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The spectrum of Mental Health disorders is incredibly vast; we showcase the multitude of conditions that affect mood, thinking and behavior.
My ADHD is Weird
I was a normal kid for the most part. I got good grades in school and did different after school activities. I had a few girlfriends as I got older and my social life consisted of going out with my friends. My life was normal. I felt pretty good about it all. It was was on track to go where I wanted to go.
By Matthew Eyler8 years ago in Psyche
Cause & Effect: Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a mental illness characterized by two or more distinct personalities, each with their own unique history and interests as well as mannerisms and various other behaviours. This is caused by, generally, a traumatic event where the sufferer copes by initially creating a coexisting character(s). Trauma is initially a “...behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress…” as defined by Merriam Webster dictionary. Often, when dissociation has repeated the possibility of separating into a unique identity(s) rise. Dissociated experiences can generally result in breaking conscious awareness. Most often the cause of dissociation is a history of child abuse or sexual assault, the trauma impacts the individual by severely corrupting the sufferer's ability to function as a fully realized individual by alternating their sense of self. This can commonly be referred to conversion disorder where the individual who suffers a traumatic experience may suppress the pain and subconsciously alternate behavioural or physical attributions. For instance, if a woman witnesses a gruesome murder, then her subconsciousness might subliminally choose to ignore this and thusly affect her physical ability to see.
By Nathaniel Reidhead8 years ago in Psyche
Psychology: Dissociative Disorders
There is a significant controversy regarding mental disorders in our society regarding frequent confusion of classifications, but not only is this a common problem among countries everywhere, the real issue that remains critically problematic today is the strenuous evaluation salient for accurate diagnosis and speculation for the mentally disturbed. Currently, the contemporary statistical analysis of the disorders that plague us is unequivocally compromising our psychological health and is detrimental to how we behave and think. In 2009, an estimated 1 percent of the world population suffered from schizophrenia; in the United States alone, 3.2 million individuals were professionally diagnosed with schizophrenia, which is a considerable amount regarding the rarity of this infliction. According to the fifth and current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), 1.5 percent of the American adult population alone suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder as of 2013 (also the publication year of the DSM-5), although some doctors will estimate averages as high as 3-5 percent.
By Nathaniel Reidhead8 years ago in Psyche
People Have Not Been Properly Educated: Mental Illness
I can taste every passive aggressive remark like the bile in my throat. On any given Facebook post, I could claim that two plus two is unequivocally the distance between the sun and the moon, give esoteric information backing my conclusion with six supporting details and a graph, and still some dubious individual would argue that two plus two is equivalent to a square circle left to ferment in peanut butter with not even a glimmer of logic to support it. I say this because I would be as close to educating the masses that two plus two, in fact, equals four as opposed to show how absolutely pointless it is to reason with the unreasonable. People are doing the same with mental illness, they romanticize it, confuse one diagnosis with another, and they fake it without a glimmer of logic to understand it. People are uneducated.
By Nathaniel Reidhead8 years ago in Psyche
Why Mental Health Disorders Emerge in Your Early 20s
As someone who has gone through hell during their early to mid 20s, I can honestly say that we have a bit of a mental health crisis going on in America. More specifically, it seems like almost every young adult out there struggles with their mental health.
By Patty Ramsen8 years ago in Psyche
Understanding the Invisible
Today I am doing something I have never done before: I am sitting down at my computer and writing about my own personal mental health. This is not something that I ever discuss with the people in my life, in fact it's a topic that I actively avoid. However today, as I type, it is World Mental Health Day and I have decided that today is the day I bite the bullet.
By Alix Spinks8 years ago in Psyche
You Won't Believe What I'm Doing to Myself!
I have this habit that has been controlling my life since I was in kindergarten. I used to believe I was all alone. I believed I was the only person in this world that could not stop pulling out my hair, from everywhere! Hair from my head, eyebrows, eyelashes, and even leg hairs when I don't shave. For years, I would do everything I could to hide my bald spots. Then, one day, I had enough of feeling alone. So I went to this trusty sight called Google, and found out I have something called trichotillomania: trich, for short. Turns out, hundreds of thousands of other men and women suffer from this!
By Gabriella robles8 years ago in Psyche
