SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?

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Sep 18, 202642:04Society & Culture

Throughout the history of the world, there have been many cases of what is known as collective hysteria - groups of people, usually young women, who all exhibit the same physical symptoms of non-existent conditions. Is i...

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