PSY 101 Notes

Tab 1

Things I Already Know

ADHD -

The Brain lacks dopamine.making it hard to focus on boring tasks but easy to hyperfocus on exciting ones.

Love Addiction -

Your love partner become your only source of happiness.Without the, - emptiness and panic

Anxiety -

It triggers an angry response when there's no real threat. Racing heart.Shallow breath. It’s not just stress, it's exhausting to live in this state daily.

Gaming Disorder-

A person loses control: plays video games for hours, skips meals, sleep,and works. Without it- anxiety

Dissociative Identity Disorder-

A person has two or more distinct identities that take control at different times. Each has its own name.voice.age and memories

MASOCHISM -

its a pattern where someone unconsciously seeks suffering or humiliation because it feels familiar and safe. Two types are sexual and psychological.

SADISM-

its deriving pleasure or satisfaction from others pain,humiliation or suffering

GRANDIOSE DELUSION-

A rock solid false belief that you're incredibly special.A genius. A billionaire. A prophet. Or the chosen one. With zero real proof its a psychiatric society (Seen in bipolar mania or schizophrenia)

SCHIZOPHRENIA-

It’s a chronic brain disorder that distorts reality.Hallucinations.Delusions.Disorganized thinking or/and speech.Motivation and emotions often flatten.

PARANOIA-

A fixed unfounded belief that others are out to harm,divorce or use you with no proof.

PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA-

Unlike paranoia,paranoid schizophrenia involves hallucinations.Reality is distorted to the point of absurdity

CATSTONIA-

A state where a person either freezes in one position.stops talking and responding or.oppositely shows Clorox agitation shouting repeatin others words or movements.

COTARDS SYNDROME-

A condition where a person is convinced they are dead,rotting,missing organs or that the world doesn't exist anymore.

AMOK-

A sudden previous of uncontrollable rage and violence. A person attacks everyone nearby; features things,and later often has memory loss.

CLINICAL LYCANTHROPY-

A continuum where a person firmly believes they are trnsforming into a animal.They may growl,crawl o all fours,bite.

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME-

A disorder where one hand acts on its own.Grabbing objects.Unbuttoning clothes,strangle the owner.