Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Hello
Everyone! I am back for another post! I was looking at the comments from last
post to see what my amazing viewers wanted to know about. The responses that I
received were that some viewers wanted more information about other types of
mental illnesses, and some other viewers wanted to about the prevalence. I was
thinking in this post that I was going to choose three more common mental
illnesses that people suffer from and inform you all about them; and in my next
post I was going to talk about the prevalence of the mental illnesses that were
discussed. This way I could make my viewers happy!
The
first mental illness that will be discussed is Borderline Personality Disorder.
Individuals who are diagnosed with this mental illness are known for having on going
patterns of varying moods, self-image, and behavior. When individuals have this
mental illness, they could experience very intense episodes of anger, anxiety,
and depression that could last for hours to days. There are signs and symptoms
of having illness isn’t physical at all unlike other mental illnesses; the
signs and symptoms are shown in the way an individual behaves, so it’s
important to pay close attention to someone who might have this illness. The
first major sign is a person may experience are mood swings and they are very
uncertain about themselves and what their role is in the world, so their
interests and values could change quickly. The second major sign is that a
person experiences is their opinions on other individuals could change quickly
as well, one day someone is considered a friend and then 3 days later they are
considered an enemy; and behaving like this can cause people to have intense
and unstable relationships. The third major sign is people with borderline
personality disorder view things in extremes, such as all good or all bad.
There are other signs and symptoms that are experienced but not all people with
borderline personality disorder experiences it. For someone to be diagnosed
they need to speak to a licensed mental health professional (NIMH, 2016).
The
next mental illness that will be discussed is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(OCD). This mental illness is a long-lasting disorder where an individual has
uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions)
that a person feels the urge to repeat over and over. The signs and symptoms a
person with OCD have is having either obsessions or compulsions, or have both.
Obsessions are repeated thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause anxiety. Some
examples of obsessions are the following: Unwanted forbidden or taboo thoughts
involving sex, religion and/or harm, aggressive thoughts towards others or
self, or having things in symmetrical or perfect order. Compulsions are
repetitive behaviors that a person with OCD feels the urge to do in response to
an obsessive thought; Some examples of compulsions are the following: Excessive
cleaning and/or handwashing, ordering and arranging things in a and precise
way, and compulsive counting. These signs and symptoms could interfere in all
aspects in an individual life. A person could be diagnosed with this mental
illness by a doctor or licensed mental health professional
The
last mental illness that will be discussed is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). This mental illness develops in individuals when they have experienced
something shocking, scary or dangerous. People will be diagnosed with PTSD if
they have problems long after incident. People who have PTSD feel stressed or scared
even when they aren’t in danger. People with PTSD may experience symptoms 3
months of the traumatic event, but there are even cases when symptoms develop
long after traumatic event. The symptoms may last longer than a month and they
could be severe enough to interfere with relationships or work. For a person to
be diagnosed with PTSD they need to experience the following symptoms: One re –
experiencing symptom (flashbacks, bad dreams, or scary thoughts), one avoidance
symptom (staying away from places, events, or objects that are reminders of
traumatic experience, or avoiding thoughts or feelings relating to traumatic
event), two arousal and reactivity symptoms (being easily startled, feeling
tense, difficulty sleeping, or angry outburst), and two cognition and mood
symptoms (trouble remember key parts of traumatic event, negative thoughts
about oneself in world, distorted feelings like guilt or blame, or loss in
interest in favorite hobbies). A person needs to be diagnosed by a doctor or
licensed mental health professional
These
are serious illnesses and it’s important that you all report them to somebody
if any of you think someone is a suspect to having one of the mental illnesses.
I hope you all enjoy my post and make you all comment down below what you would
like me to talk about in my futures posts!
NIMH. Health & Education. (2016,
February). Retrieved February 22, 2018, from
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/index.shtml
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ReplyDeleteThis was a very informative post! I appreciate that you elaborated on each of the illnesses; I find this very helpful since I'm actually learning about mental disorders in one of my classes. I am mainly familiar with OCD and PTSD; I found out the other day that Howie Mandel suffers from OCD, and I always hear how most people who served in the military suffers from PTSD. I don't think that I've ever heard of Borderline Personality Disorder. I don't know why but it kind of reminds me of Bipolar Disorder; that's the first thing that came to mind as I started reading about it. Good thing you went into detail in your last post about Bipolar disorder because I would've kept having the wrong idea. I'm glad that I learned some of the symptoms of these various disorders.
ReplyDeleteThank you for including those mental disorders! It was very nice to read more about them. They are also more common than I thought. I think that it is very important to be knowledgable when it comes to these disorders because it helps you to identify these signs in not only people you care about, but also yourself. I think it is interesting learning about different disorders. It is neat to learn about what causes them and also just how different minds work. I really do sympathize with those who struggle from mental disorders because I feel like a lot of people just push them aside because they think that it isn't a big deal. I personally think mental health is even more important than physical health. Obviously all aspects are important, but mental health is often just brushed under the table, unfortunately. Just like sexual health is not expressed enough in health classes throughout middle school and high school, mental health isn't either. A lot of problems in today's society exist due to a lack of education. That is why our majors are so important, so that we can truly help make a change in the future. Great post!!!
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I enjoyed reading more about different disorders. I have heard of all of these and could explain in simplistic terms and I could have more or less right but I couldn't give specific signs or symptoms to any of them. Your posts are informative and they make these easier to understand and knowing the difference. You speak very informatively but I am also interested in possible treatments and how they affect the individual with a mental illness. Do treatments work, how well? What are the problems with different medicines used for treatment? Are there side effects? These are a lot of questions that could be answered easily in one or two sentences.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your next post because you said you would move off from illness. Bring us one last interesting post. Thank you
Go Nick, this post was just as amazing as the last one. You opened my eyes to so many different mental illnesses. I personally haven't suffered from mental illness but now I know that I shouldn't be so quick to judge it. Because they are all so different. You really know your facts about this, so good job. OCD might be the most interesting to me because I've seen that mental disorder first hand.
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