Among mental illnesses, one of the most common is hysterical neurosis. This is the most common, classical form of neurosis, which usually occurs against a background of some traumatic event. This disease is often found in those people who already have hysterical psychopathy, but sometimes overtake those who have not previously had any deviations or even hysterical traits . It is very simple to observe such a state in a person, because it manifests itself at different levels.
Causes of hysterical neurosis
There are people who are initially predisposed to the development of such a disease and have an unstable psyche and a changeable mood. The risk zone includes people who have hysterical, schizoid, excitable psychopathy, and among people prone to narcissism.
In addition, often those who have immature psyche are subject to this condition - they are susceptible to someone else's opinion, suggestion, impressions, easily excitable, self-centered and often go from extreme to extreme.
Typically, a hysterical fit is a reaction to some traumatic event - bad news, quarrel and other stressful situations. The patient demonstratively falls to the ground - carefully, so as not to cause harm to himself - starts waving his limbs, making a suffering face, wriggling and moaning. It is noticed that this phenomenon usually occurs in crowded places. It is necessary to understand that unlike the epileptic fit, in this case the consciousness remains, and the patient can be brought to senses with the help of water, a sharp shout or a slap in the face.
Hysterical neurosis - symptoms
As a rule, because of this condition, it becomes extremely difficult for a person to be in society, because symptoms can manifest themselves quite brightly. Scientists note that hysterical neurosis in women is several times more common than in men.
Consider the symptoms of this condition:
- in behavior there is clearly pronounced demonstrativeness;
- a person tries to manipulate loved ones;
- the patient tries to draw attention to his problems;
- some people tend to imitate new symptoms of the disease;
- the patient always has an increased suggestibility;
- Motility disorders - paralysis, impaired coordination, tremor (but these are short-term abnormalities);
- there may be a loss of voice - it may be absent, but a cough may have a sound;
- the patient can take an unusual pose, wring his hands, behave theatrically;
- many are prone to moaning, screaming, sighing;
- if at the moment of moaning to distract a person, he can forget about them and return to a normal state;
- in some people the field of vision narrows, there is blindness or deafness, the sensitivity of the limbs decreases;
- a reaction from the cardiovascular system is possible - pain, tachycardia;
- sometimes there are convulsive seizures.
As a rule, diagnosing this condition is quite simple, because a person does not
How to treat hysterical neurosis?
In this case, treatment is not an independent, but a doctor. As a rule, patients are prescribed a psychotherapeutic course, general restorative treatment and drug therapy. The main thing in this case is to remove the raised excitability, insomnia , to bring a person into a state of norm.
It is very important not to focus on the symptoms of the disease, but immediately to proceed to treatment. In most cases, a simple outpatient treatment is sufficient.