The mind is very complex, and its weaknesses, as well as its strengths, too. We all have our peculiarities, sometimes even too exaggerated, but not always strange or extreme attitudes can be associated with mental disorders. In order to diagnose it as such, it is necessary that certain specific traits associated with the disease in question are met and also a fundamental general requirement: that prevents being able to carry out normal activities and / or lead a normal life in the personal, work and social sphere.
Surely you know many mental disorders such as mood disorders, eating behavior, common phobias, schizophrenia or OCD, among others. But in this article I am going to talk about less common disorders or peculiarities of certain disorders that are probably not so familiar and are somewhat surprising..
There are some hypotheses that classify trichotillomania as OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). It is a behavior associated with anxiety or depression, which forces the subject to compulsively pull hair from any area of the body, although more frequently from the head, causing bald spots. Often, those with this disorder chew or ingest the pulled hair, leading to what is known as trichophagia. People who suffer from it are not always aware of what they are doing. In more extreme situations or states of anxiety, wounds can originate in the areas where hair is plucked or gastrointestinal problems in cases where it is ingested..
Pica disorder usually appears in childhood ages. It is known as an eating disorder in which there is an irresistible desire to lick or eat inedible substances such as dirt, rocks, paper, baking soda, paint, glue, feces, ashes, or any other non-nutritive item. It can lead to infections, anemia, malnutrition and cause serious gastrointestinal problems.
In delusional-type disorders, unusual ideas appear persistently, obsessing the subject to the point of forming wrong ideas about reality. In the case of the erotomanic type, the subject believes that another person is in love with him. It is more focused on idealized love than sexual attraction. Those who suffer from it show their false idea as real and try to get closer to the stranger whom they believe to be in love through continuous searches, gifts, letters, calls, etc. The idea of love is usually addressed to famous or socially recognized people, although this is not always the case.
This syndrome has come to be associated with hypochondria. It is characterized by delusions and hallucinations that cause in those who suffer from the sensation that their organs and internal systems are damaged and even rotting, producing false olfactory sensations of the stench or absence of certain organs. Patients consider that they have a serious illness, that they are in the process of putrefaction or even that they have already died. Often, those who suffer from this syndrome come to believe that they are immortal.
This mental disorder also known as "face blindness" consists of the inability to recognize faces. It is common for it to appear as a result of an accident or brain damage. People with prosopagnosia are not able to differentiate the face of anyone, identifying their family and friends by other means such as smells, voices or peculiar characteristics of the same. In more advanced cases of the disease, they may not recognize their own face in the mirror..
Like the previous one, it is also a face identification disorder. In this case, the person who suffers from it believes that someone has supplanted the identity of some of the people around them. Due to a cerebral disconnection, the subject does not experience affective reactions in the presence of his loved ones, believing that an impostor with the same physique is in his place. It usually occurs more often with the partner of the affected person.
The stories that we know outline qualities that the author himself has observed in real people, on other occasions, they are the product of the imagination. In some of them, behaviors are developed that very well reflect mental illnesses that have subsequently been justified with names that refer to the literary works themselves due to their enormous resemblance to these cases.
This disorder is generated in children between the ages of six and thirteen, presenting characteristics typical of conduct behavior or oppositional defiant disorder. Children who develop it usually show traits such as disobedience, defiant behaviors, anger, resentment, desire for revenge, absence from class, secretly going out at night, continuous lies, theft, threats and / or aggressiveness towards people and animals. Sometimes they can force others to do what they want through intimidation and the use of weapons.
The story itself must be duly transmitted by an adult, since it can induce children to take fantasy and unreal qualities as normal, thus mimicking the protagonist's inappropriate behavior.
Alice in Wonderland syndrome has been associated with migraines. It is often linked to another neurological disease, psychosis or poisoning. People who suffer from it suffer a distortion of reality, considering the dimensions of their environment erroneous and observing their body with disproportionate shapes and sizes. Some patients have claimed to feel some of their limbs move away from themselves, shrink or double.
Adults who do not feel able to grow are considered to have Peter Pan syndrome. It is considered a personality disorder and generally affects more men than women. Social and sexual immaturity, inability to love, irresponsibility, rebellion, narcissism, anger, dependence and / or lack of commitment are characteristic of those who suffer from it..
These people remain affluent in a continuous adolescence, they refuse to take on adult responsibility and continue to grow as a person. They feel the need for maternal protection in the face of their hidden vulnerability. They tend to make sure they have someone by their side who continually attends to their needs, whom they cling to in fear of not being loved or being wrapped up in loneliness..
The opposite happens in Wendy's syndrome, which takes its name from the same story. The cases of this syndrome in women are more numerous. People who suffer from this disorder adopt the role of an adult before their time, adopting the responsibility of a mother with her loved ones, and acquiring a role of power and independence..
Phobic disorders or specific phobias are usually characterized by triggering similar symptoms due to the fear of exposing themselves to the feared situation or object. This fear activates the nervous system causing some of the following symptoms: increased blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, palpitations, rapid breathing, sweating, dry mouth, disgust, nausea, stomach upset and / or dizziness, mainly. These warn the subject of the proximity of the feared danger, making him avoid the situation and seek safety. In case of exposure to fear, symptoms can be exacerbated, triggering an anxiety attack or panic attack..
PHOBIA TO DRIVE
There are people with an exaggerated fear of driving. These people fear having an accident caused by others or by themselves, getting stuck in a traffic jam, being the target of anger from other drivers, having a panic attack or fainting..
Those who suffer from this phobia will only drive in really necessary situations and on “safe” routes, that is, known routes, short distances, simple carts with little traffic, good weather or accompanied by someone who provides them with safety. Normally they will go at a cautious speed, gripping the steering wheel tightly and nervously, somewhat altered and insecure..
SPHINTERIC PHOBIAS
Those who suffer from this kind of phobia are not able to urinate or defecate in public places. They feel the impossibility of fulfilling their needs when there are other people nearby, fearing that someone may come to them. No matter how great the need, they tend to wait to find a safe place to relieve themselves. Other people who suffer from this type of phobia, on the contrary, feel an urgent need to urinate continuously so they only feel safe in public places where they have places to do it.
PHOBIA TO WATER
People with a water phobia fear falling into it, being pushed, or drowning when unable to swim or get help. They tend to avoid going to places with excessive water (swimming pools, lakes, sea, etc.) and taking boats. Faced with the inevitable situation of staying in one of the dreaded places, they will tend to stay on the shore, not look at the water and use all kinds of rescue protections.
PHOBIA TO CHOKE OR VOMIT
This phobia usually begins with the intense fear of the sensation of nausea or choking, or tension in the throat. Although it seems contradictory, nausea is usually more frequent in these subjects than in other people who do not suffer from the phobia. These people tend to eat in small amounts and avoid certain foods, especially those commonly associated with choking, as they fear drowning or making a fool of themselves in situations of choking or vomiting.
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