Glossary for Self-esteem symptoms

Medical terms related to Self-esteem symptoms or mentioned in this section include:

• Alcohol abuse: Excessive alcohol as a symptom of other conditions
• Amphetamines - Teratogenic Agent: There is strong evidence to indicate that the use of Amphetamines during pregnancy may cause a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Anorexia Nervosa: A disorder where a distorted sense of body image leads to self-starvation to the point of death in some cases.
• Anxiety: Excessive worry, anxiety, or fear.
• Asperger syndrome: A neuropsychiatric disorder mainly involving the inability to understand and becoming involved in social interaction.
• Avoidant Personality Disorder: Personality type that avoids other people
• Avoidant personality disorder: Personality type that avoids other people
• Bipolar disorder: Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression".
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Delusional belief about body shape or appearance
• Body dysmorphic disorder: Delusional belief about body shape or appearance
• Body image symptoms: Inappropriate self-belief about body shape.
• Borderline Personality Disorder: Mental condition with behavioral and emotional problems.
• Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder with binging (overeating) and purging (vomiting).
• Dependent Personality Disorder: A personality disorder that can be characterised by an excessive need to be taken care of
• Depression: Inappropriate depressed mood.
• Depressive disorders: Depression or its various related conditions.
• Depressive symptoms: Inappropriate depressed mood.
• Drug abuse: Drug use as a symptom of other conditions
• Emotional symptoms: Symptoms affecting the emotions.
• Eyelid eczema: Eyelid eczema is a chronic skin condition affecting the eyelids. The skin of the eyelids becomes itchy, red and scaly. Often other parts of the body also have eczema.
• Food addiction: Food addiction refers to compulsive eating that is unrelated to actual hunger. The person feels compelled to eat even when they aren't hungry. Although it is not considered a recognised addiction it can have a significant impact on a person's life and health. Food addicts often have underlying emotional problems.
• Gambling addiction: Addiction to gambling activities.
• Generalized anxiety disorder: Excessive anxiety and worrying.
• Hypochondriasis: A disorder where a well person believes that they have a serious or life threatening illness.
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Episodes of explosively aggressive behavior
• Mania: Inappropriately euphoric mood usually with hyperactivity and other symptoms.
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A personality disorder that is characterised by a lack of social apathy and personal grandiosity
• Nymphomania: Extreme sexual promiscuity in a female.
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Behavioral disorder with obsessive thoughts and compulsive acts.
• Paranoid Personality Disorder: Excessive paranoid beliefs
• Paranoid personality disorder: Excessive paranoid beliefs
• Polycystic ovary syndrome: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects approximately 5% of all women.
• Premenstrual syndrome: A collection of symptoms that some women suffer that occurs directly before menstruation
• Schizoid Personality Disorder: A personality disorder which is characterized by long term emotional coldness, indifference and criticism of others.
• Schizoid personality disorder: A personality disorder which is characterized by long term emotional coldness, indifference and criticism of others.
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A personality disorder which is characterized by long term emotional coldness, indifference and criticism of others.
• Social phobia: Excessive anxiety in social situations.
• Turner Syndrome: Rare chromosome syndrome with one X but no second X or Y chromosome.
• Undereating: Eating too little food.
• Work addiction: Work addiction refers to the excessive amounts of time spent at work. The person feels unable to reduce the amount of time spent at work as it becomes a sole source of fulfilment for them. Family and social relationships often suffer as a consequence. Although it is not considered a recognised addiction it can have a significant impact on a person's life. Workaholics often have underlying emotional problems.

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