‘Selfie Trend’ Officially Declared a 'mental disorder'

[manselr]

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has confirmed today that taking selfies is not just a ‘new trend’ but a mental disorder.

Officially known as ‘selefits', the mental disease is defined as a ‘compulsive urge to take one’s self and get social approval by posting them on social sites.’

The APA made the baffling discovery during its annual board of directors meeting in Chicago today. According to doctors, taking selfies is one way to boost self-esteem and fill in emotional gaps.

APA further explained three different levels of the mental disorder as following

Borderline selfitis: capturing self-images at least thrice a day but refraining from posting them on social media. Judging from the bombardment of selfies on our social media walls, it means 75% female and 50% male population are demented.
Acute selfitis: The symptoms for this level includes taking photos of one’s self at least three times a day and posting each of the photos on social media
Chronic selfitis:  Overpowering urge to take photos of one’s self  constantly and  sharing them social media more than six times a day
According to the APA, while there is currently no cure for the disorder, temporary treatment is available through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).  The other good news is that CBT is covered under Obamacare.

How many off you has this Disorder?
If you have this disorder please try to avoid it.


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Edit: Source: http://www.brandsynario.com/selfie-trend-officially-declared-a-mental-disorder

Lol, im glad they did this. It's starting to become abnormal all these people taking selfies every fucking where all the time. At any given time if you look around you'll look someone taking a selfie.

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[tee-rex]

It is rather strange that such a stupid theme gets so much attention here (have been waiting a few days in the futile hope that it will exhaust itself on its own). I think it is right time to declare discussing selfies another mental disorder. Discussis (or discussitis)?

[Somekindabitcoin]

This is quite possibly the stupidest mental disorder. The disease revolves around people who are self centered or think the world revolves around them.

[CaptainHerpDerp]

It sums up our modern age pretty well, the ego centric facebook era. And I wish facebook would include the dislike button can you imagine that...


people posting selfies for approval would have to see how many people don't give a shit lol 

[Lethn]

It is rather strange that such a stupid theme gets so much attention here (have been waiting a few days in the futile hope that it will exhaust itself on its own). I think it is right time to declare discussing selfies another mental disorder. Discussis?

I think discussing selfies and using discuss at the end of a fucking post should be declared a mental disorder discuss

But seriously every fucking fad is declared a mental illness or attacked, football, rock and roll, heavy metal, computer games, pop music, the list goes on and on, if only people would show some balls and declare going to church a mental illness because I think that's the most prominent problem people have had throughout history.

[j.jaymes]

Today I watched a disturbing TV show about hoarders. Fortunately for all there is no room in the bathroom to take selfies. Too much crap is stacked in the sink and mirror isnt visible.

[BADecker]

Running for a position in government should be declared a mental disorder.

[Clegg]

It's clearly not a mental health issue. Sure it's probably narcissistic on a small level but taking pictures of yourself isn't a mental disorder. I think people just want to feel important and the rise of social media culture and sharing practically everything you do is now the norm.

[irfan_pak10]

The news was unbelievable. It spread like wildfire through social media, instantly becoming a Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter phenomenon. It exemplified what news organizations, advertisers, and companies had chased for so long—“going viral.” What was it? It was an announcement that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) had officially classified taking ‘Selfies’ as a mental disorder. In fact, the announcement also stated that the APA also claimed to name the disorder ‘Selfitis.’

Unbelievable news? Yes, because it was apparently a hoax from Adobo Chronicles, a website who uses the tagline ‘up-to-date, unbelievable news.’ No mention of this supposed new ‘Sefitis’ disorder can be found on the APA website, and has not been confirmed by any credible source..........[Read here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidsturt/2014/04/29/the-selfie-mental-disorder-or-insight-to-getting-better-results/ ]

[(oYo)]

I hate selfies, but not so long ago we would just consider these people vain. So, vanity is now considered a mental disorder?

[Cult]

The news was unbelievable. It spread like wildfire through social media, instantly becoming a Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter phenomenon. It exemplified what news organizations, advertisers, and companies had chased for so long—“going viral.” What was it? It was an announcement that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) had officially classified taking ‘Selfies’ as a mental disorder. In fact, the announcement also stated that the APA also claimed to name the disorder ‘Selfitis.’

Unbelievable news? Yes, because it was apparently a hoax from Adobo Chronicles, a website who uses the tagline ‘up-to-date, unbelievable news.’ No mention of this supposed new ‘Sefitis’ disorder can be found on the APA website, and has not been confirmed by any credible source..........[Read here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidsturt/2014/04/29/the-selfie-mental-disorder-or-insight-to-getting-better-results/ ]

We need to keep reposting this, people believe any shit they read on the Internet...