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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 276595"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Psychiatrists Draw Parallel Between Bitterness, Mental Illness</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>I thought this article was VERY interesting. The first few paragraphs appears below....</em></p><p>5/19/2009, 3:25 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Times</p><p><strong>The Associated Press</strong> (AP) &#8212; We all know them, and, increasingly, psychiatrists know them: People who feel they have been wronged by someone and are so bitter they can barely function other than to ruminate about their circumstances.</p><p>This behavior is so common -- and so deeply destructive -- that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name <strong><span style="font-size: 12px">post-traumatic embitterment disorder.</span></strong> The behavior was discussed before an <strong>enthusiastic </strong>audience Monday at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association meeting in San Francisco.</p><p>The disorder is modeled after post-traumatic stress disorder because it too is a response to a trauma that endures. People with PTSD are left fearful and anxious. Embittered people, however, are left <strong>seething for revenge</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"They feel the world has treated them unfairly. It's one step more complex than anger. <strong>They're angry plus helpless</strong>," says Dr. Michael Linden, a German psychiatrist who named the behavior.</p><p>Embittered people are typically good people who have worked hard at something important, such as a job or a relationship or activity, Linden says. When something unexpectedly awful happens -- they don't get the promotion, the wife files for divorce or they fail to make the Olympic team -- a profound sense of injustice overtakes them.</p><p>------------------------</p><p> </p><p><em>The article goes on to say that such folks can not "let go" of these bitter feelings and continue their lives in this "hopeless" and "hateful" state.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Some estimate 1 to 2 percent of the population are "embittered."</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Additionally, folks who were once kind and loving, but suffer an unfair experience and become bitter, might suffer from <strong>post-traumatic embitterment syndrome.</strong> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>THOUGHTS????</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 276595"] [B][SIZE=4]Psychiatrists Draw Parallel Between Bitterness, Mental Illness[/SIZE][/B] [I]I thought this article was VERY interesting. The first few paragraphs appears below....[/I] 5/19/2009, 3:25 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Times [B]The Associated Press[/B] (AP) — We all know them, and, increasingly, psychiatrists know them: People who feel they have been wronged by someone and are so bitter they can barely function other than to ruminate about their circumstances. This behavior is so common -- and so deeply destructive -- that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name [B][SIZE=3]post-traumatic embitterment disorder.[/SIZE][/B] The behavior was discussed before an [B]enthusiastic [/B]audience Monday at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association meeting in San Francisco. The disorder is modeled after post-traumatic stress disorder because it too is a response to a trauma that endures. People with PTSD are left fearful and anxious. Embittered people, however, are left [B]seething for revenge[/B]. "They feel the world has treated them unfairly. It's one step more complex than anger. [B]They're angry plus helpless[/B]," says Dr. Michael Linden, a German psychiatrist who named the behavior. Embittered people are typically good people who have worked hard at something important, such as a job or a relationship or activity, Linden says. When something unexpectedly awful happens -- they don't get the promotion, the wife files for divorce or they fail to make the Olympic team -- a profound sense of injustice overtakes them. ------------------------ [I]The article goes on to say that such folks can not "let go" of these bitter feelings and continue their lives in this "hopeless" and "hateful" state.[/I] [I]Some estimate 1 to 2 percent of the population are "embittered."[/I] [I]Additionally, folks who were once kind and loving, but suffer an unfair experience and become bitter, might suffer from [B]post-traumatic embitterment syndrome.[/B] [/I] [I]THOUGHTS????[/I] [/QUOTE]
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