Id like to address a rather serious issue. Recently, I have seen posts about OCD moments or Youre OCD if this bothers you. Well, those posts/pictures bother ME, because they do not paint an accurate picture of OCD. They are oversimplifying and mocking the condition, portraying sufferers of this mental illness wrongly. Please do not encourage such things. OCD is when a person has compulsions to perform rituals such as washing their hands or closing a door a certain number of times. These rituals, they believe may stop terrible things from happening, such as natural disasters, a house fire, evil such as demons, contamination by germs, or death. These are their obsessions, which cause them much anxiety. They may check repeatedly if a door is locked and may lock it and re-lock it several times until they are satisfied. They cannot control these things. It is NOT just being overly organized or being bothered by things that are not perfect. While they may feel the need to have objects arranged in a certain manner, it does not just annoy them when these things are out of order. It causes them severe distress. Here is some information on OCD: nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml I am also troubled by the casual usage of depressed, bipolar, and borderline. If you are simply sad or feeling down, you are NOT depressed. There are many synonyms out there to accurately describe what you are feeling. Look them up and use them, please. Depression is a serious condition that greatly affects the lives of people who suffer from it. Do not use the word lightly. Bipolar disorder is another serious condition, characterized first by periods of mania, or an extremely high-level, frenzied state. People may not sleep for days in a manic state. The second characteristic is periods of serious clinical depression. I notice that people often get bipolar and borderline mixed up. A person with bipolar disorder is NOT the type of person who is going to love you one day and hate you the next. Rather, they may talk very fast, be seemingly unable to slow down, be impulsive and irritable, and/or be overly happy. They may seem delusional at times about their abilities. And again, when they are not manic, they may suffer the symptoms of clinical depression. Now, borderline personality disorder is characterized by several things. A person with this disorder is impulsive as well, but they arent overly excited/restless or depressed. They tend to have mood swings, may go from idealizing a person to devaluing them over small things, have anger management issues, may often feel empty or even bored, and often does not have a clear sense of self, which means they have trouble figuring out what they want for themselves, such as career, hobbies, etc. They may engage in self-harm or threaten to harm themselves. They are terrified of the very idea of being abandoned. This is the type of person you see in movies that will obsess over a lover who left them and engage in extreme behaviors such as setting fire to their ex-lovers house or harming that persons pet, or even that person directly. They may take revenge on a company that fired them by stealing things before they leave. My admin has had friends with both bipolar disorder and depression. She herself suffers from anxiety disorder. She would like to make it clear that a true panic attack is VERY different from what is termed a spaz attack. A true panic attack creates feelings of not being able to breathe, of feeling like the world is falling away from you and that you are outside of your body and/or dying. The person may experience chills or hot flashes. Hyperventilation and rapid heartbeat occur. The attacks may be triggered or non-triggered. If the attack is triggered, the best thing to do, if possible, is to remove the person from the situation that caused it. Do not laugh at them or tell them they are being a drama queen. Ask if there is anything you can do to help calm them down. Some people have actually had to go to the hospital during a bad panic attack. The attacks can feel like an actual heart attack. Yes. A HEART ATTACK. This is not just freaking out over something. Here are some helpful links: Bipolar: nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml Borderline: nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:14:57 +0000
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