#clinical psychology

• Astereognosis — A rare neurological symptom characterized by an individual's pathological inability to recognize, identify, or differentiate the shape, size, weight, and nature of an object exclusively through tactile exploration (without the aid of vision or hearing), despite basic peripheral tactile sensitivity in the hand remaining fully intact; it is caused by brain lesions located in the parietal lobe.
• Self-accusation — The act of accusing oneself or its result; a voluntary or involuntary confession of one's own guilt; self-blame. In psychoanalysis and clinical psychology, it represents a pathological manifestation specific to severe depressive episodes, during which the patient reproaches themselves for imaginary or insignificant actions.
• Self-admiration — The act of admiring oneself or its result; excessive and often unjustified admiration for one's own person, appearance, intelligence, or achievements. In clinical psychology, it is considered a core component of narcissistic behavior and ego-centered personality disorders.
• Self-assertion — The act of asserting oneself or its result; the conscious process through which an individual asserts their personality, capitalizes on their creative potential, and consolidates their social or professional position, gaining confirmation of their value from others.
• Automysophobia — A pathological, persistent, and unwarranted fear of becoming dirty or smelling bad; an individual's obsessive fear of contaminating their own body with dust, germs, or their own bodily secretions. In clinical psychology, this specific phobia is closely linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), driving the subject to execute rigid rituals of excessive washing, compulsive sanitizing, and social isolation due to intense distress over untidiness.
• Self-mutilation — The act, process, or pathological conduct whereby an individual inflicts physical injuries, amputations, or severe wounds upon their own body, resulting from intense psychological suffering or an underlying psychiatric condition. In modern clinical nosology, self-mutilation is classified as a critical symptom of severe emotional dysregulation, serving as a major diagnostic indicator for conditions such as borderline personality disorder or major depressive episodes.
• Self-harmed — The feminine form of the term automutilat; describes a female individual, an anatomical area, or a bodily structure that has undergone a deliberate act of physical injury inflicted by oneself. From a therapeutic standpoint, the term is used when assessing emotional boundaries, indicating highly harmful coping mechanisms triggered by the inability to verbalize mental pain.
• Self-reproach — The act of self-reproaching and its result; the state or process of conscious self-blame through which a person analyzes and criticizes their own actions, decisions, or omissions. In clinical terms, self-reproach is a frequent component of depressive or anxious episodes, manifesting as a destructive inner dialogue that weakens self-esteem and blocks emotional resilience.