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Category: Psychological Disorders

Writing Characters Through the Lens of the #MeToo Movement

June 17, 2018 Tamar Sloan

I’ve said it before, but I’m going to say it again – connecting with fellow lovers of the written word is the best part of

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Dependent Personality Disorder: Psychological Disorders for Writers

June 3, 2018 Tamar Sloan

Personality disorders are fascinating–many are comparatively rare and they all lead to some pretty unreasonable and difficult to understand behaviours…which kind of makes them ideal

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Paranoid Personality Disorder: Psychological Disorders for Writers

April 8, 2018 Tamar Sloan

Personality disorders are fascinating. They have their very own section in the Diagnostic Services Manual, Fifth Edition (the psychologist’s and psychiatrist’s bible when it comes

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The Importance of Mental Health Research When writing Fiction

April 1, 2018 Tamar Sloan

I’ve mentioned before that I believe we’re all psychologists at heart. The study of the human psyche fascinates us all because it gives us a

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Selective Mutism for Writers

February 12, 2018 Tamar Sloan

This week’s blog post was requested by a reader, one of my favourite ways to prompt an article. By chance, I also happened to read

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Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa for Writers

January 21, 2018 Tamar Sloan

For our second week of eating disorders (prompted by my current short-story) I’m tackling bulimia nervosa. Of the two eating disorders we’re discussing, bulimia is

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Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa for Writers

January 14, 2018 Tamar Sloan

I’m writing a short story at the moment for an anthology and my heroine has the early stages of an eating disorder. But as I

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Histrionic Personality Disorder for Writers

November 12, 2017 Tamar Sloan

Dramatic characters capture our attention just by merit of their personality. The opposite of introverts, they feed off the attention of others and are willing

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Schizophrenia for Writers

October 15, 2017 Tamar Sloan

The manuscript that I’m currently working on has a character with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. This character is the father of my protagonist, and seeing

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Psychology for Writers: ADHD

September 3, 2017 Tamar Sloan

I read a book recently, a contemporary romance, where the male protagonist had a diagnosis of ADHD. It was a well written, beautiful love story

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Narcissism for Writers

August 6, 2017 Tamar Sloan

The term ‘narcissism’ comes from Greek mythology, where beautiful, proud Narcissus fell in love with his own image in a pool of water. It’s not

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Psychology For Writers: Alcohol Addiction

June 25, 2017 Tamar Sloan

Alcohol has played a central role in almost all human cultures since the Stone Age. Interestingly, there’s evidence that the development of agriculture – a

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Psychology for Writers: Depression

May 7, 2017 Tamar Sloan

We’ve all felt sad, lost, or hopeless at some stage in our life. It’s a natural part of the 10,000 highs and 10,000 lows Buddha

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Panic Attacks for Writers

March 12, 2017 Tamar Sloan

Fear was hardwired into our brain long before our ancestors had developed the language to name it. Our great-granddaddy’s and great-grandmummy’s couldn’t afford to miss

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Autism Spectrum Disorder for Writers

February 13, 2017 Tamar Sloan

If you’ve got a character who has autism then you’ve just set yourself a challenge, but a challenge that has some of the greatest flexibility

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Writers

December 4, 2016 Tamar Sloan

The moment Katniss Everdeen volunteers herself as tribute in place of her younger sister, the heroine of the Hunger Games begins a journey of war

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