There isn’t anyone in this world who does not engage in some sort of “habit”…and often on a daily basis. Some people walk fast, while others twist their hair, for example. While most of these are actually benign behaviors, you should know that there are some habits that actually could be a sign [...]
We were told from the time that we were little kids to wash our hands. “Did you wash your hands before dinner”? Our mothers would ask. “Wash up before bed” our parents often commanded. “Johnny, stop picking your nose. Now go wash up before you eat” I?m sure that most of us out there have [...]
Everybody at one point experiences anxiety when faced with a stressful or worrying situation. Anxiety is the feeling of fear, apprehension and worry, accompanied by nausea, palpitations, chest pain, and breathlessness. Sometimes this can interfere with your normal life. Excessive anxiety can be linked with other psychiatric conditions, such as depression.
Anxiety can be in many [...]
Autism is a developmental disability that affects both children and adults. The symptoms of autism are usually diagnosed within the first three years of the child?s life. These symptoms may be more pronounced in some than others and will often affect both the social and communication abilities of the individual. When diagnosed with [...]
I went to Psychology Today to see if I had any other disorders than the one I caught there the other day. I reported that I had caught OCD on their web site. OCD is obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Actually I caught it from my father.
I?m sorry Psychology Today.
I decided to take a look at Anxiety.
Colin Allen has [...]
Eating disorder is an abnormal eating pattern that eventually deteriorates a person?s health and increases the risk of other diseases. In this disorder, people overeat, or eat just to satisfy a psychic need and not physical need. Eating disorder is life threatening illness if left untreated.
Eating disorder which includes anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating are [...]
Do you continually check to see if the doors are locked while in your car or in your home? Do you listen for sounds in your motel room? Wonder if anyone is messing with your car parked outside?
Do you wash your hands over and over again like you had just come in contact with whatever [...]
To lose a loved one is heartbreaking, to see some one you love in pain is heartbreaking, to leave your child on their first day of school is heartbreaking. All these sad events can be removed from our thoughts if nurtured tenderly and tactfully. But what of over compulsive disorder a disease you can [...]
For quite some time, I’ve been noticing that many of the individuals who visit my disability site are looking for disability benefit information, primarily as it relates to bipolar disorder.
While I haven’t found it surprising that this would happen (bipolar disorder is a terrible neurochemical illness and is much more than its constituent parts–depression and [...]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a condition that can happen to anyone, regardless of age, sex or economical condition. It has been found that OCD is one of the 10 leading causes of disability around the world and just in the United States there are approx. 5 million people suffering this ailment.
OCD manifests in the [...]
