Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. However, the following factors might be more plausible. However, the two conditions are fundamentally different, and the distinction is crucial.

Resilience and coping 139

Resilience and coping Nutrition and mood Self-awareness Sleep and mental health 139

Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Almost all of the disorders that I had been diagnosed with were in complete remission. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

Sleep and mental health 140

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Neurotransmitters and mental health 140

Now Psych

MARCH 25, 2024

Brief overview of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes significant instability in emotions, behavior, relationships, and self-image. What is Borderline Personality Disorder? How Common is Borderline Personality Disorder?

Personality disorders 52

Personality disorders Genetics and mental health Dialectical Behavior Therapy Self-awareness 52

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. The re-framing of diagnosis as identity in some parts of the neurodiversity movement leads to an insistence on identity-first language—an ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘a person with autism.’

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 143

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

ASD is also associated with difficulties with central coherence, a disability that costs a lot of energy in the persons daily life. Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.

Autism spectrum 40

Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Eating disorders 40