Psychlogical Problems
Psychological problems are those that are linked to behavioral changes or changes in thought processes. Certain aspects of health can lead to an alteration of how we perceive things and ourselves, for example recovering from a near fatal accident or illness can make us acutely aware of just how vulnerable we are. Mood swings can occur, lack of reasoning or angry outbursts in an otherwise calm individual.
There is often a combination of many underlying factors which when surfaced at the same time can lead to physical symptoms occurring or psychosomatic disorders. For example the feeling of vulnerability or lack of self-confidence, which if it had happened at another time in our life we may have been able to 'shrug off'.
The feeling of frustration both with work and socially, or anger and not being able to express it, guilt, morbid fear, fear of being let down, fear of loneliness, the list could be endless. All these unresolved areas of our lives can lead to deep-rooted confusion in our thought processes.
Our behavior may change, as our thought processes become more confused, leading to mental illness such as anxiety and depression. Physical illnesses such as Impotency, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, indigestion, insomnia, and headaches for example, can often be related to psychological disturbance rather than a purely organic cause.
The symptoms the patient suffers from are nevertheless as debilitating or distressing as if they had an organic cause. It is always important to try and understand how the changes have arrived. In practice, these changes can have occurred slowly over a long period of time and how it 'all started' could take an experienced therapist a considerable long time to unravel, and maybe not all of it will become clear.
An experienced family doctor should be able to best advise you on your course of action, once a condition, has been identified as having a possible psychological cause. The normal treatment in some cases is counseling therapy or medication, which can introduce better sleep patterns or have a calming effect, so that you can cope more easily with the day to day tasks.
Sometimes people's behavior can become so bizarre or antisocial that it is necessary to refer them to specialist consultants. This may seem difficult initially to those people close to the sufferers, but in the end if the treatment helps it would be of benefit to all concerned.
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