Clive Thompson

Tip-of-the-tongue syndrome is when people almost remember something but need a computer, or someone else, to help them find it. The problem is, our brains have always been terrible at remembering details. They were like that way before the Internet came along.

Canadian Journalist

Taylor Lautner

I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome.

American Actor

Anna Kendrick

I guess I feel I'm masquerading as an adult when I don't have the kind of friendships and routines that I thought you were supposed to have as an adult. It's the 'Friends' lied to me! syndrome.

American Actress

Chris Burke

Having Down syndrome is like being born normal. I am just like you and you are just like me. We are all born in different ways, that is the way I can describe it. I have a normal life.

Lauren Potter

Lots of people with little kids or babies with Down syndrome tell me they aren't afraid of the future for their child because of what I am doing to help people understand it better.

Dinah Manoff

My mother is a hardcore actor's actor. She's not a celebrity. She really isn't... And so her main concern was that I not fall into the auditioning-is-my-life syndrome.

Rose McGowan

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Lizzie Velasquez

When I was a teenager I would look in the mirror and wish I could wash away my syndrome. I hated it because it caused so much pain in my life.

American Activist

Nell Carter

I had a pretty rough life. I got caught up in the star syndrome. It's not something I'm proud of, but it's something that I'm glad is over.

Michelle Payne

I think it's important for people to see how much more people with Down syndrome can get out of life when given responsibilities.

Australian Athlete

Some syndromes are genetic, others result from environmental factors or behaviors.

Not Always Genetic

Remember that a 'syndrome' refers to a combination of symptoms, not just one.

Cluster of Symptoms

'Syndrome' often indicates a recognized medical diagnosis.

Specific Disorders

'Syndrome' in psychology refers to a set of behaviors or feelings, not physical symptoms.

Behavior Patterns

Not everyone agrees on what constitutes a psychological 'syndrome'.

Not Universal

Psychological 'syndromes' are often discussed in academic or clinical settings.

Academic Language

'Syndrome' can describe events in non-medical contexts, hinting at negative outcomes.

Beyond Psychology

In common use, 'syndrome' implies a worsening series of events or behaviors.

Catastrophic Implications

Colloquially, 'syndrome' can generalize situations without strict medical meaning.

Non-Technical Usage

 I'll kind of quickly go through the album. I was very interested, at that point, getting calls from everybody in the world, to find out more about this idea, a message, about albinism, or perceptions of people in communities about this syndrome, albinism. So I started hearing about stigmas, and discrimination, so what I looked at is really trying to explore cultural perceptions

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 The reason this graph is important to me is, on the news, the majority of the information is not positive. in fact it's negative. Most of it's about murder, corruption, diseases, natural disasters. And very quickly, my brain starts to think that's the accurate ratio of negative to positive in the world. This creates "the medical school syndrome."

The happy secret to...

 At least so far, the most surefire way to combat imposter syndrome is to talk about it. Many people suffering from imposter syndrome are afraid that if they ask about their performance, their fears will be confirmed. And even when they receive positive feedback, it often fails to ease feelings of fraudulence. But on the other hand,

What is imposter...

 confident and over time you really will begin to believe the new thoughts and when you do you can stop trying to overcome impostor syndrome and instead just use reframing to talk yourself down faster that way instead of having an impostor life you can have an impostor moment thank you

Thinking your way out of...

 Chris That was superb. Thank you so much. You speak about these things with so much insight and empathy for your patients. Have you yourself experienced any of the syndromes you write about? Oliver I was afraid you would ask that.

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 called white-nose syndrome, which can fatally disrupt hibernation and deteriorate wing tissue. These conditions prevent bats from performing critical roles in their ecosystems, like helping with pollination and seed dispersal,

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 and Usher syndrome, blindness can start developing when you're a kid, or even when you're an adult. Both of these rare genetic diseases affect the retina, the screen at the back of the eye that detects light and helps us see.

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 So how do you go from multiple causes to a syndrome that has some homogeneity? And the answer is what lies in between, which is development. And in fact, we are very interested in those first two years of life,

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 post-traumatic stress syndrome when coveted hit he became this target my dad said we're gonna get through this whole thing and he's held that we're seeing upticks again and nobody's hearing from you

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 We don't know exactly why this happens, and the syndrome usually resolves within a few weeks. However, in the acute period, it can cause heart failure, life-threatening arrhythmias, even death.