Mental Illness
Feelings of fear or panic in non-threatening situations
Anxiety Disorders
Acting on the feeling of self loathing
Self Harm Behavior
An extra measure of brain function to be used to process stressful situations that arise.
Brain Reserve
People who suffer from a delusion that they are NOT mentally ill and that behavior such as being up all night or refusing to leave the house because of fear of germs is perfectly normal.
Anosognosia
Depression caused by lack of sunlight
Seasonal affective Disorder
through most of life, times of very low mood, poor sleep, and low appetite
Major Depression
_____________ is gathering important facts, fitting them together into structures and choosing the best option from all the structures
Wisdom
Having too much information coming at you consumes your limited ______________, makes you hop mentally from subject to subject, and keeps you from thinking deeply
attention span
From early childhood, lack of communication, eye contact, and smiles
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cycles of intense high mood followed by depression
Bipolar Disorder
The state of Being aware of how you feel and expressing it appropriately.
Emotional Health
Irrational overeating and then purging the eaten food by self-induced vomiting
Bulimia
Permanent loss of memory, language and emotions
Dementia
Breakdown of normal thought with delusions or hallucinations
Schizophrenia
Scientists can tell thinking is going on by studying brain waves, electronic measures of neuron impulses recorded in a test called _______________
EEG or electroencephalograph
Although it can look like a mental illness, __________ is just the emotional release that occurs when the stress becomes too much for a person to endure.
Decompensation
An irresistible need to perform activities as rituals
Compulsion
Impulsive, irrational, angry behavior that damages relationships
Borderline Personality Disorder
Worry and grief can cause you to work over the same thoughts over and over again, trying to find a solution to a problem that has no solution. _____________ prolongs distress and may lead to harmful behaviors to escape recurring thoughts.
Rumination
A less intense but longer lasting depression
Dysthymia