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Anthony D. Smith LmhcPsychology Today |
The term is just another pop culture perversion of a psychiatric disorder.
Research about neurochemical contributions has added to our understanding.
Autobiographical accounts of these stigmatized disorders can engender empathy.
Even in schizophrenia, symptoms can be correlated to pre-illness inner conflicts.
Moods, panic, personality disorders, and daily events can instigate dissociation.
In rare cases of psychosis, sufferers encounter apperceptual disturbances.
Bidirectional feedback loops can keep illnesses instigating one another.
Despite the emotional tempest, signs of depression may be subtle.
While counterintuitive, more daylight can be as damaging to mood as darkness
Let's destigmatize by contrasting clinical versus big-screen representations.
Revisiting the hypomanic personality may provide an avenue of relief.
Lack of awareness of this personality fuels "treatment-resistant" depression.