First World ProblemsOnemunki says: We live in a world of genuine tragedy, starvation and terror. So, after hearing stories of cruise line passengers complaining at the air conditioning breaking down, what stories of sheer single-minded self-pity get your goat?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 12:00)
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manic depressive wasn't bannedit was replaced because people incorrectly assumed "manic depressive" just meant "super depressed" and bipolar better explains the upswings and downswings associated with the disorder. the terms depression and depressive have remained, it was never anything to do with political correctness.
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Ah.Well, back when I took abnormal psychology the term was manic depression, and somewhere along the line it got changed to bipolar. I've never liked that change as manic depression always struck me as being much more descriptive of what it's actually like.
In case you're interested, Kay Jamison wrote an excellent book on the subject called An Unquiet Mind.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 7 Mar 2012, 19:15,
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