Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Tonye is a 29 year old Graphic designer and he does other jobs on the internet without having to see anyone physically. He lives alone in a self-con apartment and hardly gets any visitors apart from his family members who come once in a while to check up on him. While...
PERSONALITY AND PERSONALITY DISORDER

PERSONALITY AND PERSONALITY DISORDER

What can you say about yourself? And how can you describe the behaviour of others? Would you normally judge a book by its cover or you would want to read the contents in the book to have an opinion about the book? Trying to say describe yourself maybe difficult...
Understanding Trichotillomania

Understanding Trichotillomania

Blessing is a 22-year-old single lady who pulls hair from the crown of her head on a daily basis. She began pulling at her eyebrows at age 14, but the pulling shifted to her head and became a daily routine during the past 3 years. Blessing tends to pull her hair...
RELATIONSHIP OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (ROCD).

RELATIONSHIP OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (ROCD).

We’ve talked about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) as unwanted or distressing thoughts and compulsive behaviors. There are times that it is more than the physical rituals – especially when it involves people in our lives and not just things!Most times we envision...
Understanding Hoarding Disorder

Understanding Hoarding Disorder

Piling up stuff for “future purpose” was one of my grandma’s areas of specialty. T reported as she walked into our apartment. Whenever we went visiting, I would see piles of neatly folded nylon and stacks of plastic take out bowls almost occupying the top of the...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD

Case studySeun’s husband tells her that she’s paranoid about germs but she believes she’s just doing everything she can to protect their baby. It was such a struggle to get pregnant after lots of IVF treatment that she can’t allow anything to go wrong. She...