Acting Out: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Acting Out

Adults may experience a more emotional reaction while children and adolescents often act out. [villagebh.com]

out Physical Symptoms : Muscle tension Idiopathic aches and pains Gastrointestinal problems – nausea, vomiting, diarrhea Headaches Changes in appetite and sleep patterns [ascentchs.com]

Since the anxiety, depression and acting out can disrupt their lives, as well as your family’s, treatment is preferable. [childrensneuropsych.com]

Childhood Depression

This is not to say that we are acting out of our scope. [massagetoday.com]

They are much more likely to express their depression by acting out and showing that they are angry. [blog.cognifit.com]

Besides feeling sad and hopeless, children with depression may also complain of frequent headaches or stomachaches, become irritable or act out. [discoveryranch.net]

Substance Abuse

This usually occurs from the substance wearing off, and it can cause them to act out against people close to them, according to the National Council of Alcoholism and Drug [bustle.com]

People struggling with substance use act out against those closest to them. [ncadd.org]

The typical acting out of adolescents can be confused with the effects of drug and alcohol use. [aafp.org]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Traumatic play; re-enacting parts of the trauma in their play (drawings, acting out). Regressive behavior (thumb sucking, bed-wetting). [anxietybc.com]

They may also start ‘acting out’ and develop disruptive and destructive behaviours. [sane.org]

[…] who witness the death or assault of a parent will later suffer PTSD Youth with PTSD may experience other problems as well, including depression, other anxiety problems, or acting-out [anxietybc.com]

Sexual Abuse Victim

out Wanting to leave school These last five are more characteristic of teenagers and are becoming prevalent. [thelamplighters.org]

So when a family member began inappropriately touching and acting out against me when I was five, I honestly didn’t know at the time that it was wrong. [christianitytoday.com]

Sexual assault is an act that is carried out without the victim's active consent. This means they didn't agree to it. [nhs.uk]

Attention Deficit Disorder

The problem causes them to act out and creates ADD-like symptoms that are very real. [hemi-sync.com]

The stereotype of kids with ADHD is that they’re always in motion, they’re impulsive and hyperactive, and that they act out at home and at school. [understood.org]

Children with the other two presentations of ADHD, for example, tend to act out or exhibit behavior problems in class. [verywellmind.com]

Abuse and Neglect

Lashing out in anger. Abusive parents act out of anger and the desire to assert control, not the motivation to lovingly teach the child. [helpguide.org]

Examinations of the genitals or anus carried out under section 53 of the CYP&F Act may not be carried out under General Anaesthetic. [starship.org.nz]

Briere 1986 Adolescent acting out and childhood history of sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 1:326-334. Runyan, D.K., and C.L. [nap.edu]

Parasomnia Type Sleepwalking

Nearly 1 in 10 patients with obstructive sleep apnoea also experience "parasomnia" symptoms such as sleepwalking, hallucinations and acting out their dreams, a Loyola University [health24.com]

out their dreams, a new study has found. [thefreelibrary.com]

Nearly 1 in 10 patients with obstructive sleep apnea also experience "parasomnia" symptoms such as sleepwalking, hallucinations and acting out their dreams, a Loyola University [sciencedaily.com]

Adjustment Disorder

The affected person may feel anxious or depressed and act out by vandalizing somebody’s property. [lucidatreatment.com]

Symptoms of Adjustment Disorder: Depressed mood, anxious, regularly acting out of the ordinary. May be experiencing sleep and sexual difficulties. [healthyplace.com]

Adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct: This involves a change in behavior that involves acting out in some manner. [lucidatreatment.com]

Sleep Disorders

Nearly 1 in 10 patients with obstructive sleep apnea also experience "parasomnia" symptoms such as sleepwalking, hallucinations and acting out their dreams, a Loyola University [sciencedaily.com]

REM Behavior Disorder REM Behavior Disorder is the ability to act out your dreams. The obvious problem with acting out your dreams, is the potential to cause injury. [psychnet-uk.com]

out their dreams. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

In the midst of all this, Pandamiglio experiences dramatic episodes of acting out his dreams. [cnn.com]

A rare sleep disorder that makes people act out their dreams may be an early warning of a deadly neurological illness, a new review of previous research suggests. [yahoo.com]

Sometimes they begin by talking, twitching and jerking during dreaming; this may occur for years before they fully act out their REM dreams. [aastweb.org]

Sleep Paralysis

It is assumed that this paralysis mechanism is in place to stop us acting out our dreams, based on rare cases where the paralysis fails – and patients physically act out the [iflscience.com]

It is believed to be a result of disrupted REM sleep, which is normally characterized by a complete loss of muscle control that prevents individuals from acting out their [psychonautwiki.org]

[…] cases where the paralysis fails – and patients physically act out the contents of their dreams. [dailymail.co.uk]

Behavior Disorder

They end up acting out their dreams. Some may walk, talk, scream, hit, or punch in their sleep. [alleydog.com]

Someone with REM behavior disorder is able to act out his dreams due to the loss of muscle atonia. [sleep.wustl.edu]

They had no idea that they were in fact still asleep and acting out a dream. [sleephabits.net]

Sexual Sadism

Ideally, the term should be used only for persons in whom such fantasies are acted out in actual behavior. Almost all such persons will be men. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms and Dangers of Sexual Sadism Some people never go beyond the fantasizing stage, but others may act out their fantasies on willing or unwilling partners. [gomentor.com]

[…] more harmful ways of acting out. [minddisorders.com]

Nymphomania

Causes often involve one or more of the following: acting out; atypical psychoses; alcohol and/or drug abuse; temporal lobe disorders; involvement with an inappropriate partner [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This is an 'accident,' but it is also a symbolic acting out of an affectionate embrace. [bad.eserver.org]

In the case of nymphomania, people act out their compulsions by engaging in risky behaviors such as promiscuity. [healthgrades.com]

Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome

Patients are naturally paralyzed during REM sleep to avoid acting out their dreams. In this disorder, patients are not paralyzed and therefore they act out their dreams. [ineuromed.com]

out our dreams and harming ourselves. [everydayhealth.com]

REM sleep is characterized by dreams, quick eye movements, and paralysis of the limbs and trunk that prevents someone from acting out dreams and getting injured during sleep [healthysleep.med.harvard.edu]

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

People with LBD also often act out their dreams and make violent movements when they’re asleep. It’s called REM sleep behavior disorder. [webmd.com]

This causes vivid dreams, meaning someone may call out and act out their dreams in their sleep. [bupa.co.uk]

REM sleep behavior disorder, a condition in which a person seems to act out dreams. [malacards.org]

Sexual Masochism

For most participants, the humiliation and beating are simply acted out; participants know that it is a game and carefully avoid actual humiliation or injury. [msdmanuals.com]

Some amount of sadism and masochism is commonly play-acted in healthy sexual relationships, and mutually compatible partners often seek one another out. [msdmanuals.com]

People may act out their masochistic fantasies on themselves—for example, by Binding themselves Piercing their skin Applying electrical shocks Burning themselves Or they may [msdmanuals.com]

Amphetamine Abuse

Some studies have shown that amphetamine consumption promoted violent acting out in non-schizophrenic subjects. [em-consulte.com]

In our observation, the acting out may be not related to the acute effects of these substances, since it occurred 9 months after stated discontinuation of amphetamine consumption [em-consulte.com]

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

act out in physically aggressive ways that do not cause injury or harm. [crestwynbehavioral.com]

Learn More About IED Intermittent explosive disorder, also referred to as IED, is an impulse-control disorder that causes individuals who are suffering from it to act out [crestwynbehavioral.com]

Some individuals with IED who engage in physical aggression will act out in ways that bring about physical harm to animals, property, or other individuals, while others will [crestwynbehavioral.com]

Dupont Sellier Chochillon Syndrome

It was important to us to not miss out on any knowledge and practices that had served us well. [books.google.de]

[…] formed a journal that we would use on a daily basis, and this helped us to incorporate all of the lessons and tips that we had learnt and refined along the way - in short, it acted [books.google.de]

Retrograde Amnesia

Encyclopedia Britannica 7 Kopelman sees those who fake retrograde amnesia as acting out "a form of ingrained psychological role-play". The Guardian - Lifestyle [ludwig.guru]

Hypnotic State

More importantly, they act out things which have emotionally aroused us in some way. [abouthypnosis.com]

The REM state is our own ‘reality generator’ and the dream script is acted out, or made real, within that reality generator. [why-we-dream.com]

Powerless to resist the hypnotist’s influence, the subject obeys every command, including an instruction to act out an upsetting childhood scene. [scientificamerican.com]

Multiple System Atrophy

out dreams Urinary or bowel dysfunction, such as constipation or incontinence (loss of bladder or bowel control) Motor Control Symptoms Movement problems might develop much [utswmed.org]

out" dreams Abnormal breathing at night Sexual dysfunction Inability to achieve or maintain an erection (impotence) Loss of libido Cardiovascular problems Irregular heartbeat [mayoclinic.org]

Some other problems you might notice are: Can't handle heat well Erectile dysfunction (ED) Sleep apnea Sleep disturbances, including acting out vivid dreams Noisy breathing [webmd.com]

Berlin Syndrome

Locked in captivity, Clare must act out to assert any semblance of autonomy, and balance self-defense with submission to stay alive. [vulture.com]

Sleep Disturbance

You may walk in your sleep, or act out your dreams. Children often have night terrors, in which they wake up from a deep sleep in a terrified state. [mountsinai.org]

People may physically or vocally act out toward the explosion, but they will not actually feel any pain. [sleepfoundation.org]

During REM sleep, the voluntary muscles are "paralyzed" to keep people from being able to act out their dreams. [alaskasleep.com]

Cataplexy

Patients are naturally paralyzed during REM sleep to avoid acting out their dreams. In this disorder, patients are not paralyzed and therefore they act out their dreams. [ineuromed.com]

When this happens, the muscles relax and the brain blocks signals that would normally allow the limbs to move, so preventing the body from acting out your dreams. [circlecity.co.uk]

As a result, patients may act out their dreams and cause harm to themselves or others. [symptoma.com]

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Other symptoms of antisocial personality disorder include the following: Failure to conform to social norms and acting out in socially unacceptable ways, such as repeated [my.clevelandclinic.org]

[…] and sexual acting out of all sorts. * Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle - Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor [waking-you-up.com]

The sociopath may seem irritable often, and his first instinct is to physically act out when upset. [livestrong.com]

Child Sexual Abuse Victim

In fact, if their trauma is left untreated, some of these children will act out their abuse and harm another child. On the plus side, we know that treatment works! [ncchild.org]

out in aggressive ways Experience ongoing trust issues These are just some of the many ways that child sexual abuse can impact a person, even into adulthood. [injurylawyers.com]

Boys are more likely than girls to act out or behave in aggressive and antisocial ways. (Finkelhor, 1994.) [thoughtco.com]

Kleptomania

The worry now is that once psychologists stop having to ask whether ATOs were acting out of anger before they stole, it's possible that what's actually triggering the theft [businessinsider.com]

Cupchik, author of Why Honest People Shoplift or Commit Other Acts of Theft, finds troubling. [businessinsider.com]

[…] impulsively steal stuff they can afford/don't need; they get a thrill doing it; they feel badly afterward; there are no other mental issues to blame; and, lastly, they don't steal out [businessinsider.com]