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  2. Sad clown paradox - Wikipedia

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    The painting StaƄczyk, which contains a depiction of the sad clown paradox. The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.

  3. Book burning - Wikipedia

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    Book burning is the deliberate destruction by fire of books or other written materials, usually carried out in a public context. The burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. [1]

  4. Category:Book burnings - Wikipedia

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    The burning of books represents an element of censorship, and usually proceeds from a cultural, religious, or political opposition to the materials in question. Book burning can be an act of contempt for the book's contents or author, intended to draw wider public attention to this opinion, or to conceal the information contained in the text ...

  5. A flamethrower and comments about book burning ignite a ... - AOL

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    Talking about book burning enough can plant the idea in people's minds so that ”people think it’s actually a righteous thing to do." Ali added: “That’s a pretty dangerous game to play.”

  6. Writing Footloose ’s book-burning scene - AOL

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    Writing Footloose’s book-burning scene. The memorable scene highlights the evolution of antagonist Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), who convinces his congregation to shun anything he deems as ...

  7. Mass psychogenic illness - Wikipedia

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    After the rise of a popular breakthrough YouTube channel in 2019, where the presenter exhibits extensive Tourette's-like behavior, there was a sharp rise in young people referred to clinics specializing in tics, thought to be related to social contagion spread via the Internet, and also to stress from eco-anxiety and the COVID-19 pandemic. [54 ...

  8. Panic attack - Wikipedia

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    The reason panic attacks occur remain unclear; there are several different ideas for why some people experience panic attacks while others don't. The current theories include the fear network model, theory of acid-base disturbances in the brain, and irregular activity of the amygdala (i.e. the part of the brain responsible for controlling ...

  9. Anxiety - Wikipedia

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    Anxiety is closely related to fear, [3] which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat (fight-or-flight response); anxiety involves the expectation of a future threat including dread. [7] People facing anxiety may withdraw from situations which have provoked anxiety in the past. [8]