Abnormal Behavior Is Ubiquitous

This paper will demonstrate the ubiquitous nature of abnormal behaviors/mental disorders in our society. I will touch on different perspectives of having abnormal behaviors and mental disorders. Abnormal behavior is a behavior that is consistent with the individual’s development, cultural, and societal norms, creates emotional distress, or interferes with daily functioning. A Mental Disorder is defined as psychological syndrome or behavioral pattern that is associated with subjective distress and/or objective impairment. There is a wide variety of people among our community, on television, in our nation that unfortunately are affected by a mental disorder or an abnormal behavior. It can vary from a family member, next door neighbor, famous celebrity, to serial killers or mass murderers. These disorders affect people's lives from their work environment to their family environments.
PERSONAL
The disorders I have come across in my life where something I didn’t know of until I took this class. The first one I ever remember noticing was Trichitillomania. Trichitillomania is defined as repetitive hair pulling that results in noticeable hair loss. I had a friend named John when I was young. He was my four year old neighbor who just moved in with his grandma because his mom was sick. A few months later I noticed that he had a few bald spots right above his forehead. It never bothered me or made me curious enough to ask questions. But taking this class had opened my eyes to seeing that my friend had Trichitillomania. I asked my older sister about it, who has a Masters in Psychology, and she told me that his mom had died around then and going through such anxiety caused him to start pulling on his hair. The Last one I know of is a long time neighbor. I don’t know him personally but I know of him. He was known as the neighborhood drunk, pervert or Crazy Tony. As I was growing up I would be looking out my window and seeing him stumbling down the street late