Have you ever felt that your spirit was scattered, spread out, and diffused? You might have felt spacey in both body and mind. You might have also felt that your energy was dissipated and your mind was uncollected and unfocused. Your might have stared without focussing your eyes on a specific object.
I created a word to refer to this condition of spirit: disthumia. It is from dis-, Latin for apart , and thumos, Greek for spirit. It refers to a condition of spirit characterized by one or more of the following:
- An overall spread out, scattered state
- A lack of visual and/or mental focus, diffusion
- Disipated energy, not necessarily fatigued, more like a lack of intention
- Feeling uncollected overall
- Having to force oneself to focus and concentrate
- No apparent physical or mental basis
As a condition of spirit, disthumia can be either acute or chronic. It might come on suddenly and last either a relatively short or long period of time. It might also come on gradually and either pass relatively quickly, last a relatively long time, or become a chronic, life-long condition.
It could be that some have a tendency for disthumia from either conception or birth.
Since this is a newly named condition of spirit and research (thumology) has not yet begun, there is much unknown about disthumia and everything to learn. Therapeutic interventions are still in the exploratory phase.
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