October 2011
65 posts
beyond-crazyy asked: hope you have a speedy recovery :) stay strong x
Had surgery on my shoulder on thursday, in...
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9 Common Questions About Dreams Answered
Ever wonder why you keep having the same dream over and over again, what your nightmares actually mean and why some dreams seem downright wacky?
For most of us, dreams are a mystery. They make little sense — if we can recall them in the first place. Heck, some of us don’t even think we dream (hint: we do).
Here, psychotherapist Jeffrey Sumber, who studied global dream mythology at Harvard...
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Depression Dis-Courages
“Oh, you are so stupid!”
“Can’t you ever just keep your mouth shut?”
“Well, sure, your drawing is okay, but you are no Picasso!”
“You will never be good enough to play your (flute, guitar, piano, violin…) in public.”
“Don’t brag. No one wants to hear you talk about yourself.”
Are these phrases like the sound...
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Never good enough
I never seem to be happy with myself, neither mentally nor physically. I can’t walk past a mirror without thinking “Why do I have to be so ugly and fat?” And recently I’ve been feeling like I’m a complete idiot because I’m having trouble in one of my classes. What can I do to make myself feel better about who I am as a person?
If you’re so displeased...
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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
INTRODUCTION
Borderline personality is a serious psychiatric disorder, with a prevalence of about 4% in the community, but as high as 20%in many clinical psychiatric populations, and significant morbidity. It is difficult to treat (both in the sense of responding poorlyand as personally troubling to the therapist and the treatment team) and poorly understood. However, we have made...
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Symptoms of bipolar disorder
Symptoms »
The manic phase may last from days to months. It can include the following symptoms:
Easily distracted
Little need for sleep
Poor judgment
Poor temper control
Reckless behavior and lack of self control
Binge eating, drinking, and/or drug use
Poor judgment
Sex with many partners (promiscuity)
Spending sprees
Very elevated mood
Excess activity (hyperactivity)
Increased...
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Depression Types
Depression Types
All depression types are not the same. Major depression, also known as clinical depression, and chronic depression, also known as dysthymia, are the most common types. But there are also other types of depression with unique signs, symptoms, and treatment.
What Is Major Depressive Disorder?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, major depressive disorder is...
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Dust
my face contorts and writhes
these tears have yet to cease
my insides are hollow and glazed
i respire profoundly
with a hardened soul
and a heavy heart
i beg for answers
a reason for my torment
a reason for such anguish
i am unable to think intelligibly
my mind is a cloud of black dust
which has not been lifted since
the storm clouds rolled over my eyes
my body feels dense and...
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Tips for A Good Night's Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep can be easier than you think, if you just keep in mind some of these helpful tips. Remember, sleep is supposed to be relaxing and helps to renew your body every night. Do not make sleep a competition or skimp for too long (longer than a few days) on getting a good night’s sleep of at least 8 hours per day. Everybody has trouble sleeping from time to time,...
Characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder
Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder make frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. The perception of impending separation or rejection, or the loss of external structure, can lead to profound changes in self-image, affect, cognition, and behavior. These individuals are very sensitive to environmental circumstances. They experience intense abandonment fears and...
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Bother By Stone Sour LYRICS
Wish I was too dead to cry My self affliction fades Stones to throw at my creator Masochists to which I cater You don’t need to bother I don’t need to be I’ll keep slipping farther But once I hold on I won’t let go till it bleeds Wish I was too dead to care If indeed I cared at all Never had a voice to protest So you fed me shit to digest I wish I had a reason My flaws are...
beyond-crazyy asked: amazing blog! you are beautiful, always remember that x
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Ever Wonder What a Visual or Auditory...
It’s one thing to be told that schizophrenia often involves a person who hears or sees things that aren’t there. It’s another to ‘experience’ it yourself, via Second Life. (Although I’m not sure I’d call it ‘experiencing’ something by watching it on a screen, but I digress.) But a press release that came across our desk the other day did make it seem like this has some potential to help people...
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Auditory Hallucinations: What's It Like Hearing...
Hearing what others can’t hear
By Ralph Hoffman Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University
You are in a crowd when you hear your name. You turn, looking for the speaker. No one meets your gaze. It dawns on you that the voice you heard must have sprung from your own mind.
This foray into the uncanny is as close as most people come to experiencing auditory hallucinations or “hearing...
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Symptoms of PTSD
Symptoms
By Mayo Clinic staff
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms typically start within three months of a traumatic event. In a small number of cases, though, PTSD symptoms may not appear until years after the event.
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are generally grouped into three types: intrusive memories, avoidance and numbing, and increased anxiety or emotional arousal...
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Borderline personality disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most controversial diagnoses in psychology today. Since it was first introduced in the DSM, psychologists and psychiatrists have been trying to give the somewhat amorphous concepts behind BPD a concrete form. Kernberg’s explication of what he calls Borderline Personality Organization is the most general,...
Anonymous asked: Thank you so much for posting all of these wonderful articles. They are so insightful, helpful, and informative. I really appreciate all the work you put into this blog. <3 Anon
Nightmare
My life is a nightmare
one from which i cannot wake
so frightening, so surreal
one from which there is no break
chilling scenes, alarming scenarios
everywhere i turn i shiver
i try, in vain, to wake up
but something else makes me quiver
people from the past, present, future
part of me questions if they’re real
but mostly i know they are
because every touch, every embrace, i...
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Wounds
my wounds are deep and gaping
they never seem to heal
all i want is to be whole again
to mend from this ordeal
so much anguish, so much torment
it just doesn’t seem real
i could only wish for my demise
dying has such great appeal
the wounds, even though they’re aged
are still crimson and sore
they’re painful to the touch
just the same as before
i’m beginning to...
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Schizoaffective disorder
One of the most challenging mental disorders to identify accurately and treat appropriately is schizoaffective disorder. This condition involves both psychotic symptoms and conspicuous, long-enduring, severe symptoms of mood disorder. The cluster of symptoms experienced by persons with schizoaffective disorder can resemble—at various times in its course—bipolar disorder, major depressive episode...
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Common "games" between BPs and Non-BPs
Common “games” between BPs and Non-BPs
Feelings Create Facts
In general, emotionally healthy people base their feelings on facts. If your dad came home drunk every night (fact) you might feel worried or concerned (feeling). If your boss complimented you on a big project (fact) you would feel proud and happy (feeling). People with BPD, however, may do the opposite. When their feelings...
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Understanding "Splitting"
Splitting refers to the unconscious failure to integrate aspects of self or others into a unified whole. The age old conscious and deliberate game of “dividing and conquering” is not the same as splitting.
I’ve been posting on several terms frequently used by mental health professionals that are not only encountered in mental health settings but also with increasing frequency in common...
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What is "Splitting"
“Splitting” is a term that describes difficulty with the ability to hold opposing thoughts, feelings, or beliefs about oneself or others. In other words, positive and negative attributes of a person are not joined together into a cohesive set of beliefs.
Splitting is very common in people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), and it leads people with BPD to view others and themselves in...
Gonna be out of town till Friday night. Everyone...
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Having Both PTSD and Borderline Personality...
PTSD and Borderline personality disorder (BPD) have been found to commonly co-occur. In fact, it has been found that anywhere between 25 and approximately 60% of people with BPD also have PTSD — a rate much higher than what is seen in the general population. Likewise, one study of veterans with combat-related PTSD seeking treatment found that 76% of them also had a diagnosis of BPD.
The...
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How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Adult Obesity
Dr. Vincent Felitti, founder of Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Preventive Medicine and director of its obesity-treatment program, was seeing some good results. His patients were losing 50, 80, even hundreds of pounds. He might have considered the program a success, if not for the fact that the participants who were doing the best — those who were both the most obese and losing the most...
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Varieties of self harm
Varieties of Self-Harm
Self-injury is separated by Favazza (1986) into three types. Major self-mutilation (including such things as castration, amputation of limbs, enucleation of eyes, etc) is fairly rare and usually associated with psychotic states. Stereotypic self-injury comprises the sort of rhythmic head-banging, etc, seen in autistic, mentally retarded, and psychotic people. The most...
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Capturing the Essence of Self-Injury in...
Self-injury is difficult for many to understand as it is human nature to avoid pain and injury at all costs. Yet there is a growing number of people who seem to ignore this inherit self-preservation and intentionally cut, burn, and abrade their skin or engage in purposeful self-battery. These behaviors are known as self-injury, defined as the intentional destruction of body tissue without...
seasick asked: thanks for the bpd posts, they're very informative and helpful. x
More facts on BPD
• Of dual-diagnosed people, 50-65% have BPD.
• BPD has been associated with other disorders and conditions, such as: Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, other types of psychosis, epilepsy, substance abuse, excessive gambling, risky sexual behavior, eating disorders, etc.
• People with BPD frequently suffer from identity and interpersonal issues.
• The cause...
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5 types of Borderline manifestations
» 5 Types of Borderline Personality Disorder Manifestations
Low Functioning Borderline - The “Low Functioning” borderline is what most people think of when they are first introduced to the condition. Low functioning BPDs are a living train wreck. They have intense difficulties taking care of their basic needs, are constantly experiencing mood swings. They also have an extremely hard time...
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Theodore Millonis an American psychologist and author known for his work on personality disorders. Dr. Millon has written or edited more than 30 books, including his most groundbreaking, Disorder of Personality. Millon devised a set of widely acknowledged subtypes for each of the major DSM personality disorders. It is Millon’s view that there are no definitive patterns of behavior...
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What kind of borderline are you? →
I'm just a lost cause.: Top 10 Daily Habits to... →
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Journaling. Writing is a great way to release emotions. It is unfiltered thought, where you can speak your mind without editing. No judgments, criticisms or condemnations from others. It allows you to explore emotions on a level that you may not necessarily always consider when thinking,…
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Dear Agony Lyrics--Breaking Benjamin
I have nothing left to give I have found a perfect end You were made to make it hurt Disappear into the dirt Carry me to heaven’s arms Light the way and let me go Take the time to take my breath I will end where I began And I will find the enemy within ‘Cause I can feel it crawl beneath my skin Dear agony, just let go of me Suffer slowly, is this the way it’s got to be, dear...
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Types of Schizophrenia
The kinds of symptoms that are utilized to make a diagnosis ofschizophrenia differ between affected people and may change from one year to the next within the same person as the disease progresses. Different subtypes of schizophrenia are defined according to the most significant and predominant characteristics present in each person at each point in time. The result is that one person may be...
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5 Ideas for Boosting Your Energy When Depression...
Depression is as much a somatic (physical) disorder as it is a psychological one. Energy loss is a common somatic symptom. It can easily set off a debilitating cycle that prevents depression from lifting. That’s because the less energy you have, the more likely you are to stay in bed and avoid activities that’ll help you feel better.
One of the first questions clinical psychologist Elvira...
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Teenage Depression
Teenagers experience depression in a manner very similar to adults, but they may experience their emotions more intensely and with greater volatility. Feeling down about a relationship issue or an upcoming exam is normal. Feeling down for months at a time for no particular reason, however, may be a sign of undiagnosed depression.
Teen depression is a serious issue, but can be helped when you...
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8 Keys To Recovering From An Eating Disorder
Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb have written a fantastic book called 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience. Not only are both women psychotherapists, but they’ve also been there. Costin began struggling with an eating disorder in her teens. Grabb was Costin’s client, who recovered and then became a therapist...
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Causes of self harm
Causes of self-harm
There are many reasons why someone could self-harm. If they self-harm more than once, it may be for a different reason each time. The causes usually stem from unhappy emotions.
Self-harming has been described as a ‘physical expression of emotional distress’. If someone is feeling overwhelmed with unhappy emotions, they may find that the physical act of hurting themselves...
