5 Criteria to Label Something a Disorder
An extreme behavior change
What is Unpredictable/Erratic?
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
"Damned if I do, damned if I don't"
What is Double Bind?
A person who suffers from this personality disorder has a lack of morality, is manipulative, deceitful, and revengeful.
An eating disorder that involves binging and purging, excessive exercise, and the use of laxatives.
What is Bulimia?
Behavior that violates social norms.
What is Unconventional?
Intense fear of a specific object or situation.
What is Phobia?
This type of schizophrenia is characterized by thinking "I'm being watched", delusions of grandeur, and hallucinations.
A person who has this personality disorder is VERY dramatic.
What is Histrionic?
A cognitive somatoform (body) disorder that causes excessive worry about having a serious illness.
What is Hypochondria?
A warped sense of logic/reason, often as a result of an inferiority complex.
What is Irrational?
A pattern of constant worry and anxiety; CHRONIC (long term.)
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Uncontrollable, permanent muscle tremors/shakes due to extended use of antipsychotic drugs.
What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
A person who suffers from this disorder has irrational suspicions and mistrust.
What is Paranoid?
A developmental disorder that causes challenges in language and social interactions.
What is Autism?
This asks the question, "Is the time spent stressing proportionate to the cause of the stress?"
What is Prolonged Period of Distress?
Period of extreme anxiety with physical symptoms.
What is a Panic Attack?
This type of schizophrenia is characterized by strange speech or behavior and flat or inappropriate emotion.
A person with this disorder is socially awkward, hypersensitive to criticism, and feels inferior.
A dissociative disorder that causes amnesia involving personal identity and unplanned wandering. ("Who am I?" ..."Where am I?")
What is Fugue?
The inability to handle a situation properly (responds disproportionately, worst way, destructive.)
What is Maladaptiveness?
Unwanted thoughts or ideas that turn into behaviors; often a response to feeling a lack of control in life.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
What is Diathesis-Stress Hypothesis?
A person with this disorder has a need for admiration, exaggerates their achievements and talents, exploits other people, and has patterns of grandiosity.
What is a Narcissist?
An atypical disorder that causes sexual attraction to fantasy/situations.
What is Paraphilia?