[Debate] Is Superstition a sickness?

[Senju Bean]

Is it? Paranoia is. They're both more or less the same.

 

[Rioxnation]

Ehh :/ I think its just really passionate.

 

[snake orochimaru]

superstition is a primitive belief in supernatural forces, not a disease.

 

[Arian]

Imo its just the lack of education(or ignorance of facts)

 

[EnDash]

Is it? Paranoia is. They're both more or less the same.

i wouldn't call it sickness unless it became obsessive. paranoia is a mental sickness because the person is obsessively afraid someone is watching him. Superstition is just believing in stuff that are beyond nature. it can become obsessive but it isn't always is.

i have a family member who is a psychiatrist. he told me that the way they differntiate between schizophrenia and normal fears is that schizophrenia patients will never admit to even the possibility of being wrong. if a superstitious guy says "i know it sounds crazy but just here me out" it means his not crazy. schizophrenia patients will believe everyone is crazy if they think differently.

 

[tobitaka]

it's more of a complex.

my thoughts on the matter are this: humans naturally crave spiritual enlightenment, and superstition is a result of society hacking that need to control people using good and bad luck.

for example, dont open an umbrella indoors has practical applications. but if a child refuses to listen, you can tell them it's bad luck and they might stop.

 

[Hebi Sasuke]

Superstition and paranoia are different . Superstition is just a ancient belief that is still common even in modern world. Paranoia is a psychological disease.

 

[Caveman Pluto]

It's more so people can feel comfort in the unknown. To know little scares a lot of people so it's only natural.

 

[vasu 32]

Superstition is not a disease but a belief developed out of fear. As a matter of fact,most superstition now have a scientific back-up. I don't mean they are right,but the task they are made to prevent got a scientific back-up with different reasons. For example,in my country,there is a superstition that one shouldn't sleep with their feet at south direction as that's the direction of "YAMRAJ [DEATH]". Now science says,one shouldn't sleep that way,because,our head faces north direction in that case,which can cause blood to rise up to head,I don't remember correctly,due to magnetic effect,which may result in death. Now,how do you explain this to normal folks,kids,etc. so that they actually listen & follow? By telling them some superstitious nonsense,which create fear in them.

 

[Sherlock.]

Its the brain at work. Even an educated person might be hit by superstitions. I had Triskaidekaphobia or fear of number 13 which originated in Europe. Now I don't believe in stuff like religion nor I am european so I shouldn't be superstitious but 13 being bad stuck to my head and it was difficult to get rid off of the false notion. Superstition is a wrong idea believed by our brains as right.

 

[Senju Bean]

Superstition and paranoia are different . Superstition is just a ancient belief that is still common even in modern world. Paranoia is a psychological disease.

Just because it is common doesn't mean it is not a sickness.

Smallpox was common and was considered a sickness.

The basic flu is common and also considered a sickness.

Commonality has no baring on the status of illness.

 

[BanGinji]

Is it? Paranoia is. They're both more or less the same.

paranoia is a symptom of fear which is a normal rational part of being a living creature.
it's only labeled a "sickness" in excess. the same can be said about being superstitious depending on how you define "sickness." because although it's ill-advised and socially frowned upon, you can lead a healthy functional life being superstitious.

it's Not as likely you will being excessively paranoid.

 

[OMGitsShakra]

Superstitions are not crazy or primitive. They may not necessarily be true, but its simply a result of paranormal forces at work or the work of stuff we as humans do not understand right now. Not insulting us, we just don't have the open mindedness to study paranormal stuff even when there is proof of it.

I will say, when i was in elementary/middle school Friday the 13th was terrible. Why? Because i remember either in the week of or the day of Friday the 13th, there were about 5 or 6 deaths of kids at my school each year or a couple of times a year when that date came around. I didn't know any of them very well, thank goodness, but you couldn't help but wonder if Friday the 13th was really a cursed kind of day. It could have just been coincidence, considering since high school and beyond i cannot recall such events continuing.