Free Essays on Culture Bound Syndrome

Throughout my reading, the most interesting syndrome/Illness was the Culture-Bound Syndrome. The DSM recognizes this syndrome suggesting that one’s culture and social environments have an important influence on the development of abnormal behavior. I completely agree with the diagnosis of this syndrome having witnessed a form of it throughout my adolescence. When I was a teenager, I attended a middle school called Chestnut Street School. I found the obsession not only to fit in, but the obsession among girls of my age was to have the need to â€Å"prove† themselves. Chestnut Street was considered to be a tough school. As the environment (being the products of low to middle classed income) was not so much â€Å"I need that pair of Abercrombie jeans† it was more of â€Å"I need to prove myself for respect†. When I was fourteen years old, my family moved to Ludlow (an high middle to upper income class town). My thoughts and beliefs that I was brought up to know changed a dramatic 360 degrees. Instead of the â€Å"I must prove myself for respect attitude, it changed to â€Å"I must have that new Abercrombie tee†. Or, I will do anything to be in the popular crowd. Of course my not growing up in this environment benefited my (now that I am looking back. I think the confusion of the â€Å"two worlds† brought me to be myself. I felt no need to be popular – nor could my family afford the latest, most expensive clothes. So the â€Å"Ludlow Syndrome† never quite caught with me. Thinking back now – what was my culture? Being schooled, then taken out of the â€Å"Chestnut Syndrome†. I didn’t have that obsession either. To conclude my experiences, my two worlds let me find the true me. I was able to distinguish myself from some of the people affected by the culture syndrome. Not only did some of the high school students have this illness in a severe manner, but I also think that it is not only learned from their cultur... Free Essays on Culture Bound Syndrome Free Essays on Culture Bound Syndrome Throughout my reading, the most interesting syndrome/Illness was the Culture-Bound Syndrome. The DSM recognizes this syndrome suggesting that one’s culture and social environments have an important influence on the development of abnormal behavior. I completely agree with the diagnosis of this syndrome having witnessed a form of it throughout my adolescence. When I was a teenager, I attended a middle school called Chestnut Street School. I found the obsession not only to fit in, but the obsession among girls of my age was to have the need to â€Å"prove† themselves. Chestnut Street was considered to be a tough school. As the environment (being the products of low to middle classed income) was not so much â€Å"I need that pair of Abercrombie jeans† it was more of â€Å"I need to prove myself for respect†. When I was fourteen years old, my family moved to Ludlow (an high middle to upper income class town). My thoughts and beliefs that I was brought up to know changed a dramatic 360 degrees. Instead of the â€Å"I must prove myself for respect attitude, it changed to â€Å"I must have that new Abercrombie tee†. Or, I will do anything to be in the popular crowd. Of course my not growing up in this environment benefited my (now that I am looking back. I think the confusion of the â€Å"two worlds† brought me to be myself. I felt no need to be popular – nor could my family afford the latest, most expensive clothes. So the â€Å"Ludlow Syndrome† never quite caught with me. Thinking back now – what was my culture? Being schooled, then taken out of the â€Å"Chestnut Syndrome†. I didn’t have that obsession either. To conclude my experiences, my two worlds let me find the true me. I was able to distinguish myself from some of the people affected by the culture syndrome. Not only did some of the high school students have this illness in a severe manner, but I also think that it is not only learned from their cultur...