hysterias
Collective emotional outbursts
Hysterias is the plural of hysteria, referring to multiple instances or types of uncontrolled emotional excess.
The word appears when distinguishing different episodes or varieties: mass hysterias throughout history, the hysterias that swept through the school.
It can also describe distinct cultural phenomena: the red scares and other political hysterias of the twentieth century.
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- mob mentalityCollective irrationality in groups
groupthink · frenzy · social contagion · crowd psychology · delusion · witch trials · moral panic · dancing plague
Psychological distress causing physical symptoms
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
Victorian · asylum · treatment · symptoms · paralysis · blindness · seizures · patients
Sudden emotional eruptions
- fitsIs correct size
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- breakdownsSudden failures or collapses
- tantrumsOutbursts of childish anger
screaming · sobbing · uncontrollable · emotional · meltdowns · overwhelm · dramatic · frantic
Hostility toward women
- genderedCategorized by sex
- femininePertaining to women
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
gaslighting · invalidation · stereotypes · sexism · oppression · silencing · institutionalization · control
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
mob mentality · groupthink · frenzy · social contagion · crowd psychology · delusion · witch trials · moral panic · dancing plague · fainting spells
conversion disorder
Psychological distress causing physical symptoms
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
diagnosis · Victorian · asylum · treatment · symptoms · paralysis · blindness · seizures · patients · women
outbursts
Sudden emotional eruptions
- fitsIs correct size
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- breakdownsSudden failures or collapses
tantrums · screaming · sobbing · uncontrollable · emotional · meltdowns · overwhelm · dramatic · frantic · agitation
misogyny
Hostility toward women
- genderedCategorized by sex
- femininePertaining to women
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
dismissive · gaslighting · invalidation · stereotypes · sexism · oppression · silencing · institutionalization · control · medicalized
hysteriascalm
Free from agitation
tranquility · composure · serenity · calmness · equanimity
hysteriasmeasured response
Controlled, proportional reply
cool-headedness · restraint · moderation · sobriety · circumspection
hysteriassanity
Mental soundness
stability · emotional stability · groundedness · centeredness · mental health
- mass hysteriaShared irrational public fear
- female hysteriaDefunct psychiatric category for women
- wartime hysteriaMass anxiety during armed conflict
- war hysteriaFrenzied public demand for combat
- hysterical blindnessPsychological loss of sight