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- 591: The Middle of Life
- ... lifestyle change. They have the crisis of losing their role as a parent and needing to find a new sense of identity without this role. Feelings that come with this part of the crisis include depression, self-doubt, heartache and low spirits. They must also handle any kind of regret or feeling of failure about their time and place as a parent. As a mid-life parent, some people (mostly women ... themselves as a failure. Their imprint on the future and what values and material things they want to pass on might not be what they had hoped. This can cause a sense of weakness and depression. The "mid-life crisis" can be described as the turning point in life when people become aware that half their life is over and they must re-evaluate their life and decide on a direction ...
- 592: Anxiety
- ... public, an didn’t let her husband go either. She became anti-social and then depressed. This pattern persisted for 10 years, until her husband eventually took them to a therapist. Anxiety can cause severe depression. What happens is the person becomes anti-social, and because of isolation, becomes lonely and depressed. The depression can sometimes become so bad that the person commits suicide. Anxiety is the emotion which we feel when we find ourselves in tight corners. Anxiety is similar to fear. It can be described by many ...
- 593: Caffeine and Its Affects
- ... to define. Caffeine can be habit-forming. Some regular users who give it up may experience withdrawal symptoms twelve to sixteen hours after the last dose, such as: drowsiness, headaches, lethargy, irritability, disinterest in work, depression, occasional nausea and vomiting. How caffeine affects you depends on what and how much you drink. Strongly brewed coffee or tea has much more caffeine than a weakly brewed drink. Age and size make a ... effect as four cups of coffee for an adult. In moderate doses (more than 200mg, depending on body weight and physical condition) it can produce trembling, nervousness, chronic muscle tension, irritability, throbbing headaches, disorientation, sluggishness, depression and insomnia - otherwise known as "Coffee nerves" As with other drugs, how much and how often caffeine is used can affect reactions. While it may keep you awake for some tasks, caffeine (and oter stimulants ...
- 594: Bulimia
- ... health of that person can be greatly affected by their behavior.(Weight Control 124). Usually after time, the attitude of a person dealing with a disease such as bulimia can result in some type of depression or even a distorted attitude that may effect every aspect of their life. Under many circumstances bulimia can resemble some of the conditions found when treating victims of drug or alcohol abuse ( Matthews 44). When ... Supposedly, these types of drugs have shown to be very efficient at reducing bingeing and purging in bulimics. It is also believed that since bulimic behavior also results in acute anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression, these drugs help to counter these negative mood swings and reduce the incidence of negative behavior (Weight Control 129). Antidepressants also have a variety of side effects and may not be too safe if put ...
- 595: The Grieving Process
- ... is one’s own personal process of loss. During this process of grieving certain events may take place. It is normal to experience a variety of emotional responses which include, shock, or disbelief, anger or depression, guilt, and finally acceptance. You may discover that your feelings are very uncomfortable. Unless you realize that these feelings are normal and similar to the feelings that nearly most grieving persons experience. Those who can ... loss with others. Following feelings of shock or disbelief, you gradually be¬ gin to realize that the loss is real. Then you begin to ex¬ perience deeper and deeper implications of the loss. Anger or depression usually follows. This is a frequent response to a perception of injustice or powerlessness. During this phase the most common question asked is “Why me”, A signifi¬ cant loss can threaten a person’s basic ...
- 596: Suicide
- ... amounts to a final assault against a society that can no longer be tolerated. In so doing, the person tries to obtain a final revenge on everything and everyone that have caused their feelings of depression. Sometimes suicide has been used as a form of execution. Perhaps the most famous such case is that of the philosopher Socrates, who was required to drink hemlock to end his life in 399 BC ... event, or combination of events, puts the person "over the edge". Loss of a job or the death of a friend or relative can start the thoughts of suicide. At the start of the Great Depression, for example, many people who had suddenly lost great wealth killed themselves. The emotions springing from unfavorable events are hostility, despair, shame, guilt, despondency, and alienation. Focusing on the negative occurences is what casues the ...
- 597: Suicide In Jails
- ... country's jails. In 1986 there were 401 successful [jail] suicides (Winkler 19992). There are many general assumptions made in regard to suicide. Most believe suicide to be caused by mental illness such as major depression or bipolar disorder. Another belief is that the emotional escalation leading to action takes place over a long period of time. Such is not the case in jail suicides. Much of the research shows that ... to be taken lightly, and officers are instructed to dispel the myth that those who talk of suicide will not attempt prior attempts- inmates who have previously attempted suicide are at a much greater risk:depression this especially applies to the concept of hopelessness mentioned earlier:intoxication-reports reveal 60% of victims had been intoxicated;mental/emotional disturbances-the mentally ill are at a much greater risk;crisis event-this is ...
- 598: Suicide
- ... but he had to go back to France, and she couldn't see him as much as she would have liked to. Her mother started taking her to a psychiatrist to help her through her depression. If we hadn't have done this she might not be with us today. Now, she has a fairly normal life. She has a job at Amy's Ice Cream which required her to design ... so talented, and she draws and paints to deal with her emotions. They call this art therapy, and it really seems to work for those who already express themselves in their art work. Other ways depression is dealt with is through writing, anger therapy, exercise, dancing, group counseling, treatment centers, and peer assistance networks. When people don't talk to each other about something, they may believe a lot of things ...
- 599: Assisted Suicide
- ... to commit suicide, then where does that leave everyone else? Well just about everyone else commits suicide because of a little thing that enters everyone's life at some time and that thing is called depression. Depression can come from several different things, such as a loss of something like a job, a loved one, a limb such as an arm or leg, or anything else that might be held dear to ...
- 600: Psychoanalysis
- ... emanating from the surrounding environment. Furthermore, the damage done to the basic psychological structures by traumatic experiences leaves those structures weakened and with defective functioning. Such conflicts and defects can cause intense ANXIETY and severe DEPRESSION. In order to keep functioning effectively, the ego attempts to maintain control by achieving some sort of compromise between the contending forces. Often such compromises appear in the form of inhibitions or compulsions that affect ... resulting disturbance is called a narcissistic personality disorder, or a disorder of the self. TREATMENT Patients seek psychoanalytic treatment because they suffer from one or more of a variety of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, sexual and other inhibitions, obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions, irrational angers, shyness and timidity, phobias, inability to get along with friends or spouses or co- workers, low self-esteem, a sense of feeling unfulfilled, nervous irritability ...
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