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Bitterness may be a mental syndrome
Wonder why typically nice, loving people all of a sudden flip out and do something crazy?
Some psychiatrists suggest they may have a disorder.
An increasing number of psychiatrists consider bitterness a mental disorder, according to a Los Angeles Times article published May 25.
They call it post-traumatic embitterment disorder and it is akin to post-traumatic stress disorder.
But unlike PTSD suffers who feel fearful and anxious, embittered people seethe with angry and want red hot revenge after a traumatic situation.
Nice, loving people who all of a sudden snap and kill their families may have the syndrome, the article says.
The American Psychiatric Association is considering applying the term to those so bitter they can barely function, the Times article says.
“They feel the world has treated them unfairly. It’s one step more complex than anger. They’re angry plus helpless,” Dr. Michael Linden, a German psychiatrist who named the behavior, told the newspaper.
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