Name: Psychologists Debunk 25 Mental-Health Myths
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Laura Goorin: So, the myth that all neat freaks

and that's totally different than having OCD.

one of three psychologists we brought into our studios

to debunk some of the most common mental-health myths.

Goorin: So, the myth that most people with schizophrenia

that was a very old way that it was understood,

So, with schizophrenia, it's not another personality.

What it is, though, is a break with reality

and a part of ourselves, maybe, for instance,

that believes that someone is out to get them.

OK, so that's a really common one with schizophrenia.

So the myth that all "neat freaks" have OCD is a common one.

It seems like it's almost a popular cultural thing

that people say to each other, "You have OCD,"

when somebody is, like, organizing their bag.

is the keeping things organized and clean.

where people are thinking about it all the time.

And that's totally different than having OCD.

Jillian Stile: Bipolar disorder is not simply mood swings.

It's a very high elevation of maybe a positive mood

But with bipolar disorder, it's not just that.

It's severe forms of elevated mood or depressed mood,

and I hear people throw this one around a lot too.

Anxiety itself is thinking, thinking, thinking.

going into the worry thoughts of "what if."

What if, what if this happens, what if that happens.

and it goes on for hours for some people.

as humans, we're wired to handle stressors,

and we've been dealing with an onslaught of stressors

You know, going to work, taking the subway,

coming in contact with other people. You know,

that can be stressful. That can be stress-inducing.

Unless you have an actual, like, panic attack

that would be more of an anxiety reaction,

Stile: You know, everybody feels anxious, let's say,

But an anxiety disorder is the extreme form of that

it interferes with somebody's daily functioning.

Goorin: This is actually a really important myth.

Sadness is an ephemeral reaction to something.

It's an emotion and, by definition, lasts a few seconds.

It can last, like, 10 minutes, but on average,

from sadness to depression is rumination,

which means thinking and thinking and thinking

about the thing over and over and over again.

And that's how we then go from sadness to depression,

and we just allow them and let them pass.

But if we get caught up in getting ruminating

and thinking about all the reasons why we're sad,

that's when we tend to go into depression.

So, to the myth that depression is not a real illness,

and, in fact, it can be incredibly debilitating.

In order to classify as having depression,

we have to have some kind of a lethargic kind of behavior

where we have trouble getting out of bed.

I mean, there are different ways of depression,

what they're called neurovegetative symptoms,

like, where we can't sleep, where we can't eat.

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