Mental disorders
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Counting in your head is a kind of OCD or obsessive compulsive disorder, in which the person feels the need or urge to count certain things or everything that he comes across. Whether it is counting the stairs while climbing them, tiles on a floor or wall, birds on a line or peas in a bowl, the patient...
Normally people can always find something that makes them feel afraid, scared or repulsed. However, when it comes to people suffering from a phobia the number is reduced to one in ten. There are some phobias that are more common than others, like the phobia of spiders (arachnophobia), snakes, heights,...
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When we say that a person has OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) we refer to the type of scenario where someone can not control repeating a series of stimuli due to underlying anxiety. If you know someone who follows a fixed pattern before leaving home, can not go for more than 3 hours without washing...
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Stockholm syndrome refers to a psychological condition that develops in a person who has been kidnapped or held captive involuntarily. People with Stockholm syndrome show positive feelings towards their kidnapper and may even establish a personal relationship with them. Experts on the subject suggest...
Although each one of us is uniquely different, there are a number of behavioral patterns, commonly referred to as the so-called A, B and C personality types. These labels can be useful to define the general characteristics of an individual's personality, beliefs, culture etc. According to this theory, there are...
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Kleptomania is an irresistible impulse to steal objects that have no commercial value for the person. In some countries it is is estimated that 5% of complaints of theft involve people with kleptomania. The stolen items are not of great importance for the kleptomaniac, but their reward is in the act of...
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Lies are part of our everyday life. There are "white lies" which generally have a positive intention, and those lies that aim at personal benefit. We have all lied at some point in our lives, for example, when we say to someone they are thinner, when in fact they are not, or when we say that we agree with...