Is a disorder of the brain and behavior. The people who have OCD generally have repeated thoughts or images about fear of germs or dirt, acts of violence, hurting loved ones or being overly tidy.
They do the same rituals over and over such
as washing hands, locking and unlocking doors, counting, keeping unneeded
items, or repeating the same steps again and again. They can’t control the unwanted
thoughts and behaviors. They sometimes can even hurt themselves.
They get brief relief from the anxiety the
thoughts cause when they perform the ritual or behaviors. People with OCD spend
at least one hour a day on the thoughts and rituals, which cause distress and
get in the way of daily life.
We saw a video of a woman who had OCD, she
washed her hands over and over again, a part of the arm and the nails, she
sometimes got burn because she used hot water. When she dries her hands with
the paper towel she was careful about not touching the trash can because if she
did she washed her hands again, with the burning water. She didn’t touch her
baby, she used a bedcover to take the baby all over the house and she needed
everything to be symmetric.
At the end she went to therapy where she
learned to control her OCD and with time lose that disorder.
Bipolar Disorder.
I think this disorder causes serious shifts
in mood and behavior. When the person have a lot of up and downs on their
energy. This cycles last days, weeks and on extremely cases months. When
Bipolar Disorder affects behavior is when the person whit this disorder goes from
the highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the other.
There are four types of Bipolarity: mania,
hypomania, depression, and mixed episodes.
Some symptoms from mania are: Sleeping very
little, but feeling extremely energetic, talking so quickly those others cannot
keep up or unable to concentrate.
From depression are: Feeling hopeless, sad,
or empty, Fatigue or loss of energy and thoughts of death or suicide.
From Hypomania: Hypomania is a less severe
form of mania. People in a hypomanic state feel euphoric, energetic, and
productive, but they are able to carry on with their day-to-day lives and they
never lose touch with reality.
From Mixed episodes: A mixed episode of
bipolar disorder features symptoms of both mania or hypomania and depression.
Common signs of a mixed episode include depression combined with agitation,
irritability, anxiety, insomnia, distractibility, and racing thoughts. This
combination of high energy and low mood makes for a particularly high risk of
suicide.
If you spot a symptom of one of these types
of bipolarity on you or another person do not wait go to treatment!
Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple
Personality Disorder)
Is a problem which produces a lack of
connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, or sense of identity.
We saw a video which is about a women who claims
she suffers from DID, her name is Tracy; I did not believe her but I think this
disorder does exist. She said she had five different personalities in her body:Emily, the 5 years old girl.
Susie, the 10 years old girl.
Samantha, the CEO.
Miss Anne, the caretaker.
Becky, who, Tracy said, it was the most aggressive of them all and the one that pops out the most frequently.
She said she is afraid about Becky because when she comes out she hurt herself.
Tracy appeared on Dr. Phil show and he asked her if he could talk to Becky (that is why I did not believe her), she closed her eyes and suddenly Becky appeared, Dr. Phil got the chance to talk to her. She was angry during the entire interview but answer the entire question like: why she hurt herself, she answered that she had to be punished that Tracy had to be punished that she (Tracy) didn’t appreciate her 5 personalities and that’s why she did that kind of things. Another question was if she was planning to kill herself she answered “Yes, but I can’t kill me without killing her”.
By:Nubia
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