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bilby commented on the word normopathy
"Psychiatric theorist Christopher Bollas invented the idea of normopathy to describe people who are so focused on blending in and conforming to social norms that it becomes a kind of mania. A person who is normotic is often unhealthily fixated on having no personality at all, and only doing exactly what is expected by society. Extreme normopathy is punctuated by breaks from the norm, where normotic person cracks under the pressure of conforming and becomes violent or does something very dangerous. Many people experience mild normopathy at different times in their lives, especially when trying to fit into a new social situation, or when trying to hide behaviors they believe other people would condemn."
- Annalee Newitz, '10 Psychological States You've Never Heard Of... and When You Experienced Them', 16/3/2012, io9.com
July 15, 2013
deinonychus commented on the word normopathy
Ooh, that's a word I've been missing without knowing it!
July 16, 2013