#seb posts

[hexsystem-blog]

Mental health terminology in Esperanto

I haven’t seen any comprehensive Esperanto vocabulary lists for mental health terminology, so I did some research and this is the result. I may add more words later. I also plan on making a vocabulary list that focuses more on the terminology for treatment/recovery/self-care rather than just the labels for various things. 

Vocab list under the cut because it’s Not Short:

GENERAL

Psika malsano/Mensa malsano - Psychological illness/mental illness

Mensa sano - Mental health

Konsilisto - Counselor

Terapiisto - Therapist

Psikologo - Psychologist

Psikiatro - Psychiatrist

Malkapablo - Disability

Lernomalkapablo - Learning disability

SYMPTOMS (SIMPTOMOJ)

Aflikto - Grief

Adikto - Addiction

Anksieco/Anksio - Anxiety

Manio - Mania

Hipomania - Hypomania

Deprimo/Depresio - Depression

Psikozo - Psychosis

Psikosomatika - Psychosomatic

Traŭmato/psiĥotraŭmato - Trauma/psychological trauma

Paranojo - Paranoia  

ADHD/AUTISM

Atentomanka-hiperaktiva perturbo (AHP) - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Asperger-sindromo/Sindromo de Asperger/Aspergera sindromo/Aspergero - Asperger Syndrome

Perturbo de la Aŭtisma Spektro (PAS) - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Aŭtismo - Autism

MENTAL ILLNESS

Deprimo/Depresio - Depression

Dupolusa Perturbo - Bipolar Disorder

Posttraŭmata Streĉo Perturbo (PTSP)  - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Obsedema-Impulsiĝema Perturbo (OIP) - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Skizofrenio - Schizophrenia

Skizoafektiva Perturbo - Schizoaffective Disorder

PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Kontraŭsocia Personeca Perturbo/Kontraŭsocia karaktero - Antisocial Personality Disorder/Antisocial personality

Narcisisma Personeca Perturbo - Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Emocie Malstabila Personeca Perturbo - Borderline Personality Disorder

Paranoja Personeca Perturbo - Paranoid Personality Disorder

Skizotipa Personeca Perturbo - Schizotypal Personality Disorder*

Skizoida Personeca Perterbo - Schizoid Personality Disorder*

Evitanta Personeca Perturbo - Avoidant Personality Disorder*

Obsedema-Impulsiĝema Personeca Perturbo - Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder*

Dependa Personeca Perturbo - Dependent Personality Disorder*

*These terms are not actually in use. I could not find documented translations for these personality disorders, so my interpretations may be incorrect. If someone else is aware of the actual terminology in Esperanto I would love to know.

Other notes: The root “psik-” (equivalent to “psych-” in English) is sometimes spelled “psiĥ-”, but as far as I can tell there isn’t a difference in meaning between the spellings.

[hexsystem-blog]

Things to consider when trying to figure out your mental illness symptoms

There seems to be a lot of confusion online about the causes of various symptoms of mental illness. I personally made this post because until recently I was very confused as to why my schizoaffective symptoms seemed to be presenting like OCD symptoms. Then I found out OCD-like symptoms are actually very common in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. (fun!) 

I strongly recommend doing research on your symptoms even if they aren’t mentioned in this post. There is a huge amount of symptom overlap among many different disorders. This is especially important to know about if you intend on self diagnosing with anything, as otherwise you might self-dx with several different mental illnesses whose symptoms can actually be explained by just one. 

Here are some symptoms whose exact cause is often difficult to figure out. OC and psychotic symptoms are frequently associated with just a few specific disorders when, in actuality, they have a very wide range of causes.

Obsessive/compulsive symptoms, while obviously most strongly associated with OCD, also appear in:

Schizophrenia and related disorders (source, source) Post-traumatic stress disorder (source, source) Autism* (source, source, source)

*note that while autism and OCD have high rates of comorbidity, autistic traits such as restricted & repetitive behavior should not be automatically considered OC symptoms on their own. Repetitive behavior in OCD is associated with anxiety and dysfunction; repetitive behavior in autism is not inherently a sign of distress or anxiety. The sources I gave might explain this better 

Psychotic symptoms may not indicate a full blown psychotic disorder--they also appear in:

Borderline personality disorder (source, source) Personality disorders in general, especially Cluster A disorders (source) Dissociative disorders, particularly DID (source) Mood disorders such as bipolar disorder & major depression (source, source)  OCD (source) Post-traumatic stress disorder (source)

Also, psychotic symptoms may not be indicative of chronic mental illness at all. Especially if the onset is sudden or the symptoms last for a brief period of time, they may be due to extreme stress, grief, sleep deprivation, use of psychoactive drugs, or physical illness. 

This post is not 100% done--more information will be added as needed.

[will-it-kill-me]

Chewing on computer cables for enrichment

[will-it-kill-me]

Right, so I have never understood why you have to leave during a fire drill. If you’ve been told that it is a drill (aka, is there to check that the fire alarms are still working) then you can just wait until the noise stops instead of leaving the building and then going back in.

[will-it-kill-me]

Oh fun! A bank holiday? That means I don't need to go into work! (Remembers I live in the basement)

fuck.

[hexsystem-blog]

ohhhhh we found it. OHhhhhhhhhh my god 

[hexsystem-blog]

WELL we found red’s email

[hexsystem-blog]

fun activity of the night is trying really hard to remember tau’s email he used to make his blog