Mass hysteria not black magic behind growing hair-chopping incidents: Experts

Hindustan Times ^ | August 4, 2017 | Mass hysteria not black magic behind growing hair-chopping incidents: Experts

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A day after a 60-year-old woman was killed in Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of cutting off people’s hair and 11 more women complained of braids being chopped off in Delhi-NCR on Thursday, psychiatrists blamed mass hysteria as panic spread.

Police, too, have requested people not look at these incidents as a “supernatural phenomenon” or work of a ghost.

“From all the available evidence, it seems the women are cutting their own hair either consciously or in an altered sensorium, likely to seek attention,” said Dr Sudhir Khandelwal, former head of the department of psychiatry at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

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and in other news, it appears that either there is a madman/woman on the loose, or else that women in India have had quite enough of long hair in a hot climate.

[Red Badger]

Selling it........................

[Graybeard58]

A ghost has been taking my hair for years.

[bgill]

And coloring it gray.

[ETL]

[TexasGator]

Look in the shower drain.

[BlackAdderess]

That’s adorable ;)

[Crucial]

This is yuge and series!

[BlackAdderess]

Either that or an opportunity to look at mass hysteria happening in someone else’s country instead of just our own, which makes it easier to think about in a detached way.

[Patriot Babe]

I do not have to worry about because I have little baby fine hair. I think it is time for a wig. =)

[a fool in paradise]

Waiting for talk of red scares and witchhnts by the arts and literature crowd.