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A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Well so this is almost 3 decades old, but still..

What?

Why? The abstract doesn't really explain the why, why would you want to do that?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    The abstract suggests that happiness is a statistical anomaly, and in its final lines they suggest that "One possible objection to this proposal remains--that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as scientifically irrelevant."

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