As Grimes coos, “girl, you know you’ve got to watch your health” a woman looks you dead in the eye and explains you might be displaying the “four hidden signs” of high-functioning anxiety. The issue ...

As highlighted in my last post, research is beginning to document children on the autism spectrum who report a range of intriguing perceptions. In 2018, a pair of Sri Lankan researchers profiled three ...

High-functioning autism is not a formal diagnosis and is not in the DSM-5. It remains a controversial term and is no longer used in many academic circles. However, it remains useful as a concept in ...

"High-functioning autism" describes autistic people who can complete some daily tasks and blend into society. People with high-functioning autism can have trouble starting conversations and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High-functioning OCD may manifest as perfectionism or excess worry over mistakes. High-functioning OCD may manifest as ...

On TikTok you'll find millions of users diagnosing themselves using the term "high-functioning" — high-functioning anxiety, high-functioning depression, high-functioning autism. The term ...

Depression impacts more than 18% of Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making it a common illness people struggle with. But, like all health conditions, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yet one night, sitting alone in her glossy office in Manhattan, Dr Joseph, now 44, had her head in her hands and the admission ...

On TikTok, the hashtag "highfunctioninganxiety" has almost 180 million views. And while the idea isn't new, the pervasiveness of the term is. "High-functioning" isn't clinically defined, says John T.

Nabila Ismail is a health and travel writer. She is a licensed pharmacist and works as a content manager for a health tech company. When she's not working, she enjoys traveling and running her blog ...