Post No.: 0600 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Mentalisation’ refers to the ability to perceive and interpret our own and other people’s behaviours in terms of mental states – in other words, thinking about and understanding what’s going on in our … Read More
Post No.: 0577 Furrywisepuppy says: In Post No.: 0569, we looked at how a developing brain adjusts to living in a traumatic environment in ways that are adaptive at the time but maladaptive in the bigger picture. … Read More
Post No.: 0569 Furrywisepuppy says: Maltreatment can affect a child’s brain and behaviours in maladaptive ways, as was alluded to in Post No.: 0562… Firstly, maltreated children may find difficulty in building trusting relationships with others because … Read More
Post No.: 0562 Furrywisepuppy says: Like domestic abuse in general, it’s highly likely that many childhood maltreatment cases go unreported, despite the number of children who are on a child protection plan or register. (See the National Society … Read More
Post No.: 0557 Furrywisepuppy says: The purported 5 states of grief are denial/isolation, anger, bargaining/regret, depression and acceptance – but this is only a rough guide and isn’t the same for everybody. Not everyone goes through these steps … Read More
Post No.: 0553 Furrywisepuppy says: Some quirky eating rituals are normal, such as the order you choose to eat the food on your plate. Well really, the immediate culture decides what rituals are considered ‘normal’, such as eating … Read More
Post No.: 0542 Fluffystealthkitten says: There was once a stigma if you liked playing videogames but weren’t male and adolescent or younger. But people of all genders and ages can openly admit to enjoying them nowadays. So the … Read More
Post No.: 0535 Furrywisepuppy says: The difference between phobias and fears is that phobias cause an anxiety that’s so extreme and debilitating that it interferes with one’s quality of life and ability to function. It’s therefore considered a … Read More
Post No.: 0527 Furrywisepuppy says: Mental health problems and debt problems correlate significantly – mental health problems can cause severe debt (e.g. some people on the bipolar spectrum are prone to overspending during a ‘manic’ episode), and severe … Read More
Post No.: 0522 Fluffystealthkitten says: Sometimes, people can treat those with depression and suicide ideation in ways that’ll exacerbate their condition and situation – with assumptions, nagging, blames and/or judgemental sneering – as if they have chosen the … Read More
Post No.: 0515 Furrywisepuppy says: We’ve taken a little peep at various forms of help available for those with mental health and psychiatric disorders before, but let’s take a more specific look at some common forms of therapies … Read More
Post No.: 0502 Furrywisepuppy says: Psychological traumas and/or physical (especially head) traumas are strongly linked with violent criminality. One’s mother abusing drugs (including alcohol) while pregnant, high testosterone levels, low resting heart rates, and physical differences in the … Read More
Post No.: 0485 Fluffystealthkitten says: It’s not self-indulgent or a burden on others to talk about your feelings when it regards your mental health. In fact, those who think it’s self-indulgent or a burden on others are far … Read More
Post No.: 0475 Furrywisepuppy says: Pains, in particular, generally drive us to seek to belong to social groups for support, which makes being ignored, ostracised, isolated, solitarily confined, socially deprived or excluded one of the most doubly hurtful … Read More
Post No.: 0449 Furrywisepuppy says: The most common types of anxiety disorders are generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (see Post No.: 0095 for more specifically about OCD), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social anxiety disorder, … Read More
Post No.: 0444 Furrywisepuppy says: Whenever there’s a murder case involving a suspect with a speculated mental health problem, some news outlets start to spew out unverified conjectures that are emotive, fear-mongering and stereotypical. They don’t even always … Read More
Post No.: 0421 Furrywisepuppy says: Whenever we see lots of people experiencing the same problems in or around the same places at the same time – it’s logical and sensible to primarily look for the systemic reasons behind … Read More
Post No.: 0409 Furrywisepuppy says: When someone is trying to express their feelings of depression, generalised anxiety, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or to other people, one of the worst attitudes and responses they can receive is, “Yes but…” … Read More
Post No.: 0383 Fluffystealthkitten says: In any kind of context, people tend to call any person whom they don’t quite understand or isn’t following the current social norm as ‘crazy’ or similar, even when a person isn’t genuinely … Read More
Post No.: 0369 Furrywisepuppy says: Public mental health care includes the promotion of healthy lifestyles, the direct prevention of particular diseases, case identification, providing a satisfactory level of standard treatment, the maintenance or long-term care of patients to … Read More
