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Posts Tagged ‘psychology’
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 by Christina Torres
Imagine you’re so nervous about eating around others, you break out in sweats just at the thought of it. And by the time you arrive for the meal, you’re sick to your stomach.
Our guest, Aimee White, understands the problem. She has Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) and on the show, Aimee provided us with insight into how Social Anxiety Disorder has impacted her life; leaving her somewhat isolated and unable to eat around others.
Watch the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show “on-demand.” Learn what led to Aimee’s social anxiety and how she eventually took control of her life by researching her symptoms after being misdiagnosed. (Aimee’s blog on Social Anxiety Disorder is here).
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Social Anxiety Disorder is so much more than simple shyness. Healthyplace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft, referred to Social Anxiety Disorder as “shyness to the max.”
According to Dr. Croft, those living with the social anxiety avoid public places for fear of being ridiculed or embarrassed over something they do or say. However, it is often difficult to avoid social situations altogether, so for sufferers battling Social Anxiety Disorder, being put in those situations may cause the following physical symptoms:
• Sweating
• Heart palpitations
• Rapid heartbeat
• Nausea
• Indigestion
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Diarrhea
Healthyplace.com knows that suffering from a mental illness is not easy. We never want you to feel alone. With our newest feature, you can share your mental health experiences, comments and stories with others by calling 1-888-883-8045. Take a minute to share and you just might be giving someone the inspiration they need. The mental health experiences recordings are posted in a widget on the HealthyPlace homepage and the HealthyPlace Mental Health Support Network homepage.
Join us next Tuesday, October 27, as we talk about Postpartum Depression and the difficulties it can bring into what is supposed to be a joyous time of life. Dr. Croft will be on hand to talk about symptoms and treatment of postpartum depression to get you back on track.
Watch us live at 5:30 pm PST / 7:30 pm CST / 8:30 pm EST. See you then!
Tags: healthyplace tv, mental health, psychology, shyness, social anxiety disorder, social phobia
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009 by Christina Torres
As you know, suicide is never a pleasant subject. Often times, bouts of depression are so strong that those suffering feel the only way out is to end their life. What family members are left to deal with is unbearable, as feelings of loss and guilt take over.
But what happens when the suicide attempt fails? It seems that situations such as these are not any easier to deal with.
Fear, Worry, and Stress of a Repeated Attempted Suicide
This Tuesday, September 22, we will talk with one family who lived through this nightmare. Patricia Gallagher watched as stress and depression consumed her husband’s life. John, a financial analyst, lived in constant worry over the stability of his job and the welfare of his family. After dealing with excruciating headaches, high blood pressure from the stress and weight loss, he decided he could not deal with the stresses any longer and made the life altering decision to end his life…but failed…twice.
Be sure to watch Tuesday as Patricia relives her husband’s failed attempts at ending his life and what they are doing now to keep their family together.
Dr. Croft will be available to discuss the impact of stress and depression and take questions on this or any mental health related questions. You can read Dr. Croft’s blog post on Coping with Suicide here. We also have comprehensive information on all facets of suicide here.
Have a comment or story you would like to share? E-mail me at producer AT healthyplace.com. We’re here to provide the most up-to-date and trusted information on mental health.
See you Tuesday at 5:30p PST, 7:30 CST, 8:30 EST. You can watch the show live, or later on-demand, on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show homepage. As always, our guest will be taking your questions during the live show.
Tags: attempted suicide, depression, healthyplace tv show, mental health, patricia gallagher, psychology, stress, suicide
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009 by Christina Torres
Why do people with bipolar disorder sometimes become psychotic and what’s it like to experience this loss of reality in everyday life? That’s what we talked about on Tuesday’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show. It coincided with the introduction of our new Bipolar Psychosis section in the HealthyPlace Bipolar Community.
Our guest was mental health author and HealthyPlace.com writer, Julie Fast. Julie has lived with bipolar disorder for over three decades and has endured many psychotic episodes throughout that time. Clearly, Julie has experienced many weird hallucinations and delusions, but she emphasized they can be managed effectively and discussed the various treatments for psychosis as well as management techniques.
Julie has a wealth of knowledge and experience on bipolar disorder. To get more information on her bipolar treatment plan, read the Gold Standard for Treating Bipolar Disorder or visit her website at www.juliefast.com.
If you missed the show on Bipolar Psychosis, go to the TV Show homepage and watch it on-demand. HealthyPlace.com Medical Director and TV show co-host, Dr. Harry Croft also went into great length about the symptoms, causes and treatments of psychosis in bipolar disorder that you don’t want to miss.
Surviving Suicide on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show
Join us this coming Tuesday as we explore life after an attempted suicide. If you or someone you know is picking up the pieces after an attempted suicide, e-mail with comments or questions to producer AT healthyplace.com. You can also respond directly to this post by clicking the word comments next to the “posted in” link below.
Remember we air live every Tuesday at 7:30 pm CST / 8:30 pm EST and 5:30 pm PST. See you then!
Tags: bipolar disorder, bipolar psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, healthyplace tv show, julie fast, mental health, psychology, psychosis, psychotic
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Monday, September 14th, 2009 by Christina Torres
We’re back in the studio this coming Tuesday, September 15, with a great show on psychosis in Bipolar Disorder.
In case you are not familiar with Bipolar Disorder, you’d be surprised to know that it affects more than 15 million American adults and children. The most common bipolar symptoms documented are severe mood swings and change in behavior, which explains its alternative name, manic depression. Highs (manic) and lows (depression) often lead to the inability to be involved in long-term relationships or hold a job.
Living with Bipolar Psychosis
Another symptom of bipolar disorder experienced during extreme manic and depressive phases is psychotic thinking, where the person is out of touch with reality and may experience auditory, visual or other sensory hallucinations. And that’s what we’re going to be talking about with our guest, Julie Fast.
Julie is an accomplished mental health writer who also has bipolar disorder. Her previous assignments for HealthyPlace.com include:
And today, we are launching a new section on Bipolar Psychosis in which Julie discusses not only the signs, symptoms, causes and treatments of psychosis in Bipolar Disorder, but she provides personal insight into the experience of having a bipolar psychotic episode (videos 9-10 on bipolar psychosis).
Dr. Harry Croft will be with us to provide his expertise on the subject of psychosis in bipolar disorder. And, like we do every Tuesday night, we reserve the second half of the show for any mental health questions you have for Dr. Croft. If you would like to get more information on Bipolar Disorder, click here to read articles or maybe even take our bipolar screening test to determine whether or not you might need to seek professional treatment.
Finally, you can e-mail me at producer AT healthyplace.com if you have questions or experiences you would like to share. Our goal at HealthyPlace TV is to bring you real life people with real experiences so that you know you are not alone in what you or a loved one may be going through. We are here to help point you in the right direction and get you to live your best life.
We’ll see you on Tuesday night for the live HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show on Bipolar Psychosis. We start at 5:30p PT, 7:30 CST, 8:30 EST or you can watch it at your leisure by clicking the “on-demand” button on the player locoated on the HealthyPlace TV Show homepage.
Tags: bipolar disorder, bipolar psychosis, delusions, hallucinations, healthyplace tv show, julie fast, mania, manic depression, mental health, psychiatry, psychology, psychotic thinking
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 by Christina Torres
The joy and stress of being an Alzheimer’s caregiver was our focus on Tuesday’s show. Our guest, Barry Green, shared his account of watching his father struggle with the brain disease.
Barry reminisced about the good times he spent with his father, but explained those good times quickly turned into difficult times with the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. A stressful part of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is dealing with the patient’s failing memory. As Barry and his mother soon found out, arguing about material facts of his dad’s life and current events was a fight they were not going to win. With a positive mindset, Barry decided to stop arguing and dialed into his father’s current thoughts and beliefs on a day-to-day basis.
Barry has a very encouraging and unorthodox way of coping with an Alzheimer’s patient. He is now a motivational speaker who travels all over to deliver speeches on success and happiness. You can find more information about our guest at www.barrygreen.ca.
Dr. Croft joined us via webcam from a conference in Dallas to talk about the emotional turmoil caregivers may experience. He explained that if you are caring for an Alzheimer’s sufferer, chances are that you are also holding down a full-time job and maybe even raising a family of your own. That pressure, coupled with the pain of your loved one exhibiting a new persona, can be dangerous to your health. Dr. Croft provided the warning signs of caregiver stress.
You can catch Barry’s story and Dr. Croft’s advice on how to care for yourself while caring for your loved one by watching the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show ‘on demand’ on the player. We also invite you to go to visit our Alzheimer’s Disease Community to try and make sense of your emotions.
We will take a break from our show the week of August 24 but we will return on Tuesday, September 1 at 7:30 CST. We will discuss Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D.) and the difficulty of being in a relationship with someone who suffers form it. If you, or someone you know, is in a relationship with someone who has D.I.D. and they would like to share their story, please contact me at producer AT healthyplace.com.
Take care and see you back here next month!
Tags: alzheimer's caregiver, Alzheimer's Disease, caregiver stress, caring for Alzheimer's patient, healthyplace mental health tv show, psychology
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 by Christina Torres
Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can cause a sufferer a lot of agony. HealthyPlace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft, says OCD sufferers are paralyzed by unwanted thoughts, doubt, and fear. It’s these irrational thoughts, reports Dr. Croft, that cause repetitive actions such as checking, counting, or washing hands, just to bring them to what they feel is a “safe” place.
The true inspiration of Tuesday’s show was our guest, James Callner. He took us through his journey with OCD from the very beginning, at age 29. Now in his late fifties, he still suffers from OCD, but is proud to say that he lives in a high-functioning state.
Popcorn and Walking?
Two simple things in life that people normally enjoy and may also take for granted, but for James, they are reminders that OCD will not take over his life.
In his early years with the disorder, James found comfort in his psychiatrist who became his champion. He challenged James to take risks and to have trust. It was these two things that allowed James to participate in sharing popcorn out of the same bowl with friends; something an OCD sufferer would never think of doing. The fear of contamination was too much for him to handle, but he took a chance and had a small kernel of popcorn and chewed it very fast. To his surprise, he didn’t die! Taking risks made him feel good.
Although he has small victories, he still experiences anxiety and has trouble facing the day. When James is having one of those days and can’t get out of bed, the word “walk” comes to mind. That’s right, taking one step at a time, one foot in front of the other until you get to the place you need to be to start your day. He promises it will get better and you will eventually get faster at it.
During the show, James mentioned several different types of therapy that can help manage OCD symptoms. He found great success with his psychiatrist, medication and through a Codependents Anonymous 12-step program. For a more detailed look into his inspirational recovery, visit his website, Awareness Foundation: OCD and Related Disorders. As we mentioned on the show, you can view one of Mr. Callner’s films on OCD titled “The Risk” in HealthyPlace.com OCD Center.
If you missed the show, we encourage you to visit the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show homepage and click the “on-demand” button on the player to see the show in its entirety. You may just find a champion in James Callner.
See you next week when we discuss the tragedy of losing a child to suicide. If you or someone you know has experience with this terrible loss, we invite you to share your story, or e-mail your questions to me at producer@healthyplace.com
See you Tuesday night for our live show.
Tags: awareness foundation, healthyplace tv, james callner, manage ocd symptoms, mental health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, psychology, therapy
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009 by Christina Torres
Have you ever experienced unwanted thoughts or felt the need to repeat an action over-and-over again until you felt safe? Have these thoughts or actions caused you anxiety, to the point of interfering with your normal activities? If so, we invite you to watch Tuesday night’s show focusing on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
The Impact of OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder also causes fear in individuals, which leads to unwanted repetitive actions. An example of these actions may be washing hands repeatedly due to fear of germs, or maybe even driving all the way back home numerous times just to check and see if an appliance has been turned off.
Bottom line, OCD symptoms can take away one’s sense of well-being by not allowing rest until the action is repeated. This can cause serious impairment to a normal lifestyle.
Treatment of OCD
Our guest on Tuesday’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show, James Callner, suffered from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder for many years and was first diagnosed with OCD in his late 20’s. Thirty years later, he is proud to say that he is living a high-functioning lifestyle, despite his disorder. Mr. Callner has also made several films, one of which is based on his own battle with OCD.
During the show, he’ll discuss his struggle with OCD and enlighten us on various OCD treatment methods that worked for him.
With his OCD under control, Mr. Callner is now a college professor as well as President and Co-Fonder of the Awareness Foundation for OCD and Related Disorders.
Learn How to Effectively Manage Your OCD Symptoms
As I’ve mentioned before, the goal of the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show is to educate those suffering from a mental illness as well as provide information to friends and family members. One way we stand by this commitment is to allow you, the viewers, to ask our guests as well as HealthyPlace.com Medical Director and Board-Certified psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Croft, any questions you may have during the show either via chat or email.
If you would like to contribute your personal story on dealing with OCD, either written or video, feel free to contact me at producer AT healthyplace.com.
See you Tuesday! You can watch the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show live or on-demand on our website. Read Mr. Callner’s OCD blog post here. Dr. Croft’s blog post on Living with OCD is here.
Tags: awareness foundation for ocd and related disorders, healthyplace tv show, james callner, mental health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD symptoms, psychology, treatment
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009 by jnowitz
Welcome to HealthyPlace TV! My name is Josh and I’m the producer for the show.
We intend to bring personal stories of what life is like living with a mental illness. Our goal is to let others facing similar challenges know they are not alone in their feelings and experiences.
Each week, we’ll be discussing different aspects of mental health. Our host will be talking with people about their experiences, how they’re coping and what is and isn’t working for them. Our co-host and HealthyPlace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft, will be providing insight and his expertise on the subject matter.
In the second half of the show, we open it up to you, our viewers. During this segment, you can ask Dr. Croft your personal questions about anything you wish concerning mental health. And I can assure you, Dr. Croft will give you an easy-to-understand straight answer.
Want to Participate or Be A Guest?
At the first of each month, I’ll be posting a list of the topics we’ll be discussing. If you are interested in being a guest on the show, drop me an email (producer AT healthyplace.com) and put “I want to be a guest” in the subject line. Tell me which show topic you’re interested in plus a bit about yourself and why you think your story would be a compelling one. We interview all our guests remotely, so of course, you must have a webcam.
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Tags: healthyplace tv, mental health, psychology
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