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Bulimia Nervosa

I want that Body - Bulimia nervosa

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Will you do anything in order to achieve the body you want? Nowadays, women becomes so conscious with their body. Well, you can't blame them for that, some people are so cruel when it comes to physical appearance.  This kind of situation is popular among women especially when they are aiming for a slim body like the celebrity they idolized. Bulimia Nervosa is a psychological eating disorder in which a person binges and purges. It is characterized by continuous eating and then followed by getting rid of the food by laxatives or self-induced vomiting. A person with bulimia is perfectly normal, yet they are tend to be high achievers. It begins with dissatisfaction of the person's body and extreme concern with weight and body size. A person suffering from bulimia has a very low self-esteem, she takes his situation seriously. It usually begins during adolescent period and it mostly occur in women. Studies shown that more than 2/3 of all young girls start to monitor their own weight

Dealing with Panic Attacks

Panic Attack

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Can't get rid of your terror and all of a sudden you'll just panic. Panic is a sudden, overpowering terror which greatly affects a certain individual. Panic attack is not normal, it's one of the serious health problem in the U.S. It occur at random individual which exposed to various events that may lead to a panic attack. Panic attack symptoms: ( www.wikipedia.com ) Palpitations, or accelerated heart rate Sweating Trembling or shaking Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering Feeling of choking Chest pain or discomfort Nausea or abdominal distress Feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint Derealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself) Fear of losing control or going insane Fear of dying Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations) Chills or hot flashes Weaknees in the knees Confusion Blank mind Sensing time going by very slowly Feeling the need to escape Panic attacks can be treated with cogni

Distorted Minds

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"For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity."  A wonderful quote from Jean Dubuffet.

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I love Gambling - Problem Gambling

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Love to gamble? You may have ludomania, also known as problem gambling or compulsive gambling (among professional). Ludomania is a severe addiction of continuously and non-stop compulsive gambling. This condition greatly affect one's life though their purpose was just for fun. They really don't matter if they're winning or losing. And when money their money is gone, they will do anything in order to have money and play again. That's why its somehow related to kleptomania, pyromania, trichotillomnia. Not all gamblers are compulsive gambler, some people only gamble just for entertainment and enjoyment.  These are the symptoms of compulsive gambling. If you have 5 symptoms out of 10 following symptoms, then you must be aware. ( www.wikipedia.org ) Preoccupation. The subject has frequent thoughts about gambling experiences, whether past, future, or fantasy. Tolerance. As with  drug tolerance , the subject requires larger or more frequent wagers to experience the same

Do you hate Math? - Math Disability

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By the way, who likes math? Everyone is having a hard time in dealing with our math subjects, well, except for the dork one. Being in the world of numbers and signs is like insanity but learning math is somewhat enjoying. But did you know there's an illness which deals with mathematics only? It's called Dyscalculia or the math disability. This is having a severe difficulties in  understanding and learning of comprehensive mathematics. Dyscalculia is similar and related to dyslexia. But people with dyscalculia suffer great difficulty with the most basic aspects of arithmetic such as addition and subtraction. They may not also understand complex problems such as multiplication, division, and more abstract problems. Causes of this illness is not yet discovered, somehow, some scientist conclude that it is a generic disorder or the person was suffering from a short term memory. Potential Symptoms: ( www.wikipedia.org ) Frequent difficulties with arithmetic, confusing the signs:  +

I want to Learn - Learning Disability

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Are you having a hard time learning your subjects though you're studying so hard? Maybe you should go now to a psychologist, you might have a learning disability. Learning disability is a more general term that describe a specific kind of learning problems. This can cause a person to have troubles in learning and using a certain skills such as reading, writing, listening, speaking, reasoning, and doing math. Learning disability can be Primary (inherited) and Secondary (caused by a physical factor that interferes with learning).  " Researchers think that learning disabilities are caused by differences in how a person's brain works and how it processes information. Children with learning disabilities are not "dumb" or "lazy." In fact, they usually have average or above average intelligence. Their brains just process information differently."   www.medicinenet.com/ What are the common symptoms of learning disability? ( www.idonline.org ) Pres

I didn't Steal anything - Kleptomania

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During my elementary days, I remember a boy who just stole one tiny paper clip on the bookstore. I thought that  he's a bad boy until the word "Kleptomania" came, and then I was confused. Kleptomania is a mental illness where a person could not abstain their cravings on stealing anything. You might get confuse if all thief have this disorder. Well, a thief is a person who steal things that has significant value or generally they steal things for monetary value. While a kleptomaniac steal things without significant value such as paper clips, pens, pins. Some of the kleptomaniacs may not even have an idea that they committed stealing. In order to be diagnosed, here's some criteria you must know ( www.psychiatric-disorders.com ): The actions are not better explained by antisocial personality disorder, a conduct disorder or a manic episode. The acts are not the result of any rational or emotional trigger: patients are not stealing because they are angry or want reven

Born in the wrong Body - Gender Identity Disorder

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Got stuck in the wrong body? Most of the people now can't determine their exact gender. Gays and lesbians are the people who have gender issues. Those people is suffering from a mental illness called Gender Identity Disorder. It is a condition where a person identifies itself as an opposite sex. This illness causes the person to experience great discomfort regarding his/her own sex orientation. This is a serious condition which must be alarmed to avoid discrimination. Here's the symptoms of Gender Identity Disorder I got from  w ww.nlm.nih.gov : Children: Are disgusted by their own genitals Are rejected by their peers, feel alone Believe that they will grow up to become the opposite sex Have depression or anxiety Say that they want to be the opposite sex Adults: Dress like the opposite sex Feel alone Have depression or anxiety Want to live as a person of the opposite sex Wish to be rid of their own genitals Either adults or children: Cross-dress, show habits typica

I hear voices! - Auditory Hallucinations

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So hard to explain when you're hearing voices though no one is there. So weird and oh-so scary. But don't panic, it's not a ghost. Hearing some voices is a form of hallucination called Auditory Hallucination (also known as paracusia). Just like other kind of hallucination, the possible causes of this is having a physical illness and side-effects of medication. This may be associated with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia or using of high doses of drugs like cocaine, amphetamine and other stimulants.  . You can tell if the person may be having this hallucinations is when they talk to themselves and then they pause, as though waiting for someone else to finish what they are saying before continuing. But not everyone who talks to themselves is having hallucination. A person who have a auditory hallucination may hear primitive voices such claps, screams, whistles and others to music or speech. Sometimes that person may recognize the voice as one of a family member or

Who's me? - Multiple Personality Disorder

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At first, I never thought  that there's a condition in which two or more distinct personalities or identities alternately take control in the same person. That's really weird. And each personality is unaware or unconcerned   of any others. You might have this condition, you should be aware. Here's some signs and symptoms I got from wikipedia : Multiple mannerisms, attitudes and beliefs that are not similar to each other Unexplainable headaches and other body pains Distortion or loss of subjective time Comorbidity Depersonalization Derealization Severe memory loss Depresion Flashbacks of abuse/trauma Unexplainable phobias Sudden anger without a justified cause Lack of intimacy and personal connections Frequent panic/anxiety attacks Auditory hallucinations of the personalities inside their mind Patients may experience an extremely broad array of other symptoms that resemble epilepsy, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, post traumatic