Ewww.. Did you know that Prozac (the most common form of anti-depressant) comes in PEPPERMINT?!
Gross.
But that’s just me, I dont particularly fancy peppermint. Bleargh.
Maybe Eeyore from the Hundred Acre Wood would though.
Did you know that in a tongue-in-cheek study by the Canadian Medical Association found all the characters in Winnie the Pooh to be disordered?
The study’s even published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal!
Excerpts:
Eeyore is dysthymic. A chronic but less severe form of depression lasting for at least a year.
Eeyore’s traumatic tail amputation seems to be the cause. Notice how he’s always BLUE?
Tigger has ADHD – Hyperactivity/Impulsivity. He’s always bouncing around ALL OVER THE PLACE. Also, his risk taking behavior involves the sampling of unknown substances. With the mildest of provocation he tries honey, haycorns and even thistles. Tigger has no knowledge of the potential outcome of his experimentation.
Pooh on the other hand has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), inattentive subtype. Pooh’s perseveration on food and his repetitive counting behaviours raise the diagnostic possibility of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This unfortunate bear embodies the concept of comorbidity.
Piglet? Poor, anxious, blushing, flustered little Piglet. He clearly suffers from a Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Had he been appropriately assessed and his condition diagnosed when he was young, he might have been placed on an anti-panic agent, such as paroxetine, and been saved from the emotional trauma he experienced while attempting to trap heffalumps.
Wait. There’s MORE.
Think little Roo (the baby kangaroo) is free from all pathology? Think again.
Roo’s growing up with a single parent. Kanga is noted to be somewhat overprotective. Could her possessiveness of Roo relate to a previous run-in with social services? And where will Kanga be in the future? It is highly likely that she will end up older, blowsier, struggling to look after several joeys conceived in casual relationships with different fathers, stuck at a dead end with inadequate financial resources.
Christopher Robin has an obvious problem of a complete absence of parental supervision, not to mention the fact that this child is spending his time talking to animals. Plus, he has gender identity issues. There could be some Freudian meaning to his peculiar naming of his bear as Winnie-the-Pooh.
Owl is obviously bright, but dyslexic.
Last but not least, Rabbit.
He has a tendency to be extraordinarily self-important and his odd belief system that he has a great many relations (many of other species!) and friends. He seems to have an overriding need to organize others, often against their will, into new groupings, with himself always at the top of the reporting structure.
Read the full article WITH suggested treatments HERE.
Haha. Maybe we’re all a bit disordered too. If that’s the case, I wanna be autistic!
*beams*
