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A student avoids giving presentations because they fear being judged by classmates.
What is Social Anxiety
This term refers to a reduced ability to feel pleasure, often seen in depression.
What is Anhedonia?
This disorder involves a lack of empathy and disregard for rules.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
This disorder involves binge eating followed by purging behaviors.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
On The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper is a brilliant physicist with difficulty understanding social cues, interpreting sarcasm, or making eye contact. He prefers rigid routines and fixates on specific interests like trains and comic books.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Someone suddenly feels intense fear, heart racing, and shortness of breath with no warning.
What is a Panic Attack/ Panic Disorder
This term describes a lack of motivation or inability to initiate goal-directed behavior.
What is Avolition?
This disorder involves a need for admiration and a sense of superiority.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
This neurodevelopmental disorder includes difficulty with attention and impulsivity
What is ADHD?
In Black Swan, Nina is a ballet dancer obsessed with perfection. She severely restricts her food intake, is extremely underweight, and becomes increasingly anxious about maintaining control over her body and performance.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
After surviving a serious car accident, a person starts having frequent nightmares about the event and avoids driving altogether. They also become easily startled by loud noises and feel constantly on edge. These symptoms persist for months and interfere with daily functioning, even though the person knows the danger is no longer present.
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
This term describes a reduction in emotional expression, such as showing little facial expression or speaking in a monotone voice.
What is Flat Affect?
This disorder includes discomfort in close relationships and emotional detachment.
What is Schizoid Personality Disorder?
This disorder involves extreme fear of embarrassment in social situations and fear of offending others. (Particularly when it comes to their body appearance.)
What is Taijin Kyofusho?
In the movie Split, the character Kevin has multiple distinct identities that take turns controlling his body. Each identity has its own name, voice, posture, and personality. The film links these identities to past trauma.
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
A person reports feeling low for several years, saying they rarely feel happy or motivated. They are able to function at work and maintain relationships, but they often feel “just tired of life.” They don’t experience the intense highs of mania, but instead describe their mood as consistently “down” over a long period of time.
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder?
This symptom is seen in some severe mental disorders and involves a person appearing unresponsive, remaining motionless for long periods, or showing little to no reaction to their environment.
What is Catatonia?
This disorder involves odd beliefs, magical thinking, and eccentric behavior.
What is Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
These types of disorders involve long-term patterns of thinking and behavior that are inflexible and maladaptive.
What are Personality Disorders?
In the animated series BoJack Horseman, BoJack is a washed-up TV star who shows signs of deep sadness, hopelessness, irritability, self-isolation, and substance abuse. He often questions his worth and struggles to maintain relationships.
What is Depression?
A person has an intense fear of being judged or rejected, especially in social situations, and avoids social interaction whenever possible. However, they also deeply desire close relationships and feel lonely when they are alone. They often interpret neutral comments as criticism and believe others see them as inadequate, even when there is no clear evidence. This pattern significantly limits their willingness to take social risks, such as speaking in class or meeting new people.
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
An inability to remember important personal info after trauma.
What is dissociation?
This disorder involves fear of rejection and avoidance of social interaction despite wanting relationships.
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
This disorder is characterized by alternating periods of depression and hypomania, but no full manic episodes.
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
In the series This Is Us, the character Jack Pearson’s son Kevin develops a prescription drug addiction after a knee injury. Later, he reveals flashbacks of intrusive memories, nightmares, and emotional numbing related to his father's death and childhood trauma.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?