disorder

The spectrum of Mental Health disorders is incredibly vast; we showcase the multitude of conditions that affect mood, thinking and behavior.

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Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) makes for a childhood of extreme irritability, anger, and frequent, intense temper outbursts. This lovely disorder was gifted to me around what society calls “the terrible twos.” Though, my irritability in a car led to more than just a normal toddler tantrum. One moment I would be the happiest kid in the world, enjoying the warmth of the sun and the gentle breeze on my skin playing pattycake with my friend on the lawn. The next moment, though--actually during an outburst I did not retain any memory of the events that followed so there’s not much description to be given other than when I awoke from my rage-slumber I found myself grounded and my poor friend nowhere to be found.
By Alani Medlock5 years ago in Psyche
The Woman Who Saw Dragons
Dragons are among the most famous and horrific of the world’s mythological creatures. Their folktales are pervasive and prominent in many cultures, they are widespread from America to Europe and India to China.
By Messixir5 years ago in Psyche
Coping with ADHD
Any one who has ever raised or spent a good amount of time with a child with disabilities it can be a daunting task. Especially if you do not understand what the child is going through. Or how to help a child cope with having a disability you have little to no knowledge of. While all disabilities can be challenging especially for children. This article is specifically about Attention Deficit hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).
By Paul whiddon 5 years ago in Psyche
Obsessive Narcissism Psychosis And Delusions
Quite possibly the main manifestation of neurotic narcissism (the Narcissistic Personality Disorder) is affectedness. Pretentious dreams (egotist daydreams of greatness) penetrate each part of the narcissist's character. They are the explanation that the narcissist feels qualified for uncommon treatment which is normally disproportionate with his genuine achievements. The Grandiosity Gap is simply the pit between the narcissist's picture (as reified by his False Self) and reality.
By Desert Boy5 years ago in Psyche
Attention all this is a-- SQUIRREL!
What is ADHD? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder commonly found in children that shows them to have more extensive negative behaviors such as:
By Tanisha Robinson5 years ago in Psyche
Till We Have Faces
When I was little, my mother told me never to speak to strangers; but every face I encounter is a stranger to me, even my mother’s face. I have Prosopagnosia, or face blindness. No, I’m not literally blind. And no, I don’t see just a blur of skin where a face should be. My brain simply doesn’t process facial recognition as it should.
By Olivia Hightower5 years ago in Psyche
Living with a Narcissist
Life with a narcissist, the beginning of the loss of your independence and freethinking. She’s witty, she’ll do it slow. A small bit of poison every day. A frog would never know if you were boiling them alive if you did it one degree at a time.
By Morgan Lecomte5 years ago in Psyche
high-ly sensitive
Hi, High, I am sensitive. I am high from sensing. High, I am up and I am down. Hi, I am down then I am up. I am everywhere in between and yet no where at all. High I am highly sensitive. Hello, see that vibration over there ? Hello, can you smell that color? Hello did you notice the blue wave of your hand? As it rippled from your skin into the blue ocean ? Did you forget to travel with your legs while you took a trip across the parking lot, forgetting your keys while you were dreaming about infinity? Did the night become day in your head yet your body stands in line at the mundane? Maybe the mundance? The dance of being both ethereal and visceral. Both here and there. a soul meeting a body? Did clouds come over you this morning? And you’re trying to burn off the fog because you love the light but the dark-- it persists.
By Maeve Wave5 years ago in Psyche
Synesthesia
For every one a mind was made and mine was made to see, day to day, minute by minute, the visions of the truth in me. There in my mind's eye, threaded into my vision, the shapes of sounds and color. They tell me what i already know, but can they tell me things I don't? They love to play, they dance around and usher me come with them. They taunt, they praise, they love and warn, remain a mystery. They talk and I listen, and so do they to me. They say that alls well, whatever you choose, so long as no pain is inflicted upon others. So from where do they come from, and why to me? Is it some sort of pathway drilled to God, or simply neurochemistry? I ask and they do not tell me, perhaps they do not know. All I know are the beautiful blues, deeper than the oceans and brighter than the skies. The absolute greens, the shimmering darknesses, the cautionary yellows and strange, strange oranges. The glowing whites and the paths they draw, up the left, across to right. I've spent years decoding their messages but have a lot to learn. Much of what they tell me they want to keep a secret - or is that just me?
By Ross Wyss5 years ago in Psyche
I Am A Human Parasite
My name is Sable, and I am a parasite. I have hijacked an innocent girl’s body. I stole her face. I stole her home, her family. I stole her life.
By L. J. Knight 5 years ago in Psyche
Nature Saved Me From Myself
I must admit, I can understand why people dismiss mental health. To be honest, I was one of these people. Well until 2019, when I returned from my travels from Asia to London. For so many reasons, I felt the stress of this. Due for an operation, I was freaking out as I had never had surgery before. Not only that, but 3 days before I arrived back home, I had a motor vehicle accident that muddled my brain. To top it off, I was thrown right back into the chaos of London, which I have struggled with even in the calmest states of mind.
By Mystic Rebellion 💎5 years ago in Psyche
A Slave To My Mind
When I was eight years old there was a voice constantly nagging in the back of my mind, but it wasn’t my voice. It controlled the strangest aspects of my life: where I could set my clothes down, and what and how I would eat . The voice told me what cup to choose from from the cupboard, because all the other cups had poison laced around the rim of the cup as if they were lurking, ready to end my life. The voice demanded me to wash my hands a million times throughout the day. The voice put unrealistic thoughts of my family dying in my head as a result of certain insignificant actions I would perform. For the readers of this paper, you might be frowning in confusion at the possibility that I might have been the weirdest kid to possibly roam this earth; in my brain however, all the thoughts from the voice in the back of my mind seemed perfectly logical. Although my mind convinces me these thoughts are “normal,” when I say it out loud, or even while I’m writing these words on paper, I am able to sort out the logical thoughts from the illogical ones (like what cup to choose from the cupboard). You see, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), is not a logical disorder. As quoted from my wise therapist John, “OCD does not speak logic-keys,” or in other words, a mental disorder riding fully on emotions and anxiety is truly not a good mix for the creativity of the mind.
By Saige Whitney5 years ago in Psyche