Is it a part of their personality or a deviation from it? How might they act?
2007-11-17 09:01:57 · 6 answers · asked by cap3382 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
An episode can be used to describe an attack of any affliction that has a tendency to occur intermittently.
It is more often than not used to describe Epilepsy.
With Epilepsy it is impossible to describe here how someone might act because there are many different forms an "episode" or seizure might take.
In minor cases, an on looker probably wouldn't even notice as the person having the seizure might just look as if they are day dreaming.
In serious cases the person would fall to the ground unconscious and violently convulse and possibly shout and scream. These are very frightening if you've never seen one before.
Take these two extremes and think of anything in between and that's how someone would act.
Either way it is not a personality defect/disorder. It is a medical problem which if treated properly, the sufferer can live a perfectly normal life seizure free.
I am sure other things like panic/anxiety attacks might also be described as episodes, but I don't know anything about them.
2007-11-17 09:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by steve 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not quite sure what you mean by an episode. If someone is bipolar and they have an episode then the person is on an extreme high or a crashing low. If someone has epilepsy and they have and episode then that person is having a seizure.
This question is interesting in that any psychological event that is not treated ie a paranoia that everyone is talking about you when in fact the opposite is true, could quite easily be called an episode depending on where you are coming from.
2007-11-17 17:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An episode is an incident, for instance you know a nice person and you find her grouchy, or she even lashes out at you. Episodes are usually of quick duration, rarely repeated and last only a short time.
2007-11-17 17:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An episode refers to an occurrence of mental health problems, i.e an episode of anxiety, or psychosis or mania. Once the episode is complete, the assumption is that the individual returns to their original state of health.
2007-11-17 18:44:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its when they act out. I guess some people have them and cant control it. One of my friends goes out drinks a lot and causes a fight or breaks **** and calls it an episode.
2007-11-17 17:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by sean R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Acting abnormal like epiplesy, pychotic and neurotic moments
2007-11-17 17:35:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋