This disorder includes severe mood swings shifting from depressive to manic stages.
Bipolar disorder
"Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
Darlin'...
...You give love a bad name."
A simpler way to say "Auditory hallucination" where a person believes that people are talking to them in their heads.
Hearing voices
Many Americans tend to be grumpy and non-energetic until they've had this in the morning.
Coffee
This activity requires concentration, breathing techniques, and simply "being in the moment" to relax the body and mind.
Meditation
A type of anxiety disorder in which you may feel tightness in chest, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, and extreme fear.
Panic disorder
"Crazy
I'm crazy for feelin' so lonely
I'm crazy
Crazy for feelin' so blue
I knew
You'd love me
As long as you wanted
And the someday
You'd leave me...
...For somebody new."
When the brain jumps from one topic to the next very quickly.
racing thoughts
Finish the lyrics...
"Because I'm happy,
Clap along if you feel like a...
room without a roof!"
This activity taps into your right side of the brain using a variety of mediums to express oneself.
Art
A type of depression that's related to changes in seasons. Symptoms usually start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. It's also known as the "winter blues" disorder.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
"I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of
And I wish you joy and happiness
But above all this..
...I wish you love."
The action of keeping away from or not doing something. Many people with phobias tend to do this due to their fears.
Avoid or avoidance
This simple "happy" activity burns calories, reduces stress hormones, is fun to do with others, is contagious, and makes you generally happier! It requires nothing but the use of your body.
Laughing
This activity naturally releases endorphins in the brain which makes you less stressed and happier. It requires effort and typical is beneficial if done at least 30 minutes.
Physical exercise
This disorder is described as disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders and defined as "a pattern of angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, or vindictiveness" in children and adolescents.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
"I see a little silhouette of a man
Scaramouch, Scaramouch...
...Will you do the fandango?"
A state of abnormally elevated arousal, affect, and energy level. During this state, the person may do extreme behaviors such as excessive spending, traveling, and/or criminal behaviors.
Mania
This activity lowers stress, is considered an aerobic exercise for your lungs, and increases concentration. It is fun to do alone and with a group.
Singing
Sometimes, people feel lonely and require <this> to fulfill their needs. It is another word for being around people.
Social interaction
A person with this personality disorder often feels little or no empathy toward other people, and doesn’t see the problem in bending or breaking the law for their own needs or wants.
Antisocial personality disorder (APD)
"I'm like a bird
I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is...
...I don't know where my home is."
A disconnection from reality which results in strange behavior often accompanied by perception of stimuli (voices, images, sensations) and other hallucinations..
psychosis
This song by R.E.M is their most popular...
*Listen to short clip
Shiny happy people
Sometimes, a person's thoughts can become overwhelming and intrusive. This individual may need a <what> to focus on instead of the negative thoughts in their head?
Distraction