Is Mental Illness Contagious? - Ethan Watters

[x0nrx]

This video is infecting everyone , i did not watch it

[RapistInTheChoir]

"WHALE LETS DO THAT ILLOGICAL THING OR BEHAVIOR CAUSE IT WILL GET US EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT. AND THATS THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. THINK ABOUT IT."

believe me, i'm trying too. be more coherent, please.

you're dead wrong on the 'humans aren't animals' bit, too. at any rate, keep up the good wUrck!

[AtheistKharm]

caps lock wow....

[RadarKat73080]

Let's hope not!  Those poor Palin kids have enough problems without going insane too!

[LokiClock]

Religion fight, second only to the console war in dumb comedy value.

[chrisose]

I can't say for sure whether or not mental illness is contagious but I can say with all certainty, in light of the mounting evidence, that stupidity is.

[alvincay100]

yep, its true. Just look at all the people that think Obama is smart... obviously a contagious mental disorder.

[YY4Me133]

It sounds like he's talking about the herd mentality. When one member of a herd runs away in panic, the others don't hang around and assess the situation. They become panicked, as well, and run as though their lives depend on it, because they might.

[JustaEropeanGuy]

religion...nuff said

[MegF142857]

Was there something in the household women were being exposed to that could have caused those issues? Or maybe they just wanted the right to vote or get out of their ridiculous bound up clothing! Etc. Etc. -- Using those Victorian women as a basis for an argument on mental illness is rather annoying by a 20th century man.

[lllraverslll]

how much you want to bet that he is ready to sell you a Pharma "DRUG" as a solution.

[Singularum]

Personnaly I think that mental illness is contagious and it's called religious mentality.

[LokiClock]

Personally, I think you're obnoxious.

[Singularum]

To be clear I don't meant to offend anyone. Although I do understand that some people will find it extremely offensive but that was NOT my point. To better understand (if you want to) just try to watch videos like '' holly spirrit miracle' from non religious point of view if you can.

[AnimaSlim]

You can prevent sickness and cure yourself just by using your concentration/mind. Of course if your leg is for example cut off it does not work that well.

[ChaoticHypothesis]

What are the limits of this mind healing? Additionally what is the mechanism for this. For example what does the brain do to increase white blood cells or change them to be resistant to a newly introduced pathogen or virus.

[AnimaSlim]

To be honest i dont know. I just keep myself healthy by just thinking i never get sick. Sometimes my body sends me signals that i might be coming sick but i just deny it. No flus, fever, headaches. Cured from all allergies and asthma. They are all gone. Now it has been working for something like 8 years. Can i be sure i never get sick? Of course not but so far so good. There is also other stuff you can do with your mind but thats already totally different topic.

[l8rthen]

@AnimaSlim, BUt U do recognize that when U have symtoms of ill being, that perhaps UR body is giving U advance notice of things to come? Ppl ignore symotoms all the time, then get diagnosed as, i.e., having a cancer that is then too advanced to be cured from?

[AnimaSlim]

I understand your point and yes that might be even be possible and aprechiate your concern. But its just that i dont just simply get sick. Its more i think about the mind set. If people start to wonder "Might i maybe have flu or fever?" They propably catch it. Allergies are also very psychological. Like if you are allergic to cats and there is cat in the house you are in but you dont know its there you propably wont get the allergy symptoms until somebody says there is cat in the house.

[AnimaSlim]

And if i would get really sick or start to feel bad or notice worriying symptoms of course it would be a trip to hospital. I have heard that humans use 10% of their brain capacity. Ever wondered what that 90% of unused capasity might be? I believe these kind of things could be that example of the unused capacity.

[AnimaSlim]

And in this case with the symptoms i ment more like symptoms of normal fever, flu, allergies etc. Have heard lots of stories of these "miracle cures" too. And people always when somebody is very ill that they have to remain strong and not to give up. To fight back with their mind basicly. But thanks for your comment I8rthen.

[HiAdrian]

I can confirm this observation in regards to common immunological diseases like the cold. The mind seems to be able to affect one's resilience considerably, when put to use.

Equally, your emotional state and attitude can weaken your immune response and cause you to fall sick. This is especially apparent in children.

[AnimaSlim]

Propably its the same thing as Placebo effect.

[SuperDisser]

Eh he is making a assumption based on shaky reasoning. He's selectively taking in aspects of the situation and ignoring all the conflicting information.

However to the bare statement that at times we fake our own illnesses without our knowledge is not a new concept. The Placebo is a good example.

[sabotoged]

But then, you also become who you are according to how people treat you.

[sabotoged]

-However there is truth that you become like those you are around.

That concept is actually found in the Bible.

[iratetruth]

icon-THINK OF ALL THE PHILOSOPHIES AND DIFFERNT WAYS OF THINKING THATS ON OUR PLANET. ITS SAD CAUSE ALL IT DOES IT CAUSES DIVISION AND CONFLICT.

IF ONLY HUMANS WERE NOT SO WILD, SELFISH, RECKLES. AND MORE LOGICAL, RATIONAL AND RIGHTEOUS WE WOULD HAVE ONLY THE LOGICAL, RATIONAL AND RIGHTEOUS MINDSETS AND THINKING ON OUR PLANET.

NOT ALL THIS NONSENSE AND ILL LOGICAL GREED AND SELFISH BASE LOGIC AND THINKING THAT PLEAGES THIS PLANET.

[desirefirst]

please, irate, stop screaming

[restlys]

@iratetruth hey buddy our characteristics that you would qualify as flaws might have actually provided us with the tools to survive an environment that is no longer applicable...your being enthnocentric. Plus your overinclusive " all it does is" demonstrates that you are not versed in the complexities of what your trying to explain. I think you dont know what your talking about, nor do i know why you think you do.

[iratetruth]

irate- AAAAHHHH HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN ILLOGICAL THINKING AND BEHAVIOR JUST TO GET WHAT HE OR SHE WANTS. YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL.

WHALE LETS DO THAT ILLOGICAL THING OR BEHAVIOR CAUSE IT WILL GET US EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT. AND THATS THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. THINK ABOUT IT.

[restlys]

@iratetruth could you define illogical thinking? Did you ever consider that my will to go towards what I want might be what made the human race survive over all these hundreds of thousands years? What is your definition of mentally ill?

Strange, I define Mental illness as having a few things : A state of change thereof that amounts to a threats to one's well being or the well being of others. A statistical abnormality is harmful to self or others. A change in behavior that is negative, etcetc.

[l8rthen]

@iratetruth, lol. But as we are higher animals and are wired to be selfish, what point were U trying to make? If only wishes were horses, beggars might ride?

[iratetruth]

irate- WE ARE NOT WIRED TO BE SELFISH ITS A BEHAVIOR THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT TAUGHT NOT TO DO.

AND WE ARE NOT ANIMALS. THATS A PHILOSOPHY AND WAY OF THINKING THAT HUMANS HERE AND THINK ITS OKAY TO BE WILD ITS NOT AND ITS NOT YOUR NATURE. YOU HAVE MUCH HIGHER BRAIN CAPABILITIES THAN A ANIMAL.

ONE WHO SPREADS SUCH THINK AND PHILOSOPHY MUST DIE!

AND ONE WHO AGREES WITH THIS WAY OF THINKING IS TRULY MENTALLY SICK. THINK ABOUT IT.

[restlys]

@iratetruth we are animal. Or let me ask you, at what point in our evolution did we go from " oh well were not smart enough..." to " Oh geez look !, we just got through the threshold, we are now different" ? Who made that call? Did it happen in other lines of humanoids that got instinct?

Explain why you must kill people who spread the philosophy, Arent you a bit afraid that you might be wrong? Or are you that conceited in believe that you hold the absolute truth?

[fuzzjunky]

oooh his research is very flawed. he uses examples from the past, the women he talked about in the past such as in the salem trials are not a good example. there has seen been research that says the rye crops were poisoned by LSD which occurs naturally. and colonial aussies went mad regularly because of lead lined tins. if he found a present day example it might work

[chopin65]

I was wondering about that too. He is not even trained in psychiatry.

[iratetruth]

icon- I AGREE BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME ITS A PERSONS INCORRECT THINKING AND BEHAVIOR THAT CAUSES THEM TO BE LABLED AS MENTALLY ILL.

AND OTHERS WHO SEE THIS INCORRECT BEHAVIOR CAN SEE IT, THINK ITS OKAY COPY IT AND MIMIC THE SAME INCORRECT THINKING AND BEHAVIORS; THIS IS VERY TRUE.

THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KILL AND GET RID OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL. THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THINKING AND BEHAVIORS THAT ARE NOT LOGICAL OR RATIONAL. ITS SIMPLE; GET RID OF THEM.

[AnimaSlim]

@iratetruth How do you define who is mentally ill and who is not? Where do you draw the line? For example this comment of yours could be seen as written by mentally ill person from some persons perspective.

[l8rthen]

@iratetruth , U think it is impt to kill ppl who are mentally ill? What happened to UR other comment about 'if only ppl were not selfish..' ? The def of mentally ill is being revised even as we speak. I think UR statement is evidence of mental instability. Perhaps U should be rounded up? lol. Where do U live?

[iratetruth]

irate- GETTING RID OF THOSE WHO SPREAD DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES THAT COME FROM THERE OWN WAY OF THINKING WITCH MAY COME FROM A PERSON WITH A BAD UPBRINGING OR VIOLENT UPBRINGING IS A SMART THING TO DO. ITS NOT SELFISH ITS PROTECTING THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE. SOMETIMES A PERSON WILL DEVELOP THROUGH ANGER AND BITTERNESS A PHILOSOPHY ABOUT HOW ONE SHOULD LIVE LIFE . IT PROTECTS PEOPLE FROM COPYING THE ILLOGICAL WAYS OF A MENTALLY ILL PERSON; MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

[iratetruth]

irate- IF A PERSONS PHILOSOPHIES AND WAYS OF THINKING ARE NOT LOGICAL RATIONAL AND RIGHTEOUS THEN THAT PHILOSOPHIE AND THAT PERSON MUST GO.

THAT IS SOMTHING WE DONT DO ON THIS PLANET AND THAT IS WHY ITS FULL OF WAR FOR PROFIT ,CAPITALISM, GREED, SELFISHNESS, RACISM, SEXISM, AND ON AND ON AND ON.

[mathiasgandy]

very interesting

[kja5]

The MEDIA spreads mental illness more than anything else.

But if "insane" behaviour/opinions are the norm, then are they really considered insane?

[sabotoged]

@kja5 Indeed. What if what what was once considered insane behavior or thinking has become what is now considered the norm?

[dukehey2]

Thank you.

[ogrish84]

@variablast I think it us up to us as individuals to make the choice on what memes we want to pass on to others. It is up to us at the micro level to make sure we make the choice to select the beneficial memes an throw out the memes that have disastrous adverse effects upon us at the individual an collective level. I think that is what a lot of community based website like youtube with it's ability to vlog are all about. People like the pass on their personal ideologies/memes to others.

[mattghtpa]

I wonder if Watters includes the fact that likely all of these Victorian era individuals suffering from hysteria were also immersed immensely in religious cultism?

It can not be understated the impact the self imposed delusional state religion places upon the individual.

This ridiculous pass humanity has bestowed upon Bronze Age ideologies must really end if we ever want real progress and rational mental health.

[Valstein0]

@mattghtpa

Hysteria? You mean like what people do in mega churches when they roll around and scream and cry and growl, and ramble nonsense make-believe words?

[mattghtpa]

Yes...the speaking in tongues, dancing around the room with a poisonous snakes, flopping around on the ground frothing at the mouth, denying children medical care, blowing up clinics, executing women for; reading a book, wearing makeup, not covering head to toe etc.., and strapping on suicide vests..

Yeh..those things.

[namename654]

So if psychological theories inform the behavior that you will manifest, then the teaching of psychological disorders and psychiatry is a conspiracy to disseminate disorders into the market of human minds.

[thesparitan]

i think you missed what the bard would call "the rub". maybe you should watch this again and then try and think critically

[namename654]

I followed his thinking and can tell what he's getting at. How about you?

Two incorrect capitalizations. One misplaced quotation. A missing period.  A completely out of context reference to "the bard," (Shakespeare?). And a stupid ass name.

And your giving me English advice?

[thesparitan]

ahh, I see you are a grammar Nazi. Mein Fuhrer, the grammatical content on this site is not pure. We must destroy the words that are unworthy of mein furhrer's race of syntax.

you know, no one likes a prick. i just was saying that if you are asking a question like that, you might have not understood what the guy was talking about. my grammar is not perfect for a very obvious reason, I DONT CARE ITS CALLED YOUTUBE. maybe when i want to write a thesis paper i will.

fucking moron

[namename654]

Watch your language!

But seriously, people speaking like this you have to watch it many times to get all the points. And you must form contexts other than Nazi style stuff to get even more points. I'm sure I picked up more points than you. You can snivel and snort all you want, but don't be telling me that one specific observation should share whatever random thoughts were hailing through your crosswired brain.

[namename654]

And once again, my point was that defining and projecting disorders in the form of language could be observed as an assault on the conscious through language. How the target interprets and processes the language or concept of the disorders is also a factor.

If you disagree, then you're a utterly miserable, sketchy paranoid, or suffering depression.

[thesparitan]

what ever that made no sense, and also you sound like a asshole. no one likes a asshole.

its interesting that you think you can make judgements on my psychology, without even knowing me. can we say projection.

also dont comment to me again, i dont want to communicate with you anymore. please leave me alone.

[namename654]

Ok dude. I guess I started the fight. Plastering your board with insults was a jerk move, but you (or someone previously logged in as you) did assassinate my character. I was motivated to help out, but you had to get all abusive and controlling. No one likes to be controlled, and pissing people off is not cool.

I'll let you be, and let this be a lesson to both of us that pissing on rights is a bad idea.

[thesparitan]

assassinate your character. umm, why would i do that. i dont even know you.

can i have the comment please to see if it was me. you say it was someone with the same name as me, right.

[namename654]

thesparitan - "fucking moron"

thesparitan - "you sound like a asshole. no one likes a asshole."

This assertion blares assassination of character! Oh well, I'm not innocent, I don't want to be innocent, but I also won't be caught doing such assassinations!

[thesparitan]

right but you did start it and you do sound like an asshole and it is true people dont like assholes. character assassination, i dont think so.

if i said you were a rapist that would be a assassination.

and fucking moron umm i believe you started to attack me spelling, which is a obvious attack on me. your not doing with the intention of enlightening me. my first response to you was i thought you miss the idea of the video. you started to act like a jerk and i dont care i do it to.

[namename654]

Ok, well if we're both fellow jerks than at least we understand each other. We have a saying from the Netherlands that tolerance is best, even for jerks.

But if you want to turn all philosophical then emigrate to using references to logic. For an example, calling me an "asshole rapist" after saying "no one likes a asshole" is a fallacy. I don't rape assholes, or particularly like assholes. But some people rape assholes, so some people must like assholes.

[thesparitan]

LMAO

ha ha

very awesome comment

well said played sir

[ogrish84]

@variablast I think you could be onto something there. I think everything that is ideology can be seen as a viral meme.

[sashex]

So much hate it the comments.

Atheistprimate originally had a point religion like other social prejudgments can be transfered from parent to child, but it is not insanity. Religion is more of a defence mechanism against the realization of reality.

stigler30 as an agnostic you can draw a parallel of being Jewish as it pertains to being cough up in a fight between Islam and Christianity. Just a fun thing to think about.

[Atheistprimate]

"defence mechanism against the realization of reality"

Well said.

[stigler30]

@sashex Actually I am more of a pagan who adheres to the teachings of Jesus and Buddha.

[sashex]

@stigler30 I was not attempting to ascertain your beliefs, but just to illustrate a point. I used the comparison of Agnosticism to Judaism as it pertains to atheism and theism where they were symbolically represented by Islam and Christianity.

However, seeing as you mentioned the teachings of Jesus and understanding of Buddhism. I'd love to know how you reconcile the atheism of Buddhism with the theism of the teachings of Jesus.

[Atheistprimate]

Do parents convince their kids of the insanity that is religion?

[stigler30]

@Atheistprimate Do you convince your kids of the insanity of absolutely nothing? fucking moron.

[Atheistprimate]

@stigler30

As if the natural world would be a tougher sale then talking snakes and zombie space jews?

You useless twat.

[stigler30]

@Atheistprimate who said I believe in that? I don't know what I believe in but I know I do believe in something, its called being an agnostic believer.

[Atheistprimate]

i have no issue with someone who is agnostic, its when you allow guys in big funny hats to dictate your life out of their so called holy books that things go wrong.

I would never label a agnostic as "religious".

[straitballin23]

@stigler30

haha ur religious, no?

[stigler30]

@straitballin23 no I am not but I do believe in the concept of some sort of supreme being in would be retarded not too, organized religion gets in the way of this.

[Valstein0]

@stigler30

Believing in absolutely nothing would, yes, be insanity, but I don't know of a single Atheist that believes in nothing. I believe in justice, plants, animals, evolution, science, DNA, big bang cosmology, physics, psychology, planets, stars, math, patterns, elements, nuclear fusion, fission, mitosis, love, hate, childhood happiness, hard work, critical thinking, just to name a few. But if I do not believe in a God, I do not believe in anything? Now THAT sounds like insanity.

[thesparitan]

nice, i like the come back. 

atheist believe in nothing, we dont even exist, whoa man thats crazy.

[stigler30]

@Valstein0 That is exactly what I am talking about you sir are a psycho.

[Valstein0]

@stigler30

I am a psycho, why? Because I don't believe in a god? I could say that you are just as insane for not believing in unicorns. It's silly.

[stigler30]

@Valstein0 Yes, yes you could couldn't you and hey who's to say I don't? But to totally deny that there is no higher power(whatever that may be) well sir that takes a shitload of faith and by your own definition faith is a disease. Try a little agnostic spirituality, you hardcore atheists are no better than fundamentalist right wingers who call themselves Christians.

Maybe there is no higher power and this all came about by accident but what the fuck kind of explanation is that?

[Valstein0]

@stigler30

You say that to deny a higher power takes faith? No it doesn't. There is no such thing in having faith in a negative. Either you believe or you don't. You can't "not believe" in the positive. There is no evidence of any kind of "higher power." There is no evidence of an afterlife, and there is no evidence of the soul. So it takes faith to believe in those things. I, as a rule, do not operate on faith. If something is not supported by any evidence, I will not believe in it.

[stigler30]

@Valstein0 Why do you need evidence? that in and of itself proves you have hardcore faith in that there is no higher power.

[ananiasacts]

@stigler30, It just harder to explain how a supernatural critter could evolve than the more ordinary, non-magical critters that we can actually interact with.

[Valstein0]

@stigler30

You obviously are a simpleton, and I have no reason to debate with you. Faith means believing in something without evidence. If you can't grasp that concept, then I'm suspicious I may be typing to an 8 year old right now.

[stigler30]

@Valstein0 As I have said multiple times you have more faith than me as you are an all out disbeliever but you have no evidence that no concept of some sort of higher power whatever that may be exists stop reading Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens,

I'm an agnostic believer but I don't need some sort of "evidence" to tell me that a higher being or beings exist I have no idea what it or they are I just KNOW that something exists. Yet you would claim to "know" that nothing exists but matter

[Valstein0]

@stigler30

Maybe 8 is aiming a little high.

[mosquewatcher]

Is Mental Illness Contagious?

Ask Obama voters.

[stigler30]

@mosquewatcher the better answer would be: ask the tea part movement.

[3star2nr]

Is mentall illness contagious?

Do people continue to register as new republicans?

[halo3pro45]

@3star2nr I am only 17 so I have never voted. I plan on being a free thinker because I have found parties are merely easy for brainwashed individuals to choose. I have also found that parties in fact cause irrationality because emotion comes into play. My question for you is why do you choose to insult Republicans. I study economics 4-5 hours a day and I have found that the only good economists are Republican. Can you list an economist who is liberal and predicted this crisis? no?

[3star2nr]

Dude I see what your saying but any idiot could have seen the system was bound to crash.

And the reason why people in general rail against the republicans was they were the ones who through their policies of "deregulation" handicapped the system and caused the crash to happen. they were also responsible for the war in iraq, Medicare part D both of which werent properly planned and paid for and caused the deficit to explode.

This is why people bash republicans hope this helps :)

[thesparitan]

well said