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We live in an Age of Anxiety. The events of modern life have overwhelmed the average homo sapiens until getting from Point A to Point B without being overcome by neuroses is a practical impossibility. Enter: the comic safety valve. Encyclopedia Neurotica is a delightful garden of the ills that beset modern man. Entries include excerpts from both popular and arcane published works, as well as original definitions, essential terms and the occasional cutting-edge concept, such as "celebriphilia, the pathological desire to sleep with a celebrity, suffered chiefly by groupies."Some samples from Encyclopedia Neurotica:--Abyss, the: the yawning unfathomable chasm of existential terror--Acquired Situational Narcissism: a condition characterized by gradiosity, lack of empathy, rage, isolation and substance abuse; mainly afflicts celebrities, who tend to be surrounded by enablers--Denial: unconscious defense mechanism that numbs anxiety by refusing to acknoweledge unpleasant realities--Manic Run: prolonged state of optimism, excitement and hyperactivity experienced as part of bipolar disorder

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780312325015
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 261
  • Udgivet:
  • 8. juni 2006
  • Vægt:
  • 268 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 14. november 2024

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We live in an Age of Anxiety. The events of modern life have overwhelmed the average homo sapiens until getting from Point A to Point B without being overcome by neuroses is a practical impossibility. Enter: the comic safety valve. Encyclopedia Neurotica is a delightful garden of the ills that beset modern man. Entries include excerpts from both popular and arcane published works, as well as original definitions, essential terms and the occasional cutting-edge concept, such as "celebriphilia, the pathological desire to sleep with a celebrity, suffered chiefly by groupies."Some samples from Encyclopedia Neurotica:--Abyss, the: the yawning unfathomable chasm of existential terror--Acquired Situational Narcissism: a condition characterized by gradiosity, lack of empathy, rage, isolation and substance abuse; mainly afflicts celebrities, who tend to be surrounded by enablers--Denial: unconscious defense mechanism that numbs anxiety by refusing to acknoweledge unpleasant realities--Manic Run: prolonged state of optimism, excitement and hyperactivity experienced as part of bipolar disorder

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