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English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy

Posted by samzenpus on from the TV-gives-me-hives dept.

path0$ writes "British Ex-DJ Steve Miller claims that his Wi-Fi allergy is making his life one big misery , forcing him to live in an iron-clad home far from any neighbors. According to the article, more and more people are suffering from an allergy like his. The only positive side to this is that at least Miller didn't think of suing anybody yet, like these people did, who claim to suffer from the same condition and were mentioned in a Slashdot article in 2008."

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  1. Crazy people by Hatta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Crazy people are everywhere. Stop giving them attention.

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    1. Re:Crazy people by samkass · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Crazy people are everywhere. Stop giving them attention.

      This attitude is unhelpful.

      The symptoms this man describes sound similar to anxiety disorder with agoraphobia. It's not uncommon, and is very treatable with cognitive behavioral therapy and an anti-anxiety medication such as an SSRI. Sufferers of this have physiological symptoms which are subjectively-- and sometimes objectively-- indistinguishable from anything from allergies to more serious medical conditions. The body creates a feedback loop in the endocrine system and the mind assigns causative correlations with anything that was happening at the time. It can result in anything from hot flashes to stuffy noses to a full-on asthma attack.

      Calling such a condition "crazy" just exacerbates it, and attention to it is something that has to be managed carefully to try to break the feedback loops.

      Disclaimer: I'm not a psychotherapist, just a patient.

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    2. Re:Crazy people by UncleTogie · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Hate to play the part of Captain Obvious, but the article you linked to seems to indicate that those "afflicted" react to fake EM fields, too. Not very convincing...

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  2. Hold on... by Aphoxema · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just because it's all in someone's head doesn't mean they aren't suffering from it.

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  3. Re:What about Microwave Ovens? by vlm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You must always keep in mind that you are dealing with people suffering from a psychological disorder. Logical arguments means nothing to them; they'll simply ignore what you're saying, or rationalize their behavior in one way or another.

    So, you're saying the mysterious wifi allergy disease is actually a religion?

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