The Power Of Habit : Henry Molaison And Eugene Pauly

Many people think they have a disorder but just have some personality traits of the disorder. I don’t like when people say they have Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) when in fact they just like cleanliness. There is a big difference in personality traits and actual disorders. OCD is uncontrollable and it’s not always just wanted things clean. Many times it is like a ritual they have to do every day and go into a very stressful state when they forget to do something. Often times soldiers who come back from war, rape victims and other people who have experienced a very disturbing event will develop Post-traumatic stress

After an afternoon visiting multiple medical websites, I was finally able to grasp an understanding of what OCD is and why it causes one to develop the need to perfect everything. I also learned that OCD is much more serious than people make it out to be. It is a real disorder that one cannot be diagnosed with unless diagnosed by a doctor after participating in a number of physical exams, lab tests, and psychological evaluations. Personally, I have only participated in the psychological evaluation portion of the diagnosis process, but my result from that portion came back positive. According to my results, I do have obsessive-compulsive and perfectionist tendencies, however, they are an acute version when compared to the majority of patients who are diagnosed with OCD. Despite my results coming back as positive, I was not able to see the issue with having

Case 1 tells the story of Henry Molaison (HM), a man with no memory. He lost his memory due to the operation of suctioned out the hippocampus to treat his epileptic seizures. At that time, it was not known yet that the hippocampus was essential for making memories. After operation, his seizures were significantly reduced, but Henry suffered a global amnesia. Owen et al. (2007) describes patients with global amnesia as perceptive and attentive but with a total loss of short-term memory and some trouble accessing memories of the recent past. Henry could not learn new things as he quickly forgot everything that he had learned. He could learn at a subconscious level only.

Habit 1 : Be Proactive. The Habit of Personal Vision. According to Covey, this habit reflects our innate ability to take charge of our lives. We are not simply products of in-grained stimulus- response reflexes. We have the ability to take charge, plan ahead, and focus our energies on things we can control instead of reacting to or worrying about things over which we have little or no control. This habit allows us to rise above the ebbs and flows of the tides of our day-to-day lives and direct our lives.

Perfectionism can be defined as an individual’s determination of extremely high standards of performance and behaviour. Hagen (2016) suggests that perfectionism stems from a genetic predisposition combined with environmental factors and an individual’s life experiences.

Perfectionism is conceptualized as a multidimensional construct (Ayerst, Flett, & Hewitt, 2012). As cited in Ayerst, Flett and Hewitt (2012), Frost, Marten, Lahart and Rosenblate {I am working on getting access to this source} view perfectionism as a cognitive construct focused on concerns about making mistakes, posessing high standards, and doubting one’s actions. Additionally, Frost and colleagues also understood perfectionism as involving two

Do you push yourself to be the best? Do you get mad at yourself for not doing the best? Do you delay assignments till the last possible limit because of fear of rejection? Do you feel horrible when work isn’t done to your best ability of when minor failures seem like catastrophic ones? These are all signs of what is known as perfectionism (Pacht 1984). If you seem to agree with most of these things then you might be a perfectionist. According to Webster’s dictionary, it states that perfectionism is "a disposition which regards anything less than perfect, unacceptable." Many people in the world suffer from perfectionism. So is that case of Mike Bellah. His perfectionism lead him to a lifestyle where he lost

Perfectionism is feeling anxious about a project because you want it to be perfect, so you stress over and procrastinate until the last minute. It is not being able to walk away from a task because you always feel that it could be more perfect. It is thinking that it’s unacceptable to make a mistake and that your achievements and accomplishments define who you are. “Perfectionism is a personality disposition characterized by a person’s striving for flawlessness, and the setting

I have always assumed that being a perfectionist was a good thing. From an early age I became enchanted with the “Charlie Sheen mentality;” I had to be “winning,” or at least convince myself that I was. An internal voice encouraged me to be the best that I could be, and failure, quite simply, was not in my vocabulary. However, as I prepared to enter high school, my innate desire to be a perfectionist truly acted as the anchor that slowly weighed me down. I learned that perfection was undeniably unattainable in my life; my devotion to “perfectionism” led me astray on a long, twisting path of deceit. I occupied my time with unchallenging schoolwork and “cheated the system” by electing to compete in the baseball league designed for kids a full year younger than me. As it turns out, trying to be a big fish in a little pond was the way I insulated myself from failure, the way I falsely convinced myself that I was “winning.” I was afraid to try, or rather I was afraid of the possibility that I might try and fail. Attempting something difficult carried the risk of not succeeding, and with it the implication that

Have you ever known somebody that liked for everything to be neat, orderly, and perfect? If you do you would probably say they have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder, it is defined as a psychiatric disorder characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions, such as cleaning, checking, counting, or hoarding), but they are most likely just a perfectionist. In the story "Pancakes" by Joan Bauer, the character Jill is a perfectionist. In the story she tells us that she can not stand dirty mirrors, which is not hard to believe because I do not like dirty mirrors either. When you read that Jill has a stain removal kit in her top dresser drawer, it is a little hard to relate to because I sure do not have one in my dresser. I know people

Rates of Perfection obsessive Disorder is seen most commonly in teenagers and adults, and with the prevalence rate highest in people with a high Socio-economic Status. The rate of males being diagnosed with the disorder is more than females, but female’s rate with the disorder is slowly catching

Following, we have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. This is where individuals are obsessed with orderliness, perfectionism and complete control, as well as rules, details and schedules. While this might sound like a great set of attributes, people with this disorder are often easily stressed. Also, they tend to be surprisingly inefficient, because they spend extra time planning and worrying about tasks, instead of simply doing them. They are very rigid when it comes to beliefs and moral issues, which leads them to be perceived as very

However, there are some that are more common than others. The fear of contamination is a substantial concern for many people suffering from the disorder. This makes going out in public hard due to the amount of germs or contaminants which are perceived to be on any given object that he or she may touch. One may think that this could be easily fixed by not touching anything, but this causes even more anxiety to the patient due to the constant watching out for anything that may be “dirty”. Another common obsession is the fear of becoming ill, which relates to that of contamination. Because the patient touched the contaminated object, they now may have the reoccurring fear that they will become ill due to the germs on the surface that they touched. This also makes illness such as the common cold or sinus infection extremely difficult for the patient to deal with due to the fact that they may fear further illness or even death due to the rather harmless pathogen. Yet another common symptom of OCD which also related to the contamination and fear of illness is that of obsessive hand washing. For an average person, hand washing is just part of your daily routine. The person washes his hands for ten to fifteen seconds, dries them, then go about his day. An OCD patient may spend up to 2 hours a day or more washing his or her hands. They feel that the average time and action of washing hands does not

We tend to think of habits as bad (smoking, cussing, biting your fingernails) but they can also be good (walking the dog, oatmeal for breakfast, a weekly date with your spouse). THE POWER OF HABIT shows how easily habits form. They rely on three simple things–a cue, a routine, and a reward–and don’t take long to stick. Our brains love habits. They allow us to be efficient. They help us do things like drive a car without constant self-monitoring. Once we learn where the brake pedal is and how hard to press the

There’s two types of perfectionism, adaptive and maladaptive where adaptive components are beneficial to the situational and maladaptive components will be detrimental to the individual.