What are Psychological Defense Mechanisms? - Mental Health
According to Freud and his followers, our psyche is a battlefield between instinctual urges and drives (the id), the constraints imposed by reality on the gratification of these impulses (the ego), and the norms of society (the superego). This ... [... more]
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Preconceived Ideas on Mental Illness - Mental Health
There are so many preconceived ideas about mental health these days. Lots of information available online, via the internet and through physicians and word of mouth. Addressed here are some common concerns. Not true! There is definitely a link ... [... more]
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Mental Health Terms Glossary - Mental Health
By definition, acute stress disorder is a result of a traumatic event in which the person experienced or witnessed an event that involved threatened or actual serious injury or death and responded with intense fear and helplessness. Adjustment ... [... more]
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Dissociation, Fantasy, Idealization and more - Mental Health
Our mental existence is continuous. We maintain a seamless flow of memories, consciousness, perception, and representation of both inner and external worlds. When we face horrors and unbearable truths, we sometimes "disengage". We lose track of [... more]
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Projection, Rationalization, Repression and more - ...
Projection is unconscious. People are rarely aware that they are projecting onto others their own ego-dystonic and unpleasant characteristics and feelings. But, sometimes, the projected content is retained in the subject's awareness. This creates ... [... more]
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What is Empathy? - Mental Health
Normal people use a variety of abstract concepts and psychological constructs to relate to other persons. Emotions are such modes of inter-relatedness. Narcissists and psychopaths are different. Their "equipment" is lacking. They understand [... more]
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Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder - Mental Health
The Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Personality Disorder is not yet recognized by the DSM Committee. It makes its appearances in Appendix B of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, titled "Criteria Sets and Axes Provided for Further ... [... more]
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Social Anxiety Disorder - SAD - Mental Health
What is Social Anxiety Disorder (aka SAD)? Social Anxiety is defined primarily, of course, to the reference in the name of one having difficulty with anxiety in social settings. What surprises many however, are the varying degrees and locales for ... [... more]
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