Eating & Sleeping Disorders
An obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat
anorexia or body dysmorphia
Which of these is the PHYSICAL manifestation of anxiety?
a. somatic
b. cognitive
a. somatic
(cognitive
How does Truman escape Seahaven?
through the door in the wall (after he sails away from the town)
believes that they have done something unforgivable or are unworthy.
guilt delusion
to have a strong effect
a. impact
b. obsessive
c. causation
a. impact
Self-induced/forced vomiting
purging
A manic depressive illness where the patient has very high highs (called mania) and very low lows (called depression)
Bi-polar disorder
Why is Truman afraid of water?
His father drowned at sea when Truman was a child
believes that they are on a staged reality show, or that they are being watched (usually by cameras)
Truman delusion
health conditions involving negative changes in the mind, the body, and behavior
mental illness
Eating non food items
PICA
A disorder where the patient believes that they are sick when they are actually not
1. hypochondria disorder
2. somatic delusion
(either answer is okay)
What does Truman want to be when he grows up?
an explorer
Believes they are dying or that pieces of their anatomy are missing
walking corpse delusion
to confuse; to disrupt a function
disorder
A common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep or stay asleep
insomnia
People with this disorder may have cleaning obsessions, symmetry obsessions, number obsessions, “Checking things” compulsions, and hoarding (to name a few)
OCD (obsessive compulsive) / (obsessive compulsive disorder)
How does the production crew deal with the problem of Truman accidentally seeing his father?
they write him back into the story / he left because he had amnesia
believes that his or her spouse or partner is unfaithful
infidelity delusion
to preoccupy or fill the mind with something
obsess / obsessive
An unpleasant tickling or twitching sensation in the leg muscles when sitting or lying down, relieved only by moving the legs
restless leg (syndrome)
Can stem from traumatic events including (but not limited to) Depression, Mental/physical disorders, War/Assault/Weapons, Domestic Violence, Family Life
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder or syndrome)
When Cristof is asked why Truman has never come close to discovering the true nature of his world, what does he say?
"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented"
believes that they are very important, powerful, has made a great discovery, or God, a god, or royalty
grandiose delusion (delusions of grandeur)
something believed to be true but is actually false
delusion