Is the UK suffering from mass hysteria?

[User135644]

The Queen's passing is sad and seismic and the funeral will be a special occasion.

However, people genuinely seem to have gone mad.

No

I havent gone mad, hope that helps.

Yes!

Yanbu. Everytime I come across something which makes me think we've peaked, a few minutes later I see something else which reminds me we haven't. It's actually very unnerving.

I'm not hysterical Scottish.

No,
Some people are sad, some people are very sad, a few people are a bit dramatic in their sadness.

It is not difficult to ignore it.

No but I'm sure the media is.

Haven't seen a single example of hysteria. Lots and lots of people wanting to show respect to the passing of a hugely symbolic individual. Your post snacks more of hysteria and hyperbole than what I've seen.

Yes, it’s insane. People actually leaving food to rot during a cost of living crisis because a public servant once did a skit with a green screen.

I don't know anyone who's gone mad. The queueing to shuffle past her coffin is mad, but I think there's always been people who were mad like that, I don't think that's new or hysterical.

No. For those of us who remember the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, that was a much more volatile time which (arguably) could have been described as "mass hysteria".
The current sadness for The Queen is far more calm and measured.

I saw a story about a woman who took her mum's ashes to see the queen's coffin. 👀

twitter.com/Vender2k10/status/1570684823026515971?t=6QNnrxZjUZD8R24o8Jf0Ag&s=19

It's scary. Like a form of mass psychosis.

No, just going through the motions that Brits usually do when a monarch dies

All depends on how you define the meaning and context of mad, @User135644

What do you think the cause is, OP?

Aye

There is some insanity however I'm not sure it's as widespread as the media would have us believe.

Subliminal programming, could be a factor @NewBootsAndRanty

Wow you’re seeing something different to what I’m seeing- people patiently waiting and filing past a coffin respectfully silent.Haven’t seen any hysteria.

No.

Everyone I know is behaving perfectly normally. Still going to work, still living their lives, no-one I know has got in a que to see the Queen’s coffin. But some people have gone a bit mad yes, and those are the people on the news. But it’s by no means everyone. The media make this whole event out to be much much bigger than it actually is in people’s lives IMO. They’re only interviewing the die hards, and I think most people are bored of the constant coverage by now tbh.

No but I've seen many people paying respect to their monarch of 70 years. How people choose to pay respect is personal to them.

No but when Monday’s over these mass hysteria posts will be too. I won’t miss those

I haven't seen any hysteria tbh. I tut inwardly a bit when I go onto the BBC website and the first 73 stories are about the queen's death. A few people on my social media have posted pretty restrained comments about it being sad that she's gone. A few people at work said they were going to watch the funeral on tv. That's about all I've seen. But I'm not interested, so I don't go looking for coverage or opinions about it all.