Episode 367: Understanding the symptom pool (how the world goes mad)

<p>The symptom pool is probably the single most important concept with respect to understanding mental illness. In short, the symptom pool is a culturally-bound collection of behavioral signals that can be used to communicate various degrees of distress. These signals are unconsciously added to the pool at the population level, and they are unconsciously manifested from the pool at the individual level. In this episode, I cite an example of how this might look from Ethan Watters's "Crazy like us".</p> <p>Social Media</p> <p>Facebook: <a href='https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622'>https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622 </a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/ </a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href='https://instagram.com/psyc.hacks'>https://instagram.com/psyc.hacks </a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/oriontaraban'>https://twitter.com/oriontaraban </a></p> <p>Website: <a href='https://oriontarabanpsyd.com'>https://oriontarabanpsyd.com </a></p> <p>Orion's Theme: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXBzQ2HDEQ'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXBzQ2HDEQ </a></p> <p>Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world's only empirically-validated test prep system. Use the code "PSYCH" for 10% off all membership plans: <a href='https://stellargre.com'>https://stellargre.com</a>.</p> <p>Become a Stellar affiliate and earn a 10% commission for every membership purchased by a new student you conduct into the program: <a href='https://stellargre.tapfiliate.com.'>https://stellargre.tapfiliate.com. </a></p> <p>GRE Bites: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@grebites4993'>https://www.youtube.com/@grebites4993 </a></p> <p>Become a Psychonaut and join PsycHack's member community: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSduXBjCHkLoo_y9ss2xzXw/join'>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSduXBjCHkLoo_y9ss2xzXw/join </a></p> <p>Book a paid consulta