Losing your sight even while you’re not blind
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be blind? I have. My world would be quite limited without my sight. I think what I would miss most is seeing my boyfriend’s face, reading (even if I would probably learn Braille, I would miss letters) and I would miss using my computer, among lots of other things. In the DSM-IV-TR, there is a section of disorders called the “somatoform disorders”. Among them are hypochondriasis, pain disorder and body dismorphic disorder. One of the most interesting among them is conversion disorder. Essentially, what happens when a conversion disorder presents itself is that the patient suffers from blindness, paralysis (either in a specific limb or the entire body), non-epileptic seizures or loss (or impairment)...
Dyk #5: Phobias
Did you know… There are 85 different kinds of psychological phobias? Some examples: Gephyrophobia – the fear of bridges Nosocomephobia – the fear of hospitals Oikophobia – the fear of house surroundings and household appliances Tetraphobia - the fear of the number 4 Chorophobia - the fear of dancing Ergophobia - the fear of work There are 13 animal-related phobias (such as fear of cats, spiders, dogs, worms, etc.) and 13 anti-demographic related phobias (such as Christianophobia, the fear of Christians, or pedophobia, the fear of children). Download article as PDF ...
Parkinson’s Disease: the symptoms
This is the first post in the series of blogs I will write about Parkinson’s, to honor my grandmother, who passed away last week. This is an introduction to the disease that is Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease, much like Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s, where Alzheimer is much more prevalent than PD, and Huntington’s is more rare. The prognosis for PD is bad, as it’s progressive. Right now there are no cures for PD, except for some medication that mainly subdue symptoms, but don’t actually fight the disease itself. People with PD show symptoms in the motor functions, but also show psychiatric symptoms. Motor Symptoms The best known symptom of Parkinson’s is the tremor that...
Alone in the Wild: Solitude and Sensory Deprivation
From June to September 2009, Ed Wardle, a Scottish extreme photographer, filmmaker and adventurer was “Alone in the Wild”. It was his childhood dream to spend 3 months in the wild, alone. He never had any survival training (except for how to scare off a bear and which plants are edible and which are poisonous). He was dropped in northern Canada, with just a camera, some tools, a gun (just in case), some clothes and a sleeping bag. Not long after he was dropped, the loneliness began to gnaw at him. He began to feel intensely scared. Soon, all he could think of was bears and what they would do to him. Beside that, he had to go without food, sometimes for days at a time, and found he couldn’t concentrate or focus anymore and lost all his physical...
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