brain fag
Friday, August 21, 2009 11:26 PM
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"Brain fag is an example of a culture-bound syndrome. Once a common term for mental exhaustion, it is now encountered almost exclusively in West Africa. Seen predominantly in male students, it generally manifests as vague somatic symptoms, depression, and difficulty concentrating.[1] It has similar symptoms to the Trinidadian illness studiation madness.
The term "brain fag" was used in the US as far back as 1852, describing an overworked brain,[2] in 1877 to describe mental exhaustion in professionals similar to neurasthenia,[3] and later in 1919 to describe mental fatigue in the elderly.[4] The term 'fag' is believed to have been derived from 'fatigue'. This American usage declined by the 1950s. The modern African usage was first described in 1960. Brain fag occurs most commonly in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Nigerian study in 2002 found that proficiency in English may be a risk factor.[5] In South Africa, another large study found that socioeconomic status, female birth order, and depression were linked to the illness. A possible aetiology may be the "cultural clash" between African and Western societies.[6] Brain fag is generally considered to be a depressive disorder, possibly linked with anxiety disorders.[7]"
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Shallow apathy should be Singapore's.
my lovelys
the ambassadors of songs
these are done in three, you see? they get me through the day.
yes, I lie quite a bit. get over it.
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Animal Collective, Aphex Twin,
Arcade Fire
Architecture in Helsinki, Asobi Seksu, Babyshambles, Babybird
Basement Jaxx, Battles, Bauhaus, Billy Talent
The Blood Brothers, Blood Red Shoes, Camera Obscura
Children of Bodom, Circle Takes The Square, Crass
Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Daft Punk
The Death Set,
Devin Townsend, Dip
Dirty Pretty Things, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Elbow
Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Six, Fake Shark - Real Zombie!
The Fiery Furnaces, The Flashbulb,
Foals, Fool's Gold
Franz Ferdinand,
Fuck Buttons, Gallows,
Genghis Tron
Genki Rockets, Girls,
The Go! Team
Gold Panda, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear
HEARTSREVOLUTION,
The Horrors, Ida Maria, Iggy Pop
Jason Forrest, Jimi Hendrix, Joy Division,
The Joy Formidable
Justice,
Late Of The Pier, Les Savy Fav, The Libertines
Lily Allen,
Los Campesinos!, M83
Manic Street Preachers, Marilyn Manson, Marmaduke Duke, Matt And Kim
Metric, MGMT, Midnight Juggernauts, Mindless Self Indulgence
Modest Mouse, Mors Principium Est, Muse
My Robot Friend,
Nine Inch Nails,
No Age
Now, Now Every Children,
The Number Twelve Looks Like You,
The Octopus Project, Oh No! Oh My!
Pete and the Pirates, Phoenix, Peter Bjorn And John
The Pipettes, Plastic Operator, Pretty Girls Make Graves
Prinzhorn Dance School, The Prodigy,
Queens Of The Stone Age
Radiohead, Ratatat, Ramona Falls
Red Wire Black Wire, Regina Spektor, Robots In Disguise
Rolo Tomassi,
Sex Pistols,
St.Vincent, The Strange Boys,
The Strokes(<3)
The Subways, Sugar Army, Super Furry Animals,
Tera Melos,
Test Icicles
Them Crooked Vultures,
The Tiger Lillies, Tokyo Police Club, Towers Of London
TV On The Radio, Ulver,
The Velvet Underground, Vitalic
The Walkmen, The Vines,
Wavves,
The White Stripes
The XX,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Yo La Tengo
the ambassadors of words
I'll think up of it as i go along, because my eyes are currently red and sore from lack of sleep.
You can have Watchmen, though.
the ambassadors of film
28 Days Later, 9 Souls, A Clockwork Orange, Alien(s)
All Quiet On The Western Front
, American Psycho, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Batman (Begins & The Dark Knight)
The Birds, Blazing Saddles, The Blob, Brokeback Mountain
Brotherhood of the Wolf, Catch Me If You Can, Chaplin
Children Of Men, City of God, Clerks, Dog Day Afternoon
Donnie Darko, Dr. Strangelove, Dune
El Topo, Empire of the Sun, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Exorcist, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Full Metal Jacket
Ghost World, The Godfather, Godzilla (Japanese series), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Goodfellas, Graveyard of the Fireflies, Groundhog Day, Hellboy (series)
Howl's Moving Castle, Identity, The Iron Giant, Jesus Christ Superstar
Mad Max, The Matrix, Millennium Actress, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, My Neighbor Totoro
Nightmare On Elm Street, No Country For Old Men, The Omega Man
Pan's Labyrinth, Princess Mononoke, Paprika
Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Ring, Rocky, The Running Man
Samurai Fiction, Scarface, Seven Samurai
The Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Spirited Away, Suicide Club, Survive Style 5+
The Terminator (1 & 2), There Will Be Blood, To Kill A Mockingbird, Tokyo Godfathers, Trainspotting
V For Vendetta, Watership Down, The Wizard Of Oz, The World's Fastest Indian
Yojimbo, Zulu
