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  2. Body integrity dysphoria - Wikipedia

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    Body integrity dysphoria (BID), also referred to as body integrity identity disorder (BIID), amputee identity disorder or xenomelia, and formerly called apotemnophilia, is a rare mental disorder characterized by a desire to have a sensory or physical disability or feeling discomfort with being able-bodied, beginning in early adolescence and resulting in harmful consequences. [1]

  3. Abnormality (behavior) - Wikipedia

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    Culture: what may be seen as normal in one culture, may be seen as abnormal in another. Situation & context one is placed in: for example, going to the toilet is a normal human act, but going in the middle of a supermarket would be most likely seen as highly abnormal, i.e., defecating or urinating in public is illegal as a misdemeanor act of ...

  4. Body dysmorphic disorder - Wikipedia

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    A subtype of body dysmorphic disorder is bigorexia (anorexia reverse or muscle dysphoria). In muscular dysphoria, patients perceive their body as excessively thin despite being muscular and trained. [8] Many seek dermatological treatment or cosmetic surgery, which typically does not resolve the distress. [2]

  5. Acceptance and commitment therapy - Wikipedia

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    Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT, typically pronounced as the word "act") is a form of psychotherapy, as well as a branch of clinical behavior analysis. [1] It is an empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies [2] along with commitment and behavior-change strategies to increase psychological flexibility.

  6. Hyperthermia - Wikipedia

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    Hyperthermia, also known simply as overheating, is a condition in which an individual's body temperature is elevated beyond normal due to failed thermoregulation. The person's body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates.

  7. Lena Dunham Drops Out of Netflix Series ‘Too Much’ to Avoid ...

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    Lena Dunham is taking a step away from several projects — including her upcoming Netflix series Too Much — to avoid unwanted commentary on her body. “I was not willing to have another ...

  8. Experiential avoidance - Wikipedia

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    The 62-item Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ) [25] was developed to measure different aspects of EA. The Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ) is a 15-item measure developed using MEAQ items, which has become the most widely used measure of experiential avoidance.

  9. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Social cryptomnesia, a failure by people and society in general to remember the origin of a change, in which people know that a change has occurred in society, but forget how this change occurred; that is, the steps that were taken to bring this change about, and who took these steps. This has led to reduced social credit towards the minorities ...