Mental Health: Myths And Facts
Mental Health: Myths And Facts 


Mental health has progressively emerged from the shadows in recent years. After centuries of neglect, our mental health is finally getting the attention it deserves. Many myths, however, endure. We address some mental health myths in this article.

Multiple Personalities.

So, the belief that most persons with mental disorders have multiple personalities was a very ancient way of understanding disease, and it was demonstrated to be false.

So it's not a different personality with mental disorders.

What it is, though, is a disconnection from reality and a part of ourselves that feels, for example, that someone is trying to get them.

So, that's a really common symptom of mental disorders.

OCD.

As a result, it's a common myth that all "clean freaks" suffer from OCD.

When someone is, like, cleaning their backpack, it feels like it's practically a cultural thing to declare to each other, "You have OCD."

In actuality, OCD is a complex condition with many components.
And keeping things tidy and neat is one of the subsets.
It must, however, be obsessive to the point where people are always thinking about it.
That is unusual in and of itself.

The majority of people who are clean simply want to be clean.
And it is not the same as having OCD.

Bipolar Disorder.

Mood swings aren't the only symptom of bipolar disorder.
It's a stark contrast between a high elevation of perhaps a happy mood and a low, negative mood.
Everyone experiences mood swings.
But it's not just that with bipolar disorder.
It's an intense type of euphoria or depression, which they cycle through.
As a result, it may manifest as signs of a manic episode, such as hypersexuality or a lack of sleep, among other things.
It's not only a matter of feeling good.

Anxiety.

This is a frequent misconception, and I've heard it repeated many times. Anxiety is nothing more than a series of thoughts.

Imagine yourself in this situation. I'm getting into the "what if" mode of anxiety. What if, what if, what if that happens,  what if this happens, And it's never-ending.

For some people, it can last for hours. For others, it's more passing at times. However, if you're worried about something, We're hardwired to deal with stress as humans and we've had to deal with a barrage of stressors ever since the dawn of time

Going to work, using the train, etc. establishing interaction with others You're aware, can be a source of anxiety. Unless you suffer a panic attack while riding the train, which is more of an anxiety reaction, whereas the stress of riding the subway is more of a stress reaction.

Everyone has anxiety before a presentation or an exam, for example.
An anxiety disorder, on the other hand, is a severe form of this in which it interferes with a person's daily functioning.

Depression.

This is an important myth to understand. Sadness is a fleeting emotion triggered by something.
It's an emotion that only lasts a few seconds by definition. It can last up to ten minutes, but on average, we experience an emotion, it goes, and we experience another emotion.

Rumination, or the act of thinking and thinking and thinking about something over and over again, is what tends to push us from melancholy to despair.

And that's how we get from sadness to depression, but it doesn't happen overnight.
We all have sad moments, and we just allow them to happen and go on.

We're usually fine. However, if we get caught up in ruminating and thinking about all the reasons we're sad, we're more likely to fall into depression.

Depression is not a real illness?

So, contrary to popular belief, depression is a valid medical illness. It can be really debilitating, in fact. In order to be classified as depressed,

We need to exhibit some sort of sluggish conduct. where we can't seem to get out of bed There are various types of depression, for example, but one of the most important has this, neurovegetative symptoms are what they're called.

Where we can't sleep or eat, for example. There's also dysthymia, which is a type of depression. It contains an anhedonia component,

This implies we get less pleasure from the things we used to like. This is a different type of depression. And many people will say things like, "I used to adore pottery, but now I can't stand looking at them."
Do you know what I mean? Something completely transforms for them.

when they're depressed to the point of becoming suicidal

Talking about Depression just makes it worse.

Talking about hard things that you've learned to cover over can be more uncomfortable at first, but it's necessary in order to work out issues that, if not addressed directly, would come back to bite people.

Another thing to consider is that patients may wonder, "How will the therapist react if I say this or that?"
"Can the therapist manage the level of despair that I occasionally feel?" for example.

And when that happens, The fact that the therapist can manage it is a significant step toward the patient being able to handle it once the patient has the strength to put it out there and see how the therapist responds.

Depression is always tied to one event.

There are reasons behind this, and they may change in the future. But I think the idea that there is a singular reason is something I'd like to refute in that regard.

As a result, if you can handle it, you'll be free of it. And there isn't any. In the vast majority of cases, there isn't.
You need to figure out why you're depressed in the plural, as well as what you can do about it.
What you can't do.

Only women get depressed.

The assumption that depression affects primarily women is completely false. Women, on the other hand, are twice as likely to suffer from depression.

So, it's possible that hormone changes, life circumstances, and stress have a role in why people believe women have a higher risk of depression than men.

Another thing I like to consider is how women may express their emotions differently than men.
Men may, for example, act out behaviorally, whereas women may focus on their inward experience.
If this is the case, they may be more likely to see a therapist.

Being gay or transgender is a mental illness.

There are several mental health myths circulating among LGBT adults and youth.
And I believe that a large part of it is due to the fact that my profession has a shady past along these lines. In the DSM, which is our Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, homosexuality was categorized as a condition until 1973.

And after a lot of criticism, studies, and the integration of LGBTQ rights into theory, we concluded that was outmoded.

Since then, unless someone exhibits specific anxiety due to being gay, they are never labeled with a mental-health-related disease associated with it, according to DSM-3. Actually, the same can be said for being trans.

That someone only has a diagnosis if they suffer dysphoria or dissatisfaction with their physical appearance.
However, being trans is no longer a disorder in and of itself.