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Sad clown paradox: Contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. Self-absorption paradox : The contradictory association whereby higher levels of self-awareness are simultaneously associated with higher levels of psychological distress and with psychological well-being.
Sylvia Plath. The Sylvia Plath effect is the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers. The term was coined in 2001 by psychologist James C. Kaufman, and implications and possibilities for future research are discussed. [1]
Pages in category "Statistical paradoxes" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abelson's paradox;
Bibliotherapy (also referred to as book therapy, reading therapy, poetry therapy or therapeutic storytelling) is a creative arts therapy that involves storytelling or the reading of specific texts. It uses an individual's relationship to the content of books and poetry and other written words as therapy .
The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical rage through a ...
Simpson's paradox is a phenomenon in probability and statistics in which a trend appears in several groups of data but disappears or reverses when the groups are combined. This result is often encountered in social-science and medical-science statistics, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is particularly problematic when frequency data are unduly given ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1962 novel by Ken Kesey about the treatment of mental illness. [8] Nilo, mi hijo, a 1963 play by Antonio González Caballero. [9] The Bell Jar, 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath, a fictionalised account of Plath's own struggles with depression. [10] Wide Sargasso Sea, a 1966 retelling of Jane Eyre by Jean Rhys.
Ironic process theory (IPT), also known as the Pink elephant paradox [1] or White bear phenomenon, suggests that when an individual intentionally tries to avoid thinking a certain thought or feeling a certain emotion, a paradoxical effect is produced: the attempted avoidance not only fails in its object but in fact causes the thought or emotion to occur more frequently and more intensely. [2]