sillymommysillybaby: Found this on urbandictionary, thought it very appropriate: hypophrenia If you go to any medical-scientific dictionary you will find hypophrenia means “mentally retarded.”However, a lot of dumb 12 year olds on tumblr think it means “a vague feeling of sadness, seemingly without cause .” causing them to write sad little posts and desperate asks on yahoo answers about their hypophrenia and how to get rid of it Maybe they really do have hypophrenia According to Merriam-Webster, the definition is mental deficiency. Please read what insiginicantabnormalities wrote and think before you reblog. insignificantabnormalities: As far as I can tell, the definition of hypophrenia is ‘mental retardation’ or ‘feeble-mindedless’, in the context of being of less-than-sound mind. If you’re going to attempt to lie to the whole of tumblr, at least try to be convincing. Firstly, the english language tends not to give ‘feelings’ words like that. A feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause is a symptom of a depressive episode, sometimes (inaccurately) referred to as a nervous breakdown or a mental breakdown. It is a serious factor of life for many people - one that has taken the lives of some who have forgone the appropriate treatment. I do not want to see romanticised mental illnesses on my dashboard again. Both Hypophrenia and ALL forms of depression are SERIOUS and NOT to be plastered on a washed out sepia photograph of an old country side road for the sole purpose of seeing that goddamn blue box pop up on your tumblog.

sillymommysillybaby:

Found this on urbandictionary, thought it very appropriate:

hypophrenia
If you go to any medical-scientific dictionary you will find hypophrenia means “mentally retarded.”

However, a lot of dumb 12 year olds on tumblr think it means “a vague feeling of sadness, seemingly without cause .” causing them to write sad little posts and desperate asks on yahoo answers about their hypophrenia and how to get rid of it
Maybe they really do have hypophrenia

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition is mental deficiency.

Please read what insiginicantabnormalities wrote and think before you reblog.

insignificantabnormalities:

As far as I can tell, the definition of hypophrenia is ‘mental retardation’ or ‘feeble-mindedless’, in the context of being of less-than-sound mind.

If you’re going to attempt to lie to the whole of tumblr, at least try to be convincing. Firstly, the english language tends not to give ‘feelings’ words like that. A feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause is a symptom of a depressive episode, sometimes (inaccurately) referred to as a nervous breakdown or a mental breakdown. It is a serious factor of life for many people - one that has taken the lives of some who have forgone the appropriate treatment.

I do not want to see romanticised mental illnesses on my dashboard again. Both Hypophrenia and ALL forms of depression are SERIOUS and NOT to be plastered on a washed out sepia photograph of an old country side road for the sole purpose of seeing that goddamn blue box pop up on your tumblog.