1. The Antisocial Personal Disorder
(Antisocial Personality Disorder)
Myth: A person who avoids social interaction is "antisocial" .This mostly semantic errors, and therefore I put it in tenth place.
Many people refer to someone who is reluctant to participate in social situations as "antisocial". In fact, these people are often involved as a pro-social, even unusually so.
Antisocial Personality Disorder is diagnosed in adults who consistently ignore the rights of others to behave loudly, lying, stealing, or generally act recklessly without considering the safety of themselves or others.
They are often extroverted and it was very turned state with the type of person who is so often called "antisocial", which is usually very concerned about the feelings of others.
Antisocial people usually just shy or have some form of autism, depression, social anxiety disorder, or avoidant personality disorder (AvPD).
AvPD, which is diagnosed in people who avoid social interaction because of intense fear to be rejected, perhaps part of the reason for this confusion.
Both personality disorders, after all, has a very similar name, but both are very different things.
2 .Multiple Personality Disorder (multiple personality)
Myth: People with Dissociative Identity Disorde radically change their behavior and lose their memory of what had just happened when they switch personalities.
Some people would say that DID itself is a myth, therefore, suspect, far more often diagnosed in North America than anywhere else, but let's assume for this day does not exist.
People with DID have two to more than a hundred different personalities who in turn took over their bodies.
This alternate personality ("change") usually, but not always, formed by childhood trauma.
Change does not always lead to big changes, visible changes in appearance or behavior, so that the observer may not even be aware of their existence. Many people with DID ("multiples") recognize that various changes and know that there are people who, even before the therapy, which would not work well if they do not have a memory replacement.
It is possible that one personality has no knowledge of what happened while one of the personalities have been responsible, causing a sense of amnesia, but they may be fully aware of what is happening and are not actively involved.
Group changes can usually communicate to some degree, and may even work together to hide the fact that they mempunyaibanyak personality changes.
Some of these multiples sufferers choose not to do therapy to choose one's personality and stop switching personalities, because they are living in harmony with some kepribaian as a complementary team
3. Dyslexia
Myth: All people with dyslexia disorder can not be read because they see the letters in the wrong order.
It is actually two myths in one, but still just two of the many myths about dyslexia.
The first is that dyslexic people can not read.
Actually, most of them learn to read, but if they do not get the right help, they often learn slowly and remain below their grade level at a speed too understanding.
But even that is not always true: many dyslexic children find ways to cover the trouble to read them to the class three or four or even longer. And if they are taught by someone who understands dyslexia, they can learn to read well.
The other side of this myth is that the problems dyslexics have problems with reading because they see words backwards or damaged crate. This may seem to occur because, in their confusion as they try to figure out a word, they mix the letters or sounds, and some people left and right confused dyslexic or have a lot of trouble with spelling.
However, this is not the cause of their problem. Dyslexia is much more to be assisted by a unique way of thinking of the problem with the processing of visual information.
4.Schizophrenia
Myth: Schizophrenic people hear voices in their heads.
We all know about schizophrenia, and we all read the joke about "the voices in my head". But, contrary to what many people believe, not all people with schizophrenia hear voices in their heads.
Auditory hallucinations are very common in people with schizophrenia, but they are more likely to hear voices coming from some external objects in their bodies than in their minds. Plus, not all people with schizophrenia experience the same symptoms.
They may experience hallucinations (actually see or hear things that are not there), delusions (believing realistic idea), orderly mind, lack of affect (no display of emotion), or, in catatonic schizophrenia, even a lack of desire to move the same once.
Schizophrenia is a complex disorder with a variety of symptoms that may be. (Note: that the alternate personality is not one of the symptoms)
5. Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Myth: Autism is a devastating disorder that would stop the ability of a person to be able to function within society.
There are many myths and even more potential / disputed myths about autism, but this seems to be one of the most common.
Many people hear "autism" and imagine children who are permanently in their own world where they can not speak or interact with others, who throw tantrums for no apparent reason, and that will never be part of normal society.
However, autism is called a spectrum disorder for a reason: autistic children ranging from people who can not communicate in any way with others, all the way to people who live normal, productive lives and it just seemed a little eccentric for us all.
severe autism is not a lifelong disorder,. Even very low autistic disorder can make a child live a very happy life.
There is also a story of low autistic disorder autistic children improve with therapy and almost entirely recovered from the problems associated with their autism, and many people and organizations who are looking for a cure for autism.
Unfortunately, organizations pushing for healing is usually based on this myth in particular by focusing on issues related to low-level autism, and almost entirely ignore the existence of high-level autism and autistic people who would never want to be "cured" .
6. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Myth: People with ADHD do not notice anything.
ADHD is a disorder that has become quite popular in recent years, so I'm sure you all know what it is. For those of you who are not sure, people with ADHD have difficulty concentrating on tasks and can be hyperactive or impulsive. But it is not true, because sometimes it seems, that people with ADHD can not respond to attention.
Many of them can compensate attention to something that they think is really interesting, in the same way we are all much more willing to be distracted from the task tedious than fun. And, in fact, some people have trouble focusing because they really respond too much attention.
They think on all sides, sounds, and smells around them, and not just what's in their hands.
They have to learn to deal with all the other stimuli of interest and keep most of their attention on what is important.
The Selective Mute 4 properties (selective mutism)
Myth: A person with selective mutism is refusing to speak, or has been disrupted due to trauma in the past.
It is only on the list of disorders that you may have never heard this term before, although I'll bet you've heard about it and its myth.
I do not know other people with the disorder is more common myths believed, not only by the community as a whole but actually by professionals.
Selective mutism (formerly formerly called SMO mutism) is a disorder that almost always first appear in early childhood. Someone with selective mutism can be, and often, speak well, but did not speak, and sometimes not even communicate in other ways, in certain situations.
A large number of parents, teachers and psychologists who work with people with nature Which Selectively Mute believe that these people choose not to speak, perhaps in an attempt to control others. However, it turns out that most people with nature Which Selectively Mute want to talk, but not because they are really scared.
The majority of these patients also suffer from social anxiety disorder, and silence seems to be one way for them to cope with stressful situations.
Punishing a child for refusing to speak, because a lot of people who do believe in this myth, paradox makes the child even more anxious and can even make a child - a child with this disorder at all will not want to talk.
But if you do not know someone with selective mutism, you probably still believe in the myth that is very common in the media: some children and teenagers to stop talking entirely, or for everyone, but one or two people, because they are traumatized or repeatedly abused.
While some people become mute after trauma, it usually lasts a few weeks, not in months or years. Most people do not develop selective mutism in childhood due to trauma or abuse.
7. Hurt yourself / Hurting Yourself (Self-Harm / Self-Injury)
Myth: People who intentionally cut, burn, or hurt themselves either trying to commit suicide is to seek attention.
Many people, especially teenagers, who suffer from various mental disorders overcome their inner pain with physical damage itself, most often by cutting.
Self-injury seems to be more common and well-known today, but the myths about people with this disorder have not intention to go. No matter what, self-injury is not a suicide attempt failed.
Some people self-injury harm themselves over and over again for years without any permanent disability that would threaten their lives, which would be a remarkable record of failure if they are really trying to die.
Many people are actually hurt themselves trying to avoid suicide by letting their feelings in a way that is (somewhat) more secure.
Many people also believe that self-injury is only looking for attention.
This is true for some people, especially because self-injury became more famous and most popular, but most people are actively trying to hide their injuries by wearing long sleeves or pants, or with a cut in places normally covered by clothing, as their upper thighs or abdomen.
Some self-injury sufferers are eager for someone to find out about their behavior so that they can get the help they need, but even many of those who are too afraid of the reaction of others, and ashamed of themselves, to really show the wounds them.
Moreover, even if a person decides to hurt themselves to get attention, not you have to be very concerned about what could be causing the problem they require so much attention that they get themselves a disservice to get it?
8. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Myth: People with OCD are always obsessed with the danger of germs, and are usually very concerned about neatness.
I can not count how many times I've heard people say that people with OCD because they are very neat or careful about hygiene.
Most people seem to think that the only people with OCD neat freak and / or germophobes, but it is much more complicated than just the nature of it.
OCD is an anxiety disorder with two characteristics.
First, people with OCD have repetitive unwanted thoughts (obsessions), they usually find something that is annoying or not at all in their character.
It's common to have an obsession about germs or contamination, or concerns to lock the door properly so thieves could enter, but it is also common to have thoughts about something bad happening to their families, about things - things that hurt or even kill someone, do something which is forbidden in their religion strongly believe, or ideas that are not desired.
Secondly, people think that doing some rituals / specific activities will rid bahaya.Dengan so they can get out of trouble, keep their home perfectly, check that the door is locked, think of certain words, avoid odd numbers, or just about anything imaginable . Doing this compulsion does not make the mind quiet for a long time, so the ritual is repeated on and on.
Not all people who have OCD concerned about germs, or whether the familiar ritual. Not everyone even has the urge observer will actually see, because many of them are mental disorders.
And perfection or neatness?
While some people with OCD perfectionist, this is more related to other disorders.
If you liked the first entry, you'll love this: This disorder called Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, and it's actually different things.
One major difference is that people with OCPD consider their habits to become a part of themselves and desirable, while people with OCD are often very disturbed with their disorder.
Myth: A person who avoids social interaction is "antisocial" .This mostly semantic errors, and therefore I put it in tenth place.
Many people refer to someone who is reluctant to participate in social situations as "antisocial". In fact, these people are often involved as a pro-social, even unusually so.
Antisocial Personality Disorder is diagnosed in adults who consistently ignore the rights of others to behave loudly, lying, stealing, or generally act recklessly without considering the safety of themselves or others.
They are often extroverted and it was very turned state with the type of person who is so often called "antisocial", which is usually very concerned about the feelings of others.
Antisocial people usually just shy or have some form of autism, depression, social anxiety disorder, or avoidant personality disorder (AvPD).
AvPD, which is diagnosed in people who avoid social interaction because of intense fear to be rejected, perhaps part of the reason for this confusion.
Both personality disorders, after all, has a very similar name, but both are very different things.
2 .Multiple Personality Disorder (multiple personality)
Myth: People with Dissociative Identity Disorde radically change their behavior and lose their memory of what had just happened when they switch personalities.
Some people would say that DID itself is a myth, therefore, suspect, far more often diagnosed in North America than anywhere else, but let's assume for this day does not exist.
People with DID have two to more than a hundred different personalities who in turn took over their bodies.
This alternate personality ("change") usually, but not always, formed by childhood trauma.
Change does not always lead to big changes, visible changes in appearance or behavior, so that the observer may not even be aware of their existence. Many people with DID ("multiples") recognize that various changes and know that there are people who, even before the therapy, which would not work well if they do not have a memory replacement.
It is possible that one personality has no knowledge of what happened while one of the personalities have been responsible, causing a sense of amnesia, but they may be fully aware of what is happening and are not actively involved.
Group changes can usually communicate to some degree, and may even work together to hide the fact that they mempunyaibanyak personality changes.
Some of these multiples sufferers choose not to do therapy to choose one's personality and stop switching personalities, because they are living in harmony with some kepribaian as a complementary team
3. Dyslexia
Myth: All people with dyslexia disorder can not be read because they see the letters in the wrong order.
It is actually two myths in one, but still just two of the many myths about dyslexia.
The first is that dyslexic people can not read.
Actually, most of them learn to read, but if they do not get the right help, they often learn slowly and remain below their grade level at a speed too understanding.
But even that is not always true: many dyslexic children find ways to cover the trouble to read them to the class three or four or even longer. And if they are taught by someone who understands dyslexia, they can learn to read well.
The other side of this myth is that the problems dyslexics have problems with reading because they see words backwards or damaged crate. This may seem to occur because, in their confusion as they try to figure out a word, they mix the letters or sounds, and some people left and right confused dyslexic or have a lot of trouble with spelling.
However, this is not the cause of their problem. Dyslexia is much more to be assisted by a unique way of thinking of the problem with the processing of visual information.
4.Schizophrenia
Myth: Schizophrenic people hear voices in their heads.
We all know about schizophrenia, and we all read the joke about "the voices in my head". But, contrary to what many people believe, not all people with schizophrenia hear voices in their heads.
Auditory hallucinations are very common in people with schizophrenia, but they are more likely to hear voices coming from some external objects in their bodies than in their minds. Plus, not all people with schizophrenia experience the same symptoms.
They may experience hallucinations (actually see or hear things that are not there), delusions (believing realistic idea), orderly mind, lack of affect (no display of emotion), or, in catatonic schizophrenia, even a lack of desire to move the same once.
Schizophrenia is a complex disorder with a variety of symptoms that may be. (Note: that the alternate personality is not one of the symptoms)
5. Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Myth: Autism is a devastating disorder that would stop the ability of a person to be able to function within society.
There are many myths and even more potential / disputed myths about autism, but this seems to be one of the most common.
Many people hear "autism" and imagine children who are permanently in their own world where they can not speak or interact with others, who throw tantrums for no apparent reason, and that will never be part of normal society.
However, autism is called a spectrum disorder for a reason: autistic children ranging from people who can not communicate in any way with others, all the way to people who live normal, productive lives and it just seemed a little eccentric for us all.
severe autism is not a lifelong disorder,. Even very low autistic disorder can make a child live a very happy life.
There is also a story of low autistic disorder autistic children improve with therapy and almost entirely recovered from the problems associated with their autism, and many people and organizations who are looking for a cure for autism.
Unfortunately, organizations pushing for healing is usually based on this myth in particular by focusing on issues related to low-level autism, and almost entirely ignore the existence of high-level autism and autistic people who would never want to be "cured" .
6. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Myth: People with ADHD do not notice anything.
ADHD is a disorder that has become quite popular in recent years, so I'm sure you all know what it is. For those of you who are not sure, people with ADHD have difficulty concentrating on tasks and can be hyperactive or impulsive. But it is not true, because sometimes it seems, that people with ADHD can not respond to attention.
Many of them can compensate attention to something that they think is really interesting, in the same way we are all much more willing to be distracted from the task tedious than fun. And, in fact, some people have trouble focusing because they really respond too much attention.
They think on all sides, sounds, and smells around them, and not just what's in their hands.
They have to learn to deal with all the other stimuli of interest and keep most of their attention on what is important.
The Selective Mute 4 properties (selective mutism)
Myth: A person with selective mutism is refusing to speak, or has been disrupted due to trauma in the past.
It is only on the list of disorders that you may have never heard this term before, although I'll bet you've heard about it and its myth.
I do not know other people with the disorder is more common myths believed, not only by the community as a whole but actually by professionals.
Selective mutism (formerly formerly called SMO mutism) is a disorder that almost always first appear in early childhood. Someone with selective mutism can be, and often, speak well, but did not speak, and sometimes not even communicate in other ways, in certain situations.
A large number of parents, teachers and psychologists who work with people with nature Which Selectively Mute believe that these people choose not to speak, perhaps in an attempt to control others. However, it turns out that most people with nature Which Selectively Mute want to talk, but not because they are really scared.
The majority of these patients also suffer from social anxiety disorder, and silence seems to be one way for them to cope with stressful situations.
Punishing a child for refusing to speak, because a lot of people who do believe in this myth, paradox makes the child even more anxious and can even make a child - a child with this disorder at all will not want to talk.
But if you do not know someone with selective mutism, you probably still believe in the myth that is very common in the media: some children and teenagers to stop talking entirely, or for everyone, but one or two people, because they are traumatized or repeatedly abused.
While some people become mute after trauma, it usually lasts a few weeks, not in months or years. Most people do not develop selective mutism in childhood due to trauma or abuse.
7. Hurt yourself / Hurting Yourself (Self-Harm / Self-Injury)
Myth: People who intentionally cut, burn, or hurt themselves either trying to commit suicide is to seek attention.
Many people, especially teenagers, who suffer from various mental disorders overcome their inner pain with physical damage itself, most often by cutting.
Self-injury seems to be more common and well-known today, but the myths about people with this disorder have not intention to go. No matter what, self-injury is not a suicide attempt failed.
Some people self-injury harm themselves over and over again for years without any permanent disability that would threaten their lives, which would be a remarkable record of failure if they are really trying to die.
Many people are actually hurt themselves trying to avoid suicide by letting their feelings in a way that is (somewhat) more secure.
Many people also believe that self-injury is only looking for attention.
This is true for some people, especially because self-injury became more famous and most popular, but most people are actively trying to hide their injuries by wearing long sleeves or pants, or with a cut in places normally covered by clothing, as their upper thighs or abdomen.
Some self-injury sufferers are eager for someone to find out about their behavior so that they can get the help they need, but even many of those who are too afraid of the reaction of others, and ashamed of themselves, to really show the wounds them.
Moreover, even if a person decides to hurt themselves to get attention, not you have to be very concerned about what could be causing the problem they require so much attention that they get themselves a disservice to get it?
8. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Myth: People with OCD are always obsessed with the danger of germs, and are usually very concerned about neatness.
I can not count how many times I've heard people say that people with OCD because they are very neat or careful about hygiene.
Most people seem to think that the only people with OCD neat freak and / or germophobes, but it is much more complicated than just the nature of it.
OCD is an anxiety disorder with two characteristics.
First, people with OCD have repetitive unwanted thoughts (obsessions), they usually find something that is annoying or not at all in their character.
It's common to have an obsession about germs or contamination, or concerns to lock the door properly so thieves could enter, but it is also common to have thoughts about something bad happening to their families, about things - things that hurt or even kill someone, do something which is forbidden in their religion strongly believe, or ideas that are not desired.
Secondly, people think that doing some rituals / specific activities will rid bahaya.Dengan so they can get out of trouble, keep their home perfectly, check that the door is locked, think of certain words, avoid odd numbers, or just about anything imaginable . Doing this compulsion does not make the mind quiet for a long time, so the ritual is repeated on and on.
Not all people who have OCD concerned about germs, or whether the familiar ritual. Not everyone even has the urge observer will actually see, because many of them are mental disorders.
And perfection or neatness?
While some people with OCD perfectionist, this is more related to other disorders.
If you liked the first entry, you'll love this: This disorder called Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, and it's actually different things.
One major difference is that people with OCPD consider their habits to become a part of themselves and desirable, while people with OCD are often very disturbed with their disorder.
