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Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Mohit Bisht

9 Mental Health Terms You Need To Know

From gaslighting to trauma bonding, here are nine common mental health terms you must know.

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Mattering

The sense of feeling important or valued by the larger community.

2.

Gatekeeping

Gatekeepers in mental health are individuals or healthcare professionals who ensure a patient's access to healthcare facilities.

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Body Dysmorphia

It is associated with negative thoughts, feelings, and extreme criticism of one's own body.

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Gaslighting

It is to manipulate another person into doubting their perceptions, experience, or understanding of events.

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Impostor

A phenomenon in which one fears that they will be perceived as a fraud.

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Trauma Bonding

It is when we form a strong attachment to someone who is causing us harm emotionally or physically.

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Triggers

A stimulus that may elicit an emotional reaction, may bring back memories of an experience.

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Dissociate

When a person in a traumatic event chooses to divide information into one that can be processed in the present.

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Mindfulness

It is the awareness of one's own internal state and surroundings. It can be learned by observing thoughts and experiences without judging them.