go jogging. thats about all the advice i have for you at this moment. |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Scotticus wrote: |
Who are the new Korean trolls. I checked Dave's during my lunch break and there's all these names I've never seen before. And they're all making posts in broken English. And all their posts are defending Korea... whether or not someone is actually saying something bad about Korea.
I thought Dave's was for, you know, people who teach English, or at least expats living in the country. |
I haven't seen you either. You must be the new troll.  |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
This disorder seems to be simply stress.
Be careful of the health industry making up stuff to legitimise itself. |
All mental disorders come from stress. |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| just another day wrote: |
| hmm... maybe u need a cold shower and u should go jogging. thats about all the advice i have for you at this moment. |
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