Eating Disorders are often portrayed as illnesses that only affect females BUT a quarter of people who suffer from disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa are male and almost equal the amount of females who suffer from binge eating disorders. Following the news that Penn State Football Kicker Joey Julius suffers from binge-eating, … More Eating Disorders and Men
Eating disorders affect vast majority of Australians including male and females, with 95% of individuals with an eating disorder meeting the criteria for at least on other mental illness including anxiety, depression and substance abuse. An eating disorder is a serious and often fatal illness that causes severe disturbances to an individual’s eating behaviours. Eating … More What is an Eating Disorder?
PTSD affects 12% of all Australians, so we thought we should decode the facts, the myths and the famous who are affected or have been affected by PTSD. The Myths – The Facts MYTH: People should be able to move on with their lives after a traumatic event and those who can’t cope are weak. FACT: Many … More The facts, the famous and the myth – PTSD Decoded
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a set of reactions that can develop in people who have been through a traumatic event which threatened their life or safety, or that of others around them i.e. a serious car accident, sexual assault or war. People who experience PTSD can have feelings of intense fear, helplessness or … More What is PTSD?
Bipolar and personality disorder affects 6.8% Australians aged between 16 – 24 year olds with 50% of the cases of bipolar diagnosis being at the age of 20. Here are some celebrities that have had or have bipolar or personality disorders. Celebrity 1. Demi Lovato Demi Lovato suffers from bipolar disorder but since completing … More 5 Celebrities with Bipolar/personality Disorder
At least one in every 100 people will experience bipolar at some time during their lives. In Australia approximately 3.2% of males and 3.6% of females aged 16-24 years old have had bipolar in their lifetime, with 50% of all cases of bipolar developing in the age of early 20s. Bipolar Bipolar is used to … More What is bipolar/personality disorder
Schizophrenia is a severe disturbance in thinking, behaviour and emotions. Symptoms are most likely to emerge between the ages of 15 and 25, as there is no single cause of the illness. It’s time to bust the myths surrounding schizophrenia, because it just ain’t truth! Myths! Myth: Schizophrenia is a split personality Fact: People with schizophrenia … More Myths Busted! – 4 Schizophrenia myths busted
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves. This week we’ll be focusing on Schizophrenia. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be disabling, making people seem like they have lost touch with reality. Symptoms Schizophrenia symptoms can be broken … More What is Schizophrenia?
According to Beyond Blue 45% of Australians will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime with over 2 million people having anxiety. Here’s some Interesting facts about Anxiety! 1. Anxiety makes everything smell! The more anxious someone is the more likely they are to label neutral smells as bad! When a person becomes anxious, the … More Interesting facts about Anxiety
What is Anxiety? Anxiety is more than just feeling stressed or worried which usually leaves once a stressful situation has passed. Anxiety is the feeling of anxiousness that doesn’t subside and although everybody can experience anxiety from time to time, for someone experiencing anxiety, these feelings can’t be easily controlled. Types of Anxiety The three … More What is Anxiety?
Depression affects over 1 million Australians, but there are many people you may look up to that also have depression. Here are 5 celebrities that suffer or have suffered from depression. 1. Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj opened up in a 2011 Cosmopolitan article about experiencing depression when she first started out as a performer, dealing with constant … More Bet you didn’t know! – 5 celebrities with depression
DNot so ‘mental’ is a non-profit organisation aimed at breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness. 1 in 5 people living in Australia will suffer from some form of mental illness throughout their lives. Due to the stigma surrounding mental illness, people who suffer from a mental illness are left to feel like they are not supported by … More An introduction to Not so ‘mental’ – Let’s talk depression!
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