Talk:Fugue state
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[edit] Fictonal cases
The long list of fictional cases is out of place in an article on psychology. A couple of disctinctive cases that may shed light on the psychological point of view can be informative, but this laundry-list of pop-culture references that have little or nothing to do with the actual psycological state are very much out of place. Fugue is typically misrepresented in popular fiction, television, and film. Giving so much space to these pop-trivia examples detracts from an encyclopedic treatment of the issue. It should be totally, or largely, removed.
I agree with the below critic of somebody's colloquial definition of a fugue state as 'being in the flow'. I have never heard of this, & have been unable to turn up any supporting references at all, in the Oxford English Dictionary or various search engines. Perhaps it's a very local dialect? More likely a pure idiolectical usage. Doesn't belong here until references to its general use can be provided.
From the article:
- "Also called a "fugue state" by non-psychologists is the state of mind attained by a gifted pianist ..."
Really? I am a gifted pianist, and I just call it "being in the zone" ;-) -- Tarquin 22:00 Oct 15, 2002 (UTC)
I'm a dancer and I've been in "the zone". I've also been in an actual fugue state. I can tell you, they are NOTHING alike.
I think the only examples to be included in 'Media' ought to be where the fugue state is made explicit as such. In both the movie mentions I removed, the 'fugue state' is an element that resolves the suspense/drama and isn't acknowledged till later in the movie. Gyan 20:54, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I wish you hadn't removed these! It doesn't matter if the 'fugue state' was an element that resolved the drama. Just because it wasn't acknowledged right up front did not mean that it wasn't actually a fugue state or that we did not want the names of the movies that gave us the example. Thanks for nothing!
- "People who enter into a fugue state may disappear, running away to a completely different geographical region and assuming another identity."
May? The resources I have found say people in dissociative fugue do leave their homes and assume new identities. I'm not saying it's wrong, but I would like to see a source that confirms this. --AmyBeth 00:53:14, 2005-08-16 (UTC)
[edit] Mad Travelers
There should be a reference to the first cases of fugue. Dr Ian Hacking has a book called "Mad Travelers." He recounts the first cases and notes that they were all clerks, artisans, and small shop owners. This argues that something else other than sudden distress involving life situations is causing disappearances. (Dr Hacking blames sociological niches.)
Today students are disappearing. The connection between the 1880's epidemic of fugue and today’s student disappearances is that all the victims are knowledge workers.
An outbreak happened at Miami of Ohio in 1953. Several students disappeared, recovered, then returned with amnesia of the events during the episode. When Ron Tammen disappeared they thought he would return too. The story is posted at the Library site Miami of Ohio. The link and discussion is on the Missing Students page at VisionAndPsychosis.Net.
The problem is a failure to provide Cubicle Level Protection for those who must study or perform knowledge work in dorm rooms, homes, or small business, "unprotected workspace."
There are several pages on fugue at VisionAndPsychosis.Net.
http://visionandpsychosis.net/mysterious_disappearances.htm http://visionandpsychosis.net/Missing_Students.htm http://visionandpsychosis.net/Dissociative_Fugue-Cases.htm
L K Tucker 14:02, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] earlier goatse experience
209.78.47.227 03:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC) I'm new around here. But isn't the phrase "earlier goatse experience" on this page funny... but silly in a non-encyclopedic way? (surely goatse viewing wouldn't actually cause a serious identity disorder?)
