Top 10: Mental Illnesses You’ve Never Heard of Before

For this week’s Top 10 I’m sharing ten Mental Illnesses (as listed in the DSM-IV) that I think you have not heard of before. Let’s get started! 10. Somatization Disorder Somatization disorder is a long-term (chronic) condition in which a person has physical symptoms that involve more than one part of the body, but no physical cause can be found. The pain and other symptoms people with this disorder feel are real, and are not created or faked on purpose. 9. Pavor Nocturnis (a.k.a. night terror) Night terrors are a sleep disorder in which a person quickly awakens from sleep in a terrified state. Night terrors occur during deep sleep, usually during the first third of the night. The cause is unknown but night terrors may be triggered by fever,...