Each person perceives reality in his own way. Unfortunately, not everyone can accept reality adequately. The idea of some people about her is greatly distorted, not true. As a rule, this is somehow connected with any mental disorders. Against their background, numerous phobias and mania arise. Both that and others can noticeably complicate human life.
With many mental disorders, a person is constantly captive to obsessive thoughts. They are diverse and strong. They can be divided into:
- delusions (consist of distortion or orthrification of reality);
- phobias;
- obsessive actions (obsessive-compulsive disorder);
- mania.
One of the most common mania is persecution mania. The reality that the patient sees can be greatly distorted. In his world, everything happens differently, different laws apply in him.
The persecution mania is called paranoia. Because of it, a person may begin to be afraid to take food, since it seems to him that someone had poisoned her, he may be afraid to cross the roadway, since he is not let go of the thought that attackers are only waiting for the opportunity to crush him.
The persecution mania is a serious problem. A person who is ill with her actually believes that someone is chasing him or even trying to kill him.
Persecution mania can come in many forms. In some cases, a person is disturbed by her characteristic disturbing thoughts, but her mind remains clean, reality is perceived adequately. Some patients also face more serious problems. The persecution mania becomes so strong that all their actions are somehow related to the desire to protect themselves or simply to avoid a potentially dangerous situation.
Paranoids are sick people who need treatment.
Persecution Mania: Symptoms
Symptoms are numerous. In general, we note that they always manifest themselves in different ways. It all depends on the individual characteristics of the psyche of patients. The main symptoms of paranoia are unexpected aggression, a desire to protect oneself, one's home, distrust of others, thoughts of persecution, jealousy. Patients are always on the platoon. They cannot relax, because they believe that danger never disappears. This also leads to sleep disturbance. Insomnia can be very strong. It happens that people cannot fall asleep for weeks.
What are the reasons here?
The disease can appear even in a healthy person. True, not everyone will develop it in such a way that it will pose a real threat. In some cases, this ailment is not an independent mental disorder, but just a symptom of some other. For example, schizophrenia.
Persecution mania can occur after a serious head injury, stress. It can also occur as a result of prolonged use of drugs, alcohol.
Persecution Mania: Treatment
If the cause is alcohol, drugs, medications - a person should abandon them and immediately undergo rehabilitation. It will take time, but the disease will recede.
If it is a symptom, then all measures are taken to treat the underlying disease. If there is none, there is no persecution mania.
Some doctors prescribe psychotropic drugs. They not only help relieve symptoms, but also improve the general condition of the patient.
As a rule, patients deny that they have paranoia. The first step to recovery, as in many such cases, will be to realize that there is a problem. A patient who wants to return to normal should visit a psychologist. Specialists, as a rule, advise in such cases to seek support among friends and relatives. A person must find something that distracts from bad thoughts.