My thoughts

07/8/17 - chronic illnesses

last chapter I did a 'get to know me' kinda thing and I mentioned in one of the facts about my disorders and phobias, I didn't bother to list them but many of you wanted me to so here it is.

Also you may think some of my phobias aren't 'serious'
You may think they are childish or you may think they aren't phobias at all but I'm just gonna say they are all true. Same thing goes for my disorders.

Please be open minded when reading through.

Listing my phobias first then my disorders second.

And yes they are all real and in my case, they are all serious.

Phobias

1. Arachnophobia - the fear of spiders

2. Ophidiophobia - the fear of snakes

3. Acrophobia - the fear of heights

4. Astraphobia - the fear of thunder/lightning

5. Trypophobia - the fear of holes or patterns of holes

6. Glossophobia - the fear of public speaking

7. Monophobia - the fear of being alone

8. Enochlophobia - the fear of crowds (which is closely related to ochlophobia)

9. Aphenphosmphobia - the fear of intimacy

10. Autophobia - the fear of being alone or abandoned/abandoned by someone

11. Gamophobia - the fear of commitment

12. Philophobia - the fear of love

13. Emetophobia - the fear of vomiting

14. Entomophobia - the fear of bugs/insects (also related to Acarophobia)

15. Somniphobia - the fear of sleep

16. Athazagoraphobia - the fear of being forgotten or not remembering things

17. Latrophobia - the fear of doctors

18. Tokophobia - the fear of pregnancy

19. Taphophobia - the fear of being burned alive

Disorders

1. Bipolar Disorder - someone with bipolar disorder which is also sometimes called "manic depression" has mood episodes that range from extremes of high energy with an "up" mood
To low "depressive" periods. When you're in the low phase, you'll have the symptoms of major depression.

2. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) - seasonal affective disorder is a period of major depression that most often happens during the winter months, when the days grow short and you get less and less sunlight. It typically decreases in the spring and summer.

3. Psychotic Depression - people with psychotic depression have the symptoms of major depression along with psychotic symptoms such as:

- hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren't there)
- delusions (false beliefs)
- paranoia ( wrongly believing that others are trying to harm you)

4. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) - effects are:
- mood swings
- irritability
- anxiety
- trouble concentrating
- fatigue
- change in appetite or sleep habits
- feelings of being overwhelmed

5. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - A person feels severely anxious on most days, worrying about lots of different things, for a period of six months or more

6. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - this can happen after a person experiences a traumatic event (e.g. War, assault, accident, disaster). Symptoms can include difficulty relaxing, upsetting dreams or flashbacks of the event, and avoidance of anything related to the event. PTSD is diagnosed when a person has symptoms for at least a month.

7. Panic Disorder - A person has panic attacks, which are intense, overwhelming and often uncontrollable feelings of anxiety combined with a range of physical symptoms. Someone having a panic attack may experience:

- shortness of breath
- chest pain
- dizziness and excessive perspiration

Sometimes people experiencing a panic attack think they are having a heart attack or are about to die. If a person has recurrent panic attacks or persistently fears having one for more than a month, they're said to have panic disorder.

8. Social Anxiety Disorder - also called social phobia, this involves overwhelming worry and self consciousness about every day social situations. The worry often centres on fear of being judged by others.

9. Absence Seizures - A short loss of consciousness (for just a few minutes) with few or no symptoms. The patient, most often a child or teenager, typically interrupts an activity and stares blankly. The seizures begin and end abruptly and may occur several times a day. Patients are usually not aware that they are having this seizure.

10. Myoclonic Seizures - Myoclonic seizures consist of sporadic jerks, usually or both sides of the body. Patients sometimes describe the jerks as brief electrical shocks. When violent, these seizures may result in dropping or involuntarily throwing objects

11. Clonic Seizures - clonic seizures are repetitive rhythmic jerks that involve both sides of the body at the same time.

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Phew that was a lot of writing. So ya, those are all 30 of my phobias/disorders/seizures.

Did you read them all?

Can you relate to any of the chronic illnesses I have?

Let me know

And if there is anything I want you to take away from this is to please remember, not all chronic illnesses are visible. You never know what people have or are going through, please be kind to others.

Ciao👋🏻