Neurological facts

12/01/2022

22/08/2021

Subhan Allah
Our brain’s weight is around 1.6-1.8kg, still we don't feel it heavy. Our brain has a fluid called as Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) which performs several functions in our brain like acting as shock absorber, helping in excretion e.t.c. Among these the most important function is providing buoyancy/ up thrust force to the brain. Therefore, the amount of weight given by the brain to the trunk of our body, the CSF exerts the same up thrust force against it. This is how CSF helps in maintaining the equilibrium and we don't feel our brain heavy.

02/07/2021

DYSLEXIA

What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading,writing and spelling. It is a lifelong problem that can present challenges on a daily basis, but support is available to improve reading and writing skills and help those with the problem be successful at school and work.

Symptoms:
Before school:
1) late talking
2)learning new words slowly
3)problems remembering or naming letters, numbers and colors
4) difficulty learning nursery rhymes or playing rhyming games

School age:
1) read and write slowly
2) confuse the order of letters in words
3) put letters the wrong way round (such as writing "b" instead of " d" )
4)have poor or inconsistent spelling
5) understand information when told verbally but have difficulty with information that's written down
7) find it hard to carry out a sequence of directions
8) struggle with planning and organisations

Teens and adults:
1) difficulty reading, writing and spelling
2)avoiding activities that involve reading
3) mispronouncing names or words or problems retrieving words
4)trouble understanding jokes or expressions that have meaning not easily understood from the specific words
5) spending an unusually long time completing tasks that involve reading
6) difficulty summarising a story
7)trouble learning a foreign language
8) difficulty memorizing
9) difficulty doing math problems

Positive signs:
1) creative thinking
2) inventing something
3)problem solving
4) drawing pictures

Types:
There are different types of dyslexia. Such as:
1)dysphonetic dyslexia
2)auditory dyslexia
3)dyseidietic dyslexia
4)visual dyslexia
5)double deficit dyslexia
6)attentional dyslexia

Causes:
1)a family history of dyslexia or other learning disabilities
2) premature birth or low birth weight
3) exposure during pregnancy to ni****ne, drugs,alcohol or infection that may alter brain development in the fetus.
4) differences in the parts of brain

Treatment:
1) psychological testing can help to cure it
2)teachers may use techniques involving hearing ,vision and touch to improve reading skills
3) omega - 3,6 and 9 fatty acids that are found in fish oils ,flax oil and linseed oil will help to regain memory.
4) zinc, magnesium, vitamin B12 and D some gingko supplements are effective too.

Notable cases: Cher, Tom Cruise ,Richard Branson, Steven Spielberg, Orlando Bloom,Salma Hayek ,Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Oliver ,Walt Disney,John Lennon, Muhammad Ali

11/06/2021

05/06/2021

Our mental perspective matters.

The man doesn’t know that there is a snake underneath.

The woman doesn’t know that there is a stone crushing the man.

The woman thinks: “I am going to fall! And I can’t climb because the snake is going to bite me! Why can’t the man use a little more strength and pull me up!”

The man thinks: “I am in so much pain! Yet I’m still pulling you as much as I can! Why don’t you try and climb a little harder!?”

Remember this— you can’t see the pressure the other person is under, and the other person can’t see the pain you’re in.

This is life, whether it’s with work, family, feelings or friends, we should try to understand each other.

Learn to think differently, perhaps more clearly and communicate better. A little awareness, thought and patience goes a long way.

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04/06/2021

BIPOLAR DISORDER

What is bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder,also known as manic depression, is a mental illness that brings severe high( hypomania) and low( depression) moods and changes in sleep, energy, thinking, behaviour and thinking ability. When you become depressed you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. When your mood shifts to mania or hypo mania you may feel europhic, full of energy or unusually irritable. It happens to men,women, children and teens.

Symptoms:
"The highs"
1) Excessive happiness, hopelessness and excitement.
2) Sudden changes from being joyful to being irritable, angry and hostile.
3) Restlessness, distractibillity.
4)Rapid speech and poor concentration.
5) Increased energy and less need for sleep.
6) Making grand and unrealistic plans.
7)Showing poor judgements.
8)Drug and alcohol abuse.
9) Becoming more impulsive.
10) Less need for sleep.
11) Loss of appetite.
12)Larger sense of self confidence.
13) Racing thoughts and unusual talkativeness.

" The lows":
1) Sadness and loss of energy.
2)Feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness.
3)Not enjoying things they once liked.
4) Trouble concentrating.
5) Forgetfulness and irritability.
6) Talking slowly.
7) Inability to feel pleasure.
8) Uncontrollable crying.
9) Trouble making decisions.
10) Needing more sleep and insomnia.
11) Appetite changes that make you lose or gain weight.
12) Thoughts of death or su***de and attempting su***de.

Types:
Bipolar 1 disorder:
Having extreme erratic behaviour with manic "up" periods that last at least a week or are so severe that you need medical care and the extreme " down" periods last for at least 2 weeks.

Bipolar 2 disorder:
Having erratic highs and lows but it isn't extreme as bipolar 1.

Cyclothymic disorder:
It involves periods of manic and depressive behaviour that last at least 2 years in adults and 1 year in children and teens.

Causes:
1) Physical changes in brain.
2) It's more common in people who have a first degree relative such as a sibling or parent with the condition.
3) Stress and trauma.
4) Drug and alcohol abuse.

Complications:
1) su***de or su***de attempts.
2)legal or financial problems.
3) damaged relationships.
4) poor work or school performance.
5)Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD)
6)Physical health problems such as heart disease, thyroid problems, headaches and obesity.

Prevention:
1) To pay attention on odd behaviours.
2) Avoiding drugs and alcohol.
3) Taking medications exactly as directed.
4) Taking fish oil, rhodiola rosea , minerals and vitamins.

Diagnosis:
1) Cognitive behavioral therapy
2) psycho education
3) Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy.

Reference:
www.healthline.com
www.mayoclinic.com
www.webmd.com

04/06/2021

🚨Depression

30/05/2021

Where are my brainiacs? 🧠

28/05/2021

Important

26/05/2021

PHOBIAS

A phobia is an irrational fear of something that's unlikely to cause harm. It has come from the Greek word " phobos" which means fear or horror. It's a type of common anxiety disorder.

Symptoms:
1)When someone has a phobia, they experience intense fear of a certain object or situation.
2) Causing significant distress possibly interfering with life at home, work or school.
3) Avoiding the phobic object or situation, or endure it within intense fear or anxiety.
4) Sometimes experiencing panic attacks when they're in certain situations which make them so uncomfortable that people do everything to avoid them anyhow.

Common phobias list:
1)acrophobia: fear of heights
2) aerophobia: fear of flying
3) arachnophobia : fear of spiders
4) astraphobia: fear of thunder and lightning
5) autophobia: fear of alone
6) claustrophobia: fear of confined or crowded spaces
7) hemophobia: fear of blood
8) hydrophobia: fear of water
9) ophidiophobia: fear of snakes
10)zoophobia: fear of animals

Unique phobias list:
1) achlophobia: fear of darkness
2) algophobia: fear of pain
3) alektorophobia: fear of chickens
4) aichmophobia: fear of needles or pointed objects
5) amaxophobia: fear of riding a car
6) androphobia: fear of men
7) anginophobia: fear of angina or choking
8) anthophobia: fear of flowers
9) anthropophobia: fear of people or society
10) aphenphosmphobia: fear of being touched
11) arithmophobia: fear of numbers
12) ataxophobia: fear of disorder
13)atelophobia: fear of imperfection
14) atychiphobia: fear of failure
15) bacteriophobia: fear of bacteria
16) barophobia: fear of gravity
17) bathmophobia: fear of stairs or steep slopes
18)batrachophobia: fear of amphibians
19)belonephobia: fear of pains
20)bibliophobia: fear of books
21)botanophobia: fear of plants
22)cacophobia: fear of ugliness
23) catagelophobia: fear of being ridiculed
24) catoptrophobia : fear of mirrors
25)chionophobia: fear of snow
26) chromophobia: fear of colors
27)chronomentrophobia: fear of clocks
28) coulrophobia: fear of clowns
29) cyberphobia: fear of computers
30)cynophobia: fear of dogs
31)dendrophobia: fear of trees
32) dentophobia: fear of dentists
33) domatophobia: fear of houses
34)dystychiphobia: fear of accidents
35)ecophobia: fear of the home
36)elurophobia: fear of cats
37) entomophobia: fear of insects
38)ephebiphobia: fear of teenagers
39)equinophobia: fear of horses
40) gamophobia: fear of marriage
41) genuphobia: fear of knees
42)glossophobia: fear of speaking in public
43)gynophobia: fear of women
44)heliophobia: fear of the sun
45) herpetophobia: fear of reptiles
46)hydrophobia: fear of water
47)hypochondria: fear of illness
48)laktrophobia: fear of doctors
49) koinoniphobia: fear of rooms full of people
50)leukophobia: fear of the colour white
51)lilasphobia: fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
52)lockiophobia: fear of childbirth
53)mageirophobia: fear of cooking
54) megalophobia: fear of large things
55)melanophobia: fear of the colour black
56) microphobia: fear of small things
57) mysophobia: fear of dirt and germs
58)necrophobia: fear of death or dead things
59)noctiphobia: fear of the night
60) nosocomephobia: fear of hospitals
61)nyctophobia: fear of the dark
62)obesophobia: fear of gaining weight
63) octophobia: fear of the figure 8
64) ombrophobia: fear of rain
65) ornithophobia: fear of birds
66) papyrophobia: fear of paper
67)pathophobia: fear of disease
68) pedophobia: fear of children
69) philophobia: fear of love
70) phobophobia: fear of phobias
71)podophobia: fear of feet
72)pogonophobia: fear of beards
73)porphyrophobia: fear of the colour purple
74) pteridophobia: fear of ferns
75) pyrophobia: fear of fire
76)samhainophobia: fear of Halloween
77) scolionophobia: fear of school
78) selenophobia: fear of the moon
79)sociophobia: fear of social evaluation
80)somniphobia: fear of sleep
81)tachnophobia: fear of speed
82) technophobia: fear of technology
83)venustraphobia: fear of beautiful women
84) wiccaphobia: fear of witches and witchcraft
85)xenophobia: fear of strangere and foreigners

Treatment:
1) Best treatment is exposure therapy (learning how to desensitize yourself to the object or situation that you fear.)
2)learning to control reactions
3)improving the quality of life
4) consulting a psychologist

Source: www.healthline.com

25/05/2021

This is how a brain of an over thinker works-

1. Messaging someone a lot in a day-

Oh my God, I have sent him/her 20 messages and the replies were only 18. Did I seem too desperate? Lonely? Did I seem too available? Oh no, is he/she now making fun of me?

2. Caring for someone-

Am I being too pushy? Is he/she not understanding that I want the best for him/her? Is my attitude becoming very annoying? Oh no, is he/she going to stop hanging out with me? Am I being too clingy?

3. Opening up to someone (First of all, this is like an ongoing battle for us about whether to open up or not)

Am I sounding over dramatic? Am I wasting the other person's time? Am I bothering him/her? Am I boring? Am I over sharing? Am I being judged? Are my problems and feelings not really that big and I am making those bigger issues unnecessarily? Am I being a pain in the ass?

4. Applying for jobs/opportunities-

Why should I get it? I am not at all capable for it.
Why should they take me? Who am I? What do I have? Why should I even try?

5. After receiving appreciation/recognition-

Do I really deserve it? Or is the person/entity just being nice? Should I really be happy? Or should I be scared that it may just go away?

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I go through this. Every Minute and Every Day.

Those who are relating to this, I feel you.

Those who are not, try to be kind to us, please.

- Tahiya Writes

23/05/2021

Sad but true

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