Disorders
What does depression mean?
A mood disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies.
What does coping mean?
To deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties.
What is OCD?
Anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions or compulsions or both that cause significant distress, are time-consuming or interfere with normal daily functioning, and are recognized by the individual affected as excessive or unreasonable.
What is a stigma?
Mark of shame or discredit.
What is Anxiety?
Categorized as being in a state of panic or feeling uncomfortable for a specific reason.
What is compassion?
Sympathetic of others distress together with a desire to alleviate it.
What does PTSD mean?
Psychological reaction occuring after experiencing a highly stressing event that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event.
What does shame mean?
A painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety.