disorder
The spectrum of Mental Health disorders is incredibly vast; we showcase the multitude of conditions that affect mood, thinking and behavior.
My OCD and Me
Anyone who has ever had OCD knows just how cruel it can be. The way it robs you of your happiness and your time, the way it makes you feel like you're going mad and isolates you from the world. What I find the most unbearable, though, is knowing that your worst enemy is inside your head. You can't run away from something that is a part of you.
By Elizabeth Vogel8 years ago in Psyche
"Feeling Like I'm in a Dream"
I start to feel very "odd" when I turned 17. I never really paid much attention to it at first and wrote it off as my depression and anxiety getting worse. I'd been severely depressed since I was 10-years-old; a family death combined with bullying and abuse triggered it at a young age so I'd been living with it for 7 years and I was starting to learn how to cope with it in my own way.
By Briana Frederick8 years ago in Psyche
Get Real
WARNING: Content may be triggering for some. I encourage you to open up completely with all of the strangers of this world, and to help end the stigma around mental illnesses. I am not ashamed or embarrassed of my story, it is nothing but the harsh reality of how I've lived with bulimia nervosa for so long.
By Amy Mauger8 years ago in Psyche
Munchausen by Proxy
Munchausen by Proxy Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen by proxy are similar mental health problems. Munchausen syndrome is different from Munchausen by proxy in that Munchausen syndrome features a sufferer acting like they have a physical or mental illness when they do not. They lie about being ill to anybody who will listen, also making up outlandish stories. Munchausen by proxy means that a perpetrator will make a child or dependent adult ill through their caregiving, then they lie about the illness to doctors, also wanting to be the one who gets attention from the doctor. Munchausen by proxy sufferers make somebody else ill, step in and be the hero, and then lie about it to doctors as if the “ill” person has a real illness.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
Too Skinny, Too Heavy
From a young age society implants an image in our heads of how we should behave, or what we should look like. But the thing about society is that it only portrays one side of things, a side that is often wrong, yet so many people still believe that it is right. Teenagers are flooded with images of models who are paper thin, with long, beautifully flowing hair, but what they don't realize is that this perception of perfection doesn't exist. Beauty is based on perception, and everyone, regardless of what pant size they wear, is beautiful in their own unique way. Just because you may not see it doesn't mean that everyone around doesn't.
By Carina Rose8 years ago in Psyche
Management Out of Destruction
A tiny bit of background, as a young woman, who has suffered many of a ‘series of unfortunate events,’ one of the most prominent handfuls of difficulties I have developed over the last five years is OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) arising from the roots of BDD (body dysmorphia). This comes in many, many forms for myself, through thoughts, actions and general rituals/routines I feel I have to perform.
By Karla Pitt8 years ago in Psyche
What It Is Like to Drink and Be Aware
As a gifted, and aware person, I drank to quell the talent and the noise. My talents are numerous. It is hard to be inside my own head sometimes. Alcohol served as self-medication for me. I gave it up. I quit drinking, period. It was a buffer. I was on meds by 20 but I still drank. I built up a tolerance. I had a high tolerance. I mean I could pound two Guinness beers and not feel much of a buzz. In college, I spent my life drinking until when I graduated in 2007. My symptoms were still something that got me picked on a lot. Now that I’m treated, I’m hardly picked on. Sure, I’ve figured out people bully only when your symptoms show.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
