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| DOES THIS PICTURE DEFINE MONOMANIA OR OBSESSION? |
In this chapter we learn more about how the term obsession came about. The chapter states that before we came up with the term "Obsession" we used the term "Monomania" as a way to title such a disorder. Monomania is the preoccupation of one particular thought or idea that one finds to be irresistible. Monomania, being the same as obsession, showed that even though people knew that what they were doing was either wrong or inappropriate they were unable to fight it off and stop it completely. It is also said that Monomania was seen as a lifestyle. I found this to be a little disturbing because I interpreted it as people just trying to ignore the disorder and not try to help people further diagnose it or see the bigger picture. I also feel that there wasn’t necessarily a change in the definition just a change in the term from Monomania to Obsession. When broken down they are pretty much the same disorders. This shows how the world evolves and adapts to its surroundings. Things may change but I feel like they always change for the better. For instance, we now use the term obsession instead of monomania because as research for it continued the term obsession seemed to better fit the concept. As we continue to do our research we learn more about how to treat it and help others suffering with it.
I agree. Just as you said, monomania, being the same as obsession, showed that even though people knew that what they were doing was either wrong or inappropriate, they were unable to fight or stop it from getting out of their mind. After reading this chapter, I also felt as if the definition had not changed one bit. The term used to define it changed, but no matter how you look at it monomania and obsession are the same exact disorder. Its funny how we characterized obsession as monomania and how the term obsession just continues to change as we read this book.
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