She started to feel like she was “sinking into the ground” and “the floor was rising up to her face.” The whole room’s spatial position seemed to change constantly. She went to the doctor, and was told that her condition was “essentially normal” by several specialists. She started to feel like she was going to die soon, and although wasn’t scared of death, she wanted to live her life to the fullest. She went to the theatre with her husband more often, developed a new response to music, and spent hours listening to the “inner structure” of the lyrics and instruments in music.…
Katherine, commonly referred to as Kate, began having spontaneous episodes of unusual body contortions and spasms of screaming. As the situation might have been hard to grasp, Mr. Wescot reminisced on moments his daughter experienced such difficulties a few…
The Hundred Years War was a long and hard battle for the French. English had taken their land and rebels started to take control of major towns. When the French believed that they weren’t able to take back their land and fall into English and rebel hands, Joan of Arc was able to save them from generations of despair. Joan of Arc, who believed that god sent her to save France, was a huge inspiration, she saved much of the land even if her debut was cut off short due to false accusations.…
In May 1428, Joan made her way Vaucouleurs, a nearby stronghold of those loyal to Charles. At first rejected by the local magistrate, Robert de Baudricourt, she persisted, attracting a small band of followers who believed her claims to be the virgin who was destined to save France. When Baudricort gave in, Joan cropped her hair and dressed in men's clothes to make the 11-day journey across enemy territory to Chinon, site of the crown prince's palace. Joan promised Charles she would see him crowned king at Reims, the traditional site of French royal investiture, and asked him to give her an army to lead to Orleans, then under attack from the English. Against the guidance of most of his counsel and generals, Charles granted her request, and…
She would run around and act irregularly, complain about fever and cringe from fierce pains. Some theorists now argue that it was from stress, asthma, boredom, abuse, epilepsy and delusions. However, some other theorists say she was experiencing “convulsive ergotism”. Convulsive Ergotism occurred when one digested rye infected with ergot. Interestingly, LSD derives from ergot which could cause hallucinations.…
When she was around fifteen, it was the middle of the hundred years war when knights from Burgundy came into her village and burned it to the ground. This is when she heard a saints voice telling her to go to the lord also known as, Sir Robert and seek his help traveling to the capital of France so she could speak to Dolphine Charles. All though Sir Robert did not believe the she was a saint he sent her anyways. When Joan arrived at the capitol she spoke to Dolphine Charles and told him that he needed to let her lead the French army and have himself crowned the king of France. But just like Sir Roberts he did not believe in her but let her lead the troops in an attempt to give them something to believe in.…
There is no absolute way to know if she did actually suffer from convulsive…
2 Introduction The focus of this report will be Joan of Arc and how did law/punishment change during the middle ages 3 Joan of Arc Joan of arc was born in 1412 on the 6 January. Joan lived on a farm with her mother and father in a French village in Medieval France Damre’my. Her life changed at the age of 13 when Joan began to hear voices of God and Saints. They told her to lead the French to victory. Her mission was to defeat the English and return Charles Vll.…
Joan Crawford’s Disorders In the film, Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford demonstrates multiple different personality disorders, each of which take a part in dictating most of her life. A personality disorder involves repetitive characteristics that interrupt one’s home and work life. More likely than not, a personality disorder causes distress and affects the individual in a negative way. (Rathus, 2010, p.526).…
In reality, she was prescribed lithium – a mood stabilizer, Prozac – an anti-depressant, desipramine – another anti-depressant, Inderal to counteract the hand shaking and other tremors from the side effects of lithium, and Desyrel for sleeping (Wurtzel, 1994; Durand & Barlow, 2016). Wurtzel writes in her book that “taking drugs breeds taking more drugs” (Wurtzel, 1994, loc. 275). Other forms of treatment include electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). ECT was the most controversial form of treatment of psychological disorders after psychosurgery (Durand & Barlow, 2016).…
Tubman endured seizures, severe headaches and narcoleptic episodes for the rest of her life. She also experienced intense dream states, which she classified as religious…
She had family members who suffered from mental illnesses such as depression, but they called them “black moods” rather than depression, and she did not know of their illnesses till later in life. Mental illnesses were truly a taboo when she was young even in regards to anxiety or depression. 2) What role did psychology play in helping people with their problems? Deborah did not know what role psychology played in the lives of those around her when she was…
Joan of Arc Imagine beimg on a battlefeild fighting for your country, and no one else looks and acts like you. Joan of Arc was born January 6, 1412 in Domremy France. Joan led the French army into victory, until her death in 1431. Joan of Arc was rewarded with the title of being a saint because of an extraordinary young life,successful fights, and a powerful ending to her life. Joan of Arc’s unique life started with and extraordinary childhood.…
In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, Lady Macbeth shows many detailed symptoms that today would be classified as a paranoid schizophrenic. Lady Macbeth is the wife of Macbeth, who was a thane who became king by brutal meanings. Although Lady Macbeth is a strong willed woman in the beginning, she is clearly deteriorating from a mental illness. Lady Macbeth’s actions are the clear result that she is suffering from what today are the symptoms relating to paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia is an mental illness that can be defined as “a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder…
Throughout Paula’s sessions with Dr. Harpin, Dr. Harpin discovered four dissociative personalities within Paula; Caroline, who was a scared 5-year-old girl; Janet, who was a rebellious 15-year-old teenager; Sherry, who was taking care of the other personalities as a mother figure in her thirties. Sherry was co-conscious with all the personalities except…