Mental health (psychiatry)

How to beat addiction to sweets and flour?

A person is so designed that he follows his desires, tries to give himself as much pleasure as possible, improving his emotional state. Often this ends in addiction and causes harm to the body, and sometimes even destroys it.

Heliophobia

This phobia is a consequence of psychological fear – such patients are afraid that the sun can physically harm their well-being and health.

Gelotophobia

Modern psychologists increasingly encounter cases of social isolation and virtualization of communication - for many reasons, problems caused by impaired social adaptation come to the forefront.

Dysmorphomania syndrome: a simple desire to be attractive or a mental disorder?

Looking back on themselves as teenagers, few would be able to claim that at that time they were completely satisfied with their appearance, did not envy their more attractive friends, and loved their reflection in the mirror.

Imposter syndrome

A psychological pathology in which a person cannot accept his or her achievements is impostor syndrome. Let's consider the causes and symptoms of the phenomenon, and methods of treating it.

Paraphrenia: illness or living in a modified reality

When we tell a friend that he is "talking" nonsense, we do not even imagine how far we are from the truth, getting confused in the concepts of nonsense and absurdity. In fact, nonsense is a mentally abnormal morbid condition that can have various manifestations.

Apophenia

By this term, the psychologist meant the ability of the human psyche to perceive connections in utopian or random information and to find a share of meaning in random combinations and coincidences.

Anthropophobia

One of the most unusual phobic disorders in psychiatry is anthropophobia - a condition in which the patient is afraid of people - either absolutely everyone and everything, or people of a certain category.

Hyperthymia

Hyperthymia is a pathologically elevated mood, in which there is a feeling of joy, an energy boost, a sense of strength, and fun. At the same time, the direction and depth of all cognitive processes are sharply reduced.

Hyperbullia

Hyperbulia is a volitional disorder in which there is an inadequate strengthening of various desires, as well as attempts to perform often unproductive activities.