Posts by Taylor Bennett:

***SPOILERS AHEAD*** To the Bone is a Netflix original movie about a young woman named Ellen who has a severe case of anorexia. After showing no signs of improvement or even the simple desire…

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, the essential feature of delusional disorder is the occurrence of one or more delusions that continue for at least a month. These delusions can…

Do I Have Trust Issues? A woman’s husband just got home from work—a couple hours late. She shakes herself out of his embrace and accuses him of sneaking around with another woman. He swears to it that he just had to…

Communicating Without Uttering a Word We may view the primary form of communication as speaking with one another verbally, but we speak almost just as often…

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the essential feature of schizoid personality disorder is a persistent detachment from social relationships and limited emotional…

Overview We all have a story. Our experiences and our sufferings, our views and our roles—one in the same and drastically different. We all experience joy and sadness. We suffer from losing loved ones and our way in life. We have…

Scenario 1: Cancer took a young girl’s mother from her before she could even understand what death was. Ever since she realized her mom just wasn’t coming back, she’s felt unattached—to her relationships, to her school, to her life. For her,…

Meredith and six of her fellow doctors board a plane—one of many in their lifetimes—in a hurry, each with their own distractions and busy minds. Suddenly the plane starts shaking uncontrollably and their attentions are reverted; within minutes, the plane has…

The television screens in America’s living rooms are getting bigger, and the picture is getting clearer than ever with high-definition. Are we letting a…

The world we live in is full of pain and suffering: the children who grow up with uninvolved or inexistent parents; the men and women who leave their families to fight for their country and never return; the women who are…

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), separation anxiety disorder is primarily characterized by an individual’s fear of leaving home or parting from certain individuals. This anxiety must exceed what is expected at the individual’s…

Transvestic disorder is categorized as a paraphilic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), and characterized by the…