Category Archives: Clinical Psychology

Mental health and friends

I really am not OKAY

Happy Mother’s day for all the mother in this world, whether alive or passed away.. but.. I won’t write about mother’s day… I have been neglecting this blog for far too long, I wish I could make my work as an excuse, I wish I could say that I have nothing to write. Instead, IContinue reading “I really am not OKAY”

What does someone who is diagnosed with schizophrenia “hear”?

Originally posted on Ms Psyche Blog:
“Hearing voices?” From time to time many of us have wondered what exactly does someone diagnosed with schizophrenia hear? There is so much information and so many myths around this subject that it is really difficult for somebody who is not a mental health professional to know what exactly…

Playing the victim game

“Homo homini lupus” -Plautus We know some people who always behave like they are the victim. They never admit that they do something wrong, moreover, they blame someone for what happen in their life. People who always put their blame in others is doing something that we call playing the victim game or self-victimization syndrome.Continue reading “Playing the victim game”

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Pada Korban Tindakan Terorisme*

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) adalah gangguan yang memunculkan respon ekstrim pada stressor yang kuat, mencakup meningkatnya kecemasan, menghindari stimulus yang berhubungan dengan trauma dan meningkatnya ketegangan dalam diri seseorang (Kring, Johnson, Davison & Neale, 2011). Lebih lanjut dijelaskan oleh Kring, Johnson, Davison dan Neale (2011) diagnosa PTSD ini hanya diberikan kepada orang-orang yang mengalami atauContinue reading “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Pada Korban Tindakan Terorisme*”

knock..knock..

..bukan janji, tapi ini kisah tentang bukti.. Pagi ini aku terbangun oleh ketukan lembut di pintu kamarku dan aku tahu bahwa tidak ada orang yang mengetuk pintu itu. Hal ini bukan terjadi kali ini saja, sudah hampir seminggu aku terbangun karena ketukan itu. Hari pertama dan kedua kejadian ini, aku masih begitu penasaran hingga mengejarContinue reading “knock..knock..”