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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?

Published 18 September 2026Duration: 48m 23s
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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 it psychosomatic? Is it group think? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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