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    burningdinner: I smell a new version of Yellow Wallpaper. more »
    Jack_Burton: Being in IT, I've seen plenty of males go "hysterical." When the sh17 hits the fan, some people can't hang. Once you realize that panic doesn't solve ... more »
    sybann: So skimmed here but, Cruise haz womb? more »
    Cerridwen: Have any of you read the book "Regeneration" by Pat Barker? If not, it's a really great read. It's set at Craiglockhart War Hospital during WWI and sp... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: Men can definitely have hysteria. My brother freaks the fuck out about things to the point of making himself vomit and shake. I tend to go the calm re... more »
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    PrairieGirl: The Dad of one of my friends woke up one morning to discover he'd gone blind. After being in the hospital for a couple of hours his sight magically c... more »
    Lymed: Many people look at a diagnosis of somatization disorder as no better than a diagnosis of hysteria. The diagnosis is given when a patient presents wit... more »
    LaComtesse: Modern psychologists better not try to demystify the female ailment of "the vapors" as in fanning oneself coyly while breathing in a Blanche Devereaux... more »
    J.D.Regent: I think "male hysteria" is commonly referred to as "indigestion, low back pain, and general grumpiness." No? more »
    Kivrin: My great grandfather was apparently severely "shell-shocked" after WWI. Thunder and lightning used to, like, send him back to the war zone, so he'd fr... more »
    CharlotteTrampling: eh? Menz have always been fragile people except that they always haz womens to calm them down, fluff up their egos, let them cry in their laps then gi... more »
    Eeva: There has never been a more appropriate illustration. Tom Cruise: President of the Histeria Lane Neighbourhood Watch. more »
    whatsername: I totally love this story, that Tom Cruise is the decorative piccie (for so many reasons, and that I can slap my annoying male colleague uber dramatic... more »
    doggotmyshoes: I don't think that the sort of somatization he refers to in men post-war could possibly be the same root cause. Wouldn't that fall under "post-trauma... more »
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