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and here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by nightmares..Hopefully that's

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the only time you've gone to school with no pants on here's today's question [Man at graduation and his pants disappear]

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Janine has nightmares of her time in Afghanistan avoids all loud noises and

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is extremely sensitive to conflict around her which disorder might affect

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her and here are potential answers... all right

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agoraphobia doesn't sound right because that type of anxiety disorder describes [Man fearful of a pack of lions]

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when an individual is fearful of and often avoids places or situations that

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might cause them to panic, feel trapped helpless or embarrassed yeah that might

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happen if you show up to class and your tighty-whities but it probably wouldn't [Man in a classroom with underpants]

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be caused by a tour in Afghanistan and narcolepsy a condition characterized by

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sudden attacks of sleep doesn't seem to fit either and no you don't have [Man sleeping on a floating couch]

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narcolepsy if you can easily fall asleep while watching Netflix for three hours

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while lying on your couch that just means you have a sweet sweet life

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bipolar disorder - a mental disorder in which an individual experiences

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alternating bouts of happiness and depression doesn't appear to be [Girl with two heads with a sad and happy face]

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described in the question and neither does anorexia nervosa - A disorder

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characterized by an obsessive desire to avoid food and lose weight so what's [Girl throws an apple away]

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left B - post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD resulting from many different

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types of traumatic experiences like abuse or experiences in war people with [Soldier firing gun]

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PTSD have difficulty dealing with the normal everyday tasks of living because

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their preoccupation with the traumatic experience is so palpable, we're pretty [girl thinking about past experience in a supermarket]

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sure going to school pants-less isn't traumatic enough to trigger PTSD but we

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don't recommend finding out for yourself [Man outside school and his trousers fall down]

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