Generalized Disorder Disorder - The Psychology Student's Medical School Syndrome

Generalized Disorder Disorder - The Psychology Student's Medical School Syndrome

While the age old adage "what you don't know can't hurt you" is just as false in the medical field as it is in your social life, the converse is also true; "What you do know can, and probably will, hurt you", if you are a student that is.

Much like the infamous medical school syndrome, where a bad attitude and an assortment of diagnostic information leads a student to believe that they are afflicted with illness after illness, a psychology student is prone to a different kind of syndrome all together, the difference being that they DO in-fact know that it is all in their heads.

This disorder is coined "Generalized Disorder Disorder", which is characterized by a broad spectrum of psychological symptoms that correlate closely to those that the individual is exposed to. The primary victims are the open-minded laymen and the psychological thriller enthusiasts who have an inclination towards psycho-dramas. This disorder can set in as simply as through identifying with a character in a case study, a show, a novel, or a documentary. The intrigued individual may "look-into-it" and discovers that they too share the particular illness, see a note comparing it to several other illnesses, then look into those as well. This can easily create a snow ball effect in the help-less, a challenge for the ambitious, or a headache for the friends and family

The most common illnesses at the head of this chain include, but by no means are limited to, the following; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder, and a variety of anxiety disorders. The main issue is that in "identifying" a disorder you are merely taking a flaw in your personality and giving it a name and a focus of your energy and are then making it more real with every page you read on it. People have flaws, and then there are people whose flaw is their searching for a flaw. Then there are those too flawed to see their own flaws. While it's healthy to know your limits in order to overcome them and to avoid situations that make them arise, it can be equally healthy to keep yourself "in-the-dark", before the flaws of others get a chance to become your own.

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