Definition:

Deeply ingrained, maladaptive patterns of behavior; recognizable in adolescence or earlier; continuing throughout most of adult life; either the patient or others have to suffer; there is an adverse effect on the individual or society. They neither learn from past experience nor benefit from punishment.

Hypnagogic hallucinations are dreams that intrude on wakefulness, which can cause visual, auditory, or touchable sensations. They occur between waking and sleeping, usually at the onset of sleep, and can also occur about 30 seconds after a cataplectic attack.In some cases, patients have so-called microsleep episodes, in which they behave automatically without conscious awareness.

When you fear swallowing, you set off your body's built-in survival reaction called the fight or flight response. The fight or flight response triggers a host of physiological reactions; one of these being tensing up muscles as your body's way of preparing you to flee the perceived danger. The vast majority of people with a fear of swallowing are physically capable of swallowing normally.

Sexual difficulties may begin early in a person's life, or they may develop after an individual has previously experienced enjoyable and satisfying sex. A problem may develop gradually over time, or may occur suddenly as a total or partial inability to participate in one or more stages of the sexual act. The causes of sexual difficulties can be physical, psychological, or both.