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Used of mentally ill and neurotic women, particularly single women and spinsters who hoard cats. [23] Cretin [citation needed] Cripple "A person with a physical or mobility impairment". Its shortened form ("crip") has been reclaimed by some people with disabilities as a positive identity. [6] [7] [17] [24] Confined to a wheelchair
Paradoxical laughter has been consistently identified as a recurring emotional-cognitive symptom in schizophrenia diagnosis. Closely linked to paradoxical laughter is the symptom; inappropriate affect, defined by the APA Dictionary of Psychology as "emotional responses that are not in keeping with the situation or are incompatible with expressed thoughts or wishes". [3]
Needless to say, I've never gone anywhere near the water ahead of a hurricane again. Image credits: FelixMcGill #16. ... Mentally unstable women. Or mentally unstable people in general. No, I can ...
It is usually expressed out of social or emotional context, and may be spoken in a louder tone or different cadence or pitch than normal conversation. It can be a single word, or complex phrases. A person with coprolalia may repeat the word mentally rather than saying it out loud; these subvocalizations can be very distressing. [8]
Public polling has shown Trump is losing ground in terms of how voters view his mental fitness, with the percentage of Americans who believe he is mentally sharp declining, and the percentage who ...
Self-talk can be soothing. "It can help you gather your thoughts," says Amy Morin, LCSW, a psychotherapist and the author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. "You speak slower than you ...
A 2015 review found that in the United States, about 4% of violence is attributable to people diagnosed with mental illness, [237] and a 2014 study found that 7.5% of crimes committed by mentally ill people were directly related to the symptoms of their mental illness. [238] The majority of people with serious mental illness are never violent ...
Elon Musk has post-traumatic stress disorder from a turbulent childhood that included time in apartheid South Africa and verbal abuse from his father, famed author Walter Isaacson claims in his ...