Symptoms of mental illness

Each of us has its own quirks and bad habits that we take for whims.

It turns out that this may be a mental illness.

So do not relax and take it for a natural.





1. Fear of urinating in front of others



You have come to celebrate small need to empty the toilet (for example, in a restaurant), and are already half way to the blessed relief, when your back is heard shuffling. And ... everything. The process has stalled. You can no longer squeeze out a drop. Someone fell in at the next urinal. You know - he hears that your jet suddenly dried up, and from this panic only increase. And soon after you turn formed. And they wonder what it is you there in complete silence ... If you had to worry about anything like that - you know, you're not alone. This condition is called Paruresis or, simply, the fear of urinating in public. Paruresis prone people can not relieve in the presence of others, even imaginary. This problem occurs more frequently in men, but women also happens from time to time. Scientists claim that seven percent of people at some point in my life experienced such a state. In the most serious cases suffering Paruresis able to go to the toilet only in their own home when they are sure that no one near, and soon, is not expected. Comes to the fact that some sufferers have to catheterize. Paruresis becomes especially problematic when you need to pass a drug test, so in the UK this disorder is considered a valid reason for exemption from the tests associated with urine. And in America Paruresis - a good reason to refuse to perform jury duty.

2. nail obkusyvaniya



Onychophagia - one of the most common mental disorders, which is expressed in compulsive nail obkusyvaniya. This scourge is subject to about 45 percent of people aged 10 to 18 years (most of them - women). Among suffering Onychophagia meet and celebrities - Britney Spears, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eva Mendes ... This state can also have light and heavy forms. In serious cases, it may irreparably damaged cuticle, sometimes teeth. In addition, we must not forget about microbes that such a person is constantly launches in your body. And what is worse - this seemingly innocent habit can affect the ability to work, self-esteem and social interaction. That is to destroy life.

3. Forced emotional expression



Imagine chief chastises you for any serious mistake, and you feel that more second and burst out laughing, and nothing can help it. Trying to pull himself together - you know just what it is you face, but how would you yourself do not hold back, look guilty gradually replaced by a silly smile, then stifled a laugh and soon one of you sees a real, open loud, hysterical cackle. If you ever experienced anything like this, it is quite possible to suffer a syndrome called "violent emotional expression", also known as "pseudobulbar affect." Man in this state corresponds to a stressful situation quite the opposite reaction than that which it would be logical to expect. For example, depressed by the good news or start giggling in the wrong place for this. In addition, if a person is a pleasure to laugh at someone else's bad luck or miss, it can also be a mental disorder, which is called "katagelastitsizm." In the medical literature, it is described as "a mental disorder in which a person is having fun making fun of others." That is, in fact, is the medical term for a complete scoundrels.

4. Failure to recognize and express their emotional state



How often have you heard from the girl that her boyfriend is not enough with it sincere? "He never shared with me their experiences." "He's some kind of aloof forever ..." "He did not care about what happens in my soul!" And so on. Believe it or not, but two out of three of these complaints can be attributed to medical phenomenon called "alexithymia". This term refers to the inability of a person to recognize and verbalize their own emotional state. Alexithymia in varying degrees, have each one of us. However, in the most severe cases, this condition can seriously poison life. On the assurances of scientists, alexithymia prevents live about 8-10 percent of all people, with men among them more than women. In addition to problems with her friends, these men have underdeveloped imagination. Suffering from alexithymia even dream dreams logical and realistic: they go shopping, for example, or scrambled eggs breakfast.

5. Intolerance to certain sounds



Almost every one of us can not tolerate any sound: foam glass, chalk on the blackboard, the creaking of the swing, champ ... Normally it or not, depends on what kind of sounds and how preventing you live. Mental disorder called "mizofoniya" - a condition where the usual cause irritation, unremarkable sounds. For example sounds that emit other people when they eat, breathe, cough, or engaged in other quite familiar and not noisy affairs. In addition, most people only annoying repetitive noises and suffering mizofoniey may withdraw from a single bad for him sound. Documented cases of such people in a fit of irritation beat the dishes and literally punched the wall with his fist (talking about drywall, of course, approx. Mixstuff.ru), when someone accidentally chavknul nearby. The situation is exacerbated if the hateful sound comes from the person with whom mizofoniey suffering emotionally connected - from a family member or close friend. Of course, such people have a lot of challenges in communicating with others. They find it difficult to tie a romantic relationship, because they can not stand when someone close to them is eating. Many of them only eat alone behind closed doors.

6. oppositional disorder, disobedience

In a big team there is always a frame that receives a hostile reception everything that comes "from above". He said his main goal to undermine the authority of superiors noisiest and unpleasant for the latter method. He strives and disputes about every insignificant. Do not rush to conclusions - it is possible that a person is not to blame for the fact that so behaves. His stubbornness can be attributed to a mental disorder, which is called "oppositional defiance disorder." In the medical literature, this state is described as "prolonged disorder characterized by disobedience, hostile and negativistic behavior towards superiors." Although this disorder is quite common in adults, most of all he is, of course, are children - about 20 percent. And it's not just bad behavior from time to time, as a permanent condition for at least six months. If nothing can be done, then the probability of more than 50 percent, the situation will only get worse.

Source: mixstuff.ru

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