450 million people worldwide are suffering from one or another mental illness. Many people suffer at once by several types of mental illness. Mental disorders occupy four of the ten positions in the list of the main causes of incapacity to work in developed countries (major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder). The most [...]

In all the neuroses the control of the ego (“I”) is weakened. In the conversion symptoms that occur subverted and unplanned actions happen. In obsession and compulsion ego continues to operate the motor area, but does not rule completely and is forced to act contrary to their own judgments on the alien commands a stronger instance: the ego performs certain actions and thinks about certain events in order to not feel in danger. Derivatives of the rejected impulses give their origin because of their exaggerated character, that means rigid adherence to them individual and of his inappropriate emotions. Obsessional ideas - this are primarily derivatives. Sometimes, they retain the character motivations, and sometimes lose it and only the intense ideas, are occupying the mind. The [...]

If a person has a phobia or fear of something that he feels he must handle as it becomes a problem with living his life then he may find the below data of greatest interest. Phobias, fears and many disorders can be handled drug-free, but sometimes a change in life-style might be of help or [...]

Causes of panic disorder can vary from person to person.  For me, I used to suffer from extreme social phobia.  I believe the root cause of my social phobia was all the mental and physical abuse I took from high school from other teens.  You see, traumatic events of the past can dwell in our [...]