enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Martyr complex - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr_complex

    Other martyr complexes involve willful suffering in the name of love or duty. This has been observed especially in poor families, as well as in codependent or abusive relationships. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The desire for martyrdom is sometimes considered a form of masochism . [ 4 ]

  3. Martyr - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr

    A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant ...

  4. Messiah complex - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_complex

    The term messiah complex is not addressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), as it is not a clinical term nor diagnosable disorder. However, the symptoms as a proposed disorder closely resemble those found in individuals with delusions of grandeur or with grandiose self-images that veer towards the delusional. [3]

  5. Martyr!’ by Kaveh Akbar "Martyr!" by Kaveh Akbar. What it’s about: “Martyr!” is a portrait of a young Iranian American man searching for meaning. Cyrus Shams – a newly sober poet ...

  6. Hero syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_syndrome

    Hero syndrome (also often referred to as saviour complex or hero complex) is a psychological phenomenon which causes a person to seek recognition for heroism.Although hero syndrome is not recognised by the American Academy of Psychiatry due to its inconsistency with the definition of a syndrome, [1] it is, by definition, a complex as individuals who present this often exhibit impulses that ...

  7. List of syndromes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_syndromes

    Wildervanck syndrome; Williams syndrome; Williams–Campbell syndrome; Wilson's temperature syndrome; Wilson–Mikity syndrome; Wilson–Turner syndrome; Winchester syndrome; Winter-over syndrome; Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome; Wissler's syndrome; Withdrawal syndrome; Withering abalone syndrome; Wobbly hedgehog syndrome; Wolcott–Rallison syndrome

  8. Self-defeating personality disorder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defeating_personality...

    Self-defeating personality disorder is: A) A pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.

  9. 'Martyr!' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 - AOL

    www.aol.com/martyr-one-100-must-read-132500126.html

    Credit - I n Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel, a National Book Award finalist, Cyrus Shams is sleepwalking through life. He’s a poet, newly sober, obsessed with death, and deeply depressed. When ...