6 symptoms of mental illness, which ambient take over the whims

The behavior of each of us there is some kind of fad that we think is peculiar to only us. And in vain do. Because according to science, our every petty whim, habit or "beloved corn" can be found strictly scientific explanation.

1. Parures — fear of urinating in front of other people

You went to celebrate small need to empty the toilet (for example, in the restaurant) and are already halfway to the blessed relief, when suddenly your back is heard shuffling. And... that's all. The process has stalled. You can no longer squeeze out a drop. Someone perched at the neighboring urinal. You know he hears your stream suddenly dried up, and this panic only increases. And soon after you formed all. And they all wonder what you there, in complete silence...

2. Biting nails

Onychophagia is one of the most common mental disorders, which is reflected in the obsessive biting nails. This scourge has affected some 45 percent of people aged 10 to 18 years (most of them women). Among those suffering from onychophagia there are also celebrities — Britney Spears, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eva Mendes...

3. The inability to recognize and Express their emotional state

How often do you get to hear from the girl that her lover is not enough with it sincere? "He never shares with me his feelings", "he's kind of eternally suspended...", "it doesn't matter what happens to me in the shower!" — and so on.

Believe it or not, but two out of three of these complaints can explain the medical phenomenon called "alexithymia". This term refers to the human inability to recognize and verbalize their own emotional state. Alexithymia in varying degrees, present in all of us. However, in the most severe cases, this condition can seriously poison life. On assurances of scientists, alexithymia prevents live about 8-10 percent of all people, and men among them more than women.

4. Violent emotional expression

Imagine chief chastises you for any serious mistake, and you feel that even second and burst out laughing, and nothing can be done about it. Trying to pull myself together — you know, what it is you face, but how would you yourself or hold back, a guilty look gradually replaced by a silly smile, then stifled a chuckle, and soon one of you sees a real loud hysterical laughter.

If you ever experienced anything like that, it is quite possible to suffer from a syndrome called "violent emotional expression", also known as "pseudobulbar affect".

5. Intolerance to certain sounds

Almost every one of us can't tolerate any sound: foam glass, chalk on blackboard, a creaking swing, Champ... it is Normal or not depends on what kind of sounds and how they prevent you from living.

A mental disorder called "misophone" is a condition when cause irritation of the usual, unremarkable sounds. For example, the sounds of other people eating, breathing, coughing, or doing other completely familiar and noisy cases.

6. Oppositional defiant disorder disobedience

In a large team there is always a frame that perceives a hostile reception all that comes "from above". He considers his main goal to undermine the authority of the superiors in a most noisy and unpleasant for the latter method. He strives and argues on every trifling occasion.