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Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Questions and answers about Depression and Bipolar disorder, including symptoms of the illness, and how to help those who suffer from it.
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How does tragic suffering differs from pathetic or sad feelings?
The tragic hero takes on a larger-than-life dimension because his or her struggle is waged against superhuman antagonists
No, being emo is a subculture or style associated with emotions, music, and fashion; it doesn't necessarily involve self-harm like cutting. Cutting is a separate issue related to mental health and should be taken seriously and addressed with appropriate support.
A teenager who loses a member of their family by suicide can be called 'a suicide survivor'. More generally a "suicide survivor" is an individual who remains alive following the death by suicide of someone with whom they had a significant relationship or emotional bond.
Cain (1972: 12) wrote about the predicament of many survivors of suicide, including, in some but by no means all cases "their torment and their desperate need for psychological assistance". He mentioned survivors' reactions that have included reality distortion, fractured family relationships, guilt, disturbed self-concept, impotent rage, mis-identification with the suicide, depression and self-destructiveness, search for meaning and incomplete mourning.
Some, all or none of these reactions may occur in an individual survivor of family suicide. Each person's response is unique as indeed is each act of suicidal behaviour. But it is known and accepted that, complex psychological responses containing 'guilt, shame, unmet yearning and unresolved grief' (Cain, 1972: 14) may, in an unknown but limited number of cases, lead to pathological depression that could be acted out in 'implacably self-destructive ways of life...and direct suicidal behaviour - suicidal impulses, fantasies, threats, preoccupation, repeated suicide attempts and completed suicides'.
Significantly, Cain (1972: 14) states that survivors frequently volunteer and often helpfully serve as lay staff in suicide prevention agencies.
If you have experienced a family suicide, you may be able to help yourself and others by seeking professional psychotherapeutic support, in order to come to terms in a healthy way with your serious loss and in recovery, to continue to live your life fully and productively and so to deliver all of your potential as a human being.
What is the difference between demon possessed person and insanity?
A demon-possessed person is a fictional concept, while "insanity" is a legal term denoting a person's inability to distinguish between right and wrong. People with mental illnesses, on the other hand, generally have some sort of physiological malfunction in their brain.
Is hard to believe a person that bipolar?
No not really. You can tell a bipolar person from another. Bipolar persons will go through many mood swings. The person can feel happy about something one instant and then the next they could be sad or depressed. I would know as my mother is bipolar.
Why do you feel so ugly whilst all the other girls are so pretty?
This is a somewhat difficult question, since we, of course, do not actually know what you look like. However, I can still tell you that people often have trouble seeing themselves objectively, and society in general subjects us to constant advertisements designed to make us feel insecure about our appearance, so that we will spend more money on beauty products. Whatever you may look like, you are a beautiful person if you are compassionate toward other people.
It can also depend on your age. Preteen and teen years can be especially rough on anyone's self esteem. Your peers expect you to fit into very tight sets of style and norms. You are going through a lot of changes physically, mentally, and emotionally while trying to keep up with grades, listen to the right music, read the right books, keep your parents happy, worry about dating, and everything else you have going on in your life. Keep in mind that whatever you are going through, you are usually your own worst critic. You are probably seeing yourself as so much worse than other people are seeing you. Sometimes people may say some awful things, but chances are, they are having the same doubts about themselves that you are. It is common for people to make fun of you to feel better about themselves. It isn't right, but it is how some people do (even some adults). The ones that are being the most cruel are usually the ones that are privately the most miserable. It is easy for an outsider to say, but it almost always gets better. Hang in there. Realize that you are in all likelihood nowhere near ugly, and to someone somewhere, you are gorgeous. For now, just focus on being the person you want to be. You have to find happiness somewhere besides what you look like, no matter how beautiful are.
Is there a disorder that attract others with disorders?
No. However, when people recognize similarities in one another they often develop closer relationships. This applies to mental disorders as much as it does to any other personality trait.
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i'm such a loner. everday kids would beat me up and call me emo. and maybe i am not (i typically am) emo! i actually would never stand up to anyone not even the garbage can ohhh well. i may be a loner but i can so live with it( what a lie)
From what year do pink depression glasses originate?
The Era of Pink depression glass ranges from 1936 to 1938, however there were also pieces made by The Indian Glass Company earlier than that, and these pieces are considered by some to be "Pink Depression Glasses"
I'm not sure why they choose the name Blues, but the reason for it being sad is because when you cry, water comes out of your eyes. And water is blue.
What does it mean when moderately severe comes up as a result on a depression test?
If one takes a depression test and it comes up as a result of moderately severe it means that they are badly depressed.
If someone who has mental illness and has been treated terribly by their family wear diapers?
- Some people with mental illness or other handicaps often need to wear diapers as they may have now control over their urine or bowel output.
Could you get rid of worry And how?
Yes ... just realise that no matter what happens, it will not be the end of the world! Think about all the millions of people who have experenced much worse things than you are worrying about - wars, famines, dictatorial governments, etc, and know that they have survived, and there is always something good to be found in life. With this in mind, breathe deeply and meditate ... if you meditate effectively it doesn't take too long to get over your anxiety.
If every time you get mad and you cry Is this considered depression?
no. it is simply a way of expressing your anger. sometimes when you get so mad you cant stand it you cry so you.. simply don't get so mad you try to hurt someone. I've wondered this myself and found the answer one day in a local newspaper :-]
