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ADVERTISEMENT A delusion is a belief that is either mistaken or not substantiated. It is held with a strong feeling and opinion. In psychiatry, delusions occur as the result of mental illness. In most cases, delusional behavior will cause an individual to experience bizarre social interactions. A small percentage of people suffer from psychopathic delusions, [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Friday, August 12, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged Alexander Berry, Anders Behring Breivik, Carl Tanzler, Church of the SubGenius, Clinical psychology, Collyer brothers, Craig D. Button, Delusion, delusional behavior, disorder, Elena de Hoyos, Garnet Caton, Homer Collyer, Ian Stephen, John Thompson, Langley Collyer, Martin Bryant, Medicine, mental illness, Murder of Tim McLean, Necrophiles, Philip Gale, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic, shocking behavior, Spree killer, Suh Chung-hwa, Tanzler, Tim McLean, Vince Weiguang Li, windshield pitting epidemic, Woo Bum-kon
In today’s world when we think of healing someone, you probably think of medicine, vaccinations, and other common things that every doctor seems to use. However, in the past, before medicine wasn’t nearly as advanced as it is today, there were plenty of bizarre techniques used in order to heal or cure someone. Below is [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Filed under Bizarre, Humor, People, Television · Tagged bloodletting, cons, cure, depression, disease, diseases, ECT, Electroshock Therapy, fire cupping, flu, Hirudotherapy, leeches, lobotomies, lobotomy, Maggot Debridement Therapy, maggots, Malaria, malaria drug, medical, Medicine, mental illness, moxibustion, nobel prize, therapy, top 10 bizarre healing techniques, trepanation, vaccination, virus, viruses, Walter Freeman
From the earliest records of ancient civilizations to the most recent works produced by modernity, the history of literature bears witness to the creative power of the human mind. We have before us a vast library of stories, plays, and poetry to enjoy at our leisure, but in some cases this creativity came with a [...]
Posted by Brandt on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Literature, People · Tagged anne sexton, author, authors, authors Who Committed Suicide, Books, depression, Ernest Hemingway, hunter s. thompson, jerzy kosinski, john berryman, karin boye, mental health, mental illness, richard brautigan, suicide, top 10 suicidal writers, tyunosuke akutagawa, virginia woolf, writer, writers, Writers Who Committed Suicide, yukio mishima
