Do you consider addiction to music to be a mental illness?

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sunspeeder
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Registered: Oct 2013
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Do you consider addiction to music to be a mental illness?

What is mental illness?

A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.

Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. The good news about mental illness is that recovery is possible.

Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion or income. Mental illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing. Mental illnesses are treatable. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan.

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness

Any thoughts on this subject are welcome.

Last edited by sunspeeder on Oct-12-2013 at 23:31

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Mattsanity
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Registered: Aug 2003
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This is what a member said last year

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Originally posted by sljiva
The only fucking stupid thing would be to neglect your health, family relationships and professional career (and friends and hobbies in my case) because of music. This is typical modern juvenile bullshit thinking and a consequence of this kind of life where people are becoming more estranged and isolated and devoted to vain activities such as listening to music for an excessive amount of time. Liking music is one thing, but being unhealthy obsessive about it (even if it's your career) puts you right next to fat kid next door who just has to eat in McDonalds every other day.