Is there such thing as a reasoning sickness?
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I can't think of a specific name for anything but it sounds like something to do with his executive functioning abilities. Executive Functioning is the ability to integrate past experience and future anticipation into a plan for present action. Maybe you could look up executive functioning disorders and see if any thing rings a bell.
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I think this is related to the so-called "pathetic fallacy": the idea that a person's moods are connected with the weather and so on.  (Nowadays, it doesn't seem like so much of a fallacy!)
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Well, hypochondria is when people believe they are sick all the time regardless of whehter or not they actually are. \n\nMunchausen Syndrome is when someone pretends to be sick for the sake of attention. \n\nA malingerer is someone who fakes a sickness to get out of duty or work. \n\nYou don't really supply a motive on why a person would want themselves to be sick. \n\nIf it's for a strange pleasure, the person may be called a masochist (one who enjoys inflicting pain on one's self) although this is not a disease but a psychological condition. \n\nIf someone were purposefully making themselves sick, then the cause should be related to their motive. The motive and motivation is the underlying disease process. \n\nHope this helps.
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No not at all. I know a lot of people who are of sound mind but they are not of sound body. They have illnesses or sicknesses that prevent them for having both. But sure it does stress them knowing they are sick but what makes them sound is how they deal with it from day to day.
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Well....as I may belive I was taught that problems like such may be a simple malfunctioning of the body system or just of your sub-normal stupidity, and did this by any chance happen to you?\n\nYours truly,\nJack Michaelson\nAge:08
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Work on logic games; that can help with general reasoning. \n\nWhat are you trying to analyze? Work situations? Shipping? Personnel? There's a lot of books and resources, some probably available at your library, that give strategy for various aspects of business. Sorry I can't be more precise, but your question is very broad.
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"Have a good one."\n(I find this to be rather presumptuous... have a good WHAT?)\n\n"At the end of the day..."\n(No reason, really, just one of those phrases I cordially detest.)\n\n"You think too much," or "You have too much free time."\n(Just because it would have taken YOU several hours to come up with the same deduction, that doesn't mean I didn't do so in mere seconds.  My typical rebuttal is, "Or, perhaps you think too little.")\n\n"May or may not be the case."\n(Right... it either will, or it won't.  Standard law of probability; just PICK ONE!)\n\n"Welcome to the real world."\n(Said nearly every time something bad happens.  I don't need my problems downplayed by someone who feels they have more life experience than I do.  I've never quite understood what "pretend world" they're insinuating I've spent the last couple of decades living in...)\n\nOh, there are so many more.  I'm very irritable about this sort of thing, and tend to avoid cliches like the plague.  :)
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Haha...one in particular that I asked comes to mind.  I think I was having a bad day or something.  Oh well.  In some Q & A's I seem very sensible and nice (at least I think I do!) and others I sound like a complete b!tch...or a smart@ss.  I think things just slip out!  Sorry for the not-so nice ones, everyone.
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A rational argument. Instead of the mind numbing arguments I typically see.  I am not holding my breath.
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Absolutely can mental negativity make you sick.\nAnger can cause cancer. We are not only what we eat but also what we think. to think bad things about people is as bad for you as to say them out loud.\nThoughts are things.I believe you can stay well by thinking possitive, forgive and don't judge as you can get sick from being angry. Give it a try. Tell yourself I am too large for worry, too nobel for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble
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look...\n\nYou're not going to believe this...\n\nBut your response is NORMAL.\n\nYou're segmenting yourself... "logically" so you can place blame, and create a GOOD and BAD side.\n\nSee a professional... they can help.
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Thought..... Thinking.....hmmm......?\nI'm total crap when it comes to defining things.. So sorry.
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YES, YOUR A SICK PERSON...
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dementia, confusion, irritability,irrational
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I don't think there's a single word for it, because there are any number of reasons why the person could want that, and what it's called depends on that reason.  A few possibilities...\n\nFaking sick or hoping to be sick to get out of doing something (like going to school or work) is called malingering.\n\nThere's a mental illness called Munchausen's syndrome, in which the patient will make herself sick or injured to get attention from doctors.  A person with Munchausen's may also hope that they really will get seriously sick or injured as that would get them the attention they want.  Even if they don't make themselves sick on purpose but hope they'll get sick so they get attention, that could also be considered a symptom of Munchausen's.\n\nIf they're hoping to be sick/injured because they actually enjoy physical pain, that's masochism.\n\nIf they want it to be serious because they want to die, that would be suicidal behavior.  Even if they don't want to die, but just want to kind of self destruct or implode, that could be a sign of depression.\n\nI can't think of any more reasons of the top of my head, but if you can think of any more I could probably come up with diagnoses to go with them :)
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My take is this. More of our health than we realize, is mental. I believe that it is possible (not saying we are capable of it yet, especially with the more stubborn/strong health problems) to think any condition away. The human brain is a mysteriously powerful organ, and the human body has the capability to fight off just about anything. And this is how placebos work. You think the problem is going to go away, so it does.
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If you are a weak individual, then yes.  It gives you some purpose in your otherwise droll life.  If you are capable of logic and reason, there is no need for an excuse such as god.