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Anger is something everyone has felt at one time or another, but sometimes unresolved anger may need anger management. Anger can be fleeting or long term rage, and it is a normal secondary feeling or emotion. Often, it stems from other unresolved primary feelings that we may have experienced. If the primary feelings are not…
Overview Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is a mental health disorder involving intense mood swings, emotional instability, and severe self-esteem issues. Signs of the illness usually show up in childhood, but won’t fully manifest themselves until early adulthood. Borderline personality disorder can make it very difficult to maintain healthy relationships with others, but with treatment…
Overview Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, is characterized by mood swings as high as mania and as low as depression. These mood shifts could occur as infrequently as a few times in a year, or as often as multiple times in a day. Sometimes, bipolar disorder can lead to the experience of depressive…
Overview Avoidant personality disorder is a disorder in which an individual experiences feelings of excessive social inhibition and sensitivity to criticism or rejection from others. The personality disorder can be severe enough to make it extremely difficult to have healthy social interactions and maintain relationships. Behaviors of self-isolation and feelings of low self-esteem make it…
Overview Autism spectrum disorder, often generalized as Autism, is characterized by a difficulty in communicating, interacting with, and relating to others. Appearing in early childhood, autism consists of symptoms like a delay in learning to talk, excessive emphasis on certain behaviors or interests, depression, anxiety, and unusual devotion to routines. Fortunately, early autism screening and…
Overview Everyone experiences anxiety to some extent, but clinical anxiety is considered a mental health condition when it continuously interferes with the activities of daily life, including sleep, work, school, and personal relationships. Anxiety is often manifested as panic, obsessive compulsive, or post-traumatic stress, each of which has its own symptoms and triggers. There are…
Overview Antisocial personality disorder is a chronic mental illness in which an individual’s thought patterns and ways of interacting with others are highly dysfunctional and destructive. The condition includes symptoms like indifference to rules, manipulative behaviors, and a lack of remorse for their actions. It often renders an individual unable to have a productive life…
Overview Agoraphobia is the fear of being in public places with no easy escape. People suffering from this phobia might become anxious when in a room full of people or in an elevator where it would be hard to escape without embarrassment. In extreme cases, patients can become too frightened to leave their home, making…
Overview The condition of ADHD, known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, consists of symptoms like hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsiveness. Usually beginning in childhood and continuing into adulthood, ADHD can interfere with nearly every aspect of your life, including school, work, home, and personal relationships. Symptoms Generally, the symptoms of ADHD are separated into two categories:…