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Hysterical strength refers to a display of extreme physical strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be within their capacity, ...
Using patients as props, Charcot executed dramatic public demonstrations of hysterical patients and his cures for hysteria, which many suggest produced the hysterical phenomenon. [27] Furthermore, Charcot noted similarities between demon possession and hysteria, and thus, he concluded "demonomania" was a form of hysteria.
Hammersmith Ghost hysteria (1803) – In November 1803, stories of ghost sightings in the Hammersmith neighbourhood of west London began to circulate. Many people assumed the ghost to be that of a recent suicide victim buried in Hammersmith's churchyard, which was in accordance with a popular notion at the time that suicides should not be ...
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Female hysteria was once a common medical diagnosis for women. It was described as exhibiting a wide array of symptoms, including anxiety, shortness of breath, fainting, nervousness, exaggerated and impulsive sexual desire, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in the abdomen, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, sexually impulsive behavior, and a "tendency to cause trouble for ...
A concept of a powered exoskeleton designed for the Future Soldier 2030 Initiative. [1]A super soldier (or supersoldier) is a concept soldier capable of operating beyond normal human abilities through technological augmentation or (in fictional depictions) genetic modification or cybernetic augmentation.
I didn’t know it, but my desperation to escape from Research, like the panicked claustrophobia I suffered in every psychiatric facility or jail, was an expression of health and strength. As long as I still believed that I could live in the outside world, if only they would let me go, I still had some hope for myself. I still believed in Clancy.
Before the term "excited delirium" was rejected by the ACEP in 2023, its supposed risk factors vary including "bizarre behavior generating phone calls to police", "failure to respond to police presence", and "continued struggle despite restraint". It supposedly endows individuals with "superhuman strength" and being "impervious to pain".