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Life
may be a roller coaster ride on many occasions, i.e., sometimes one may be
very happy and sometimes feel confused and sad. Even though mental disorders
can arise in all age groups, mostly it starts during adolescence because of
various changes in lifestyle and a lot of expectations. If they cannot cope
with circumstances and changes, they will suffer from anxiety disorders or
depression. The most common cause for mind disorders are losing an
affectionate person, lack of love, love failure or sexual abuse. Family
problems, financial problems and parent’s interference in ambition/choosing a
career or profession/love matter may add pressure to the mind of adolescents
to cause serious emotional problems.
Common mind disorders arising in adolescent age group are
- Anxiety Disorders – Anxiety is an
unpleasant emotional feeling triggered by anticipation or fear for
future events with memories of past events.
- Stress Disorders – are also
anxiety-related disorders which develop after an unusual event or a
psychological trauma – There are two types - Acute stress response and
Chronic or severe - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Anorexia Nervosa – losing
appetite or interest for foods with anxiety disorder in adolescent
females.
- Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - is also an
anxiety disorder where sufferer has uncontrollable, unreasonable,
persistent and disturbing thoughts which compel him to do a particular
activity repeatedly – for example, repeated hand washing with fear of
germs remaining in the hands, aversion to sex fearing
sexually-transmitted diseases, opening and closing the door repeatedly
to check he has locked it perfectly, etc.
- Depression (two
categories - Unipolar and Bipolar)
o Unipolar
Depression - is a kind of mental illness where the patient is
sad with lack of interest in things that were once pleasurable.
o Bipolar Depression – depression
characterised by extreme fluctuations in moods, i.e., sometimes very dull and
sleepy and at other times very irritable and violent with sleeplessness.
- Suicidal Mania – persistent
and intentional thinking of killing self.
- Schizoid
Personality Disorder – refers to
constant or persistent withdrawal from social relationships/functions/joyous
occasions with lack of self-confidence and interest.
- Delusion – condition of
recurrent/persistent thought/belief which is really false, for example,
thinks that everyone is talking about him in a wrong way.
- Schizophrenia – a chronic
complex mental disorder where sufferer experiences disorganised speech
and behaviour with delusions and hallucinations.
- Hypochondriasis – a kind of health
anxiety disorder where there is excessive fear of having a serious
medical illness (in spite of no medical evidence to support the presence
of serious health problem or even after testing all parameters).
- Panic Disorders – one may
become panicky if they experience unreasonable intensified fear along
with anxiety. They will have sudden accelerated or irregular heartbeats,
shortness of breath, breathlessness, dizziness, sweating, etc., and lose
control of himself.
- Agoraphobia – fear of
remaining in unavoidable situations (from which escape might be very
difficult) – for example, if he happens to go out, fears that a tall
building may fall on him; an accident may occur, etc. Quite simply, they
may fear to go outside or be in open, public places.
- Aversion to
Marriage or Sex – with fear of
sexual performance/pain/failure.
Signs
and symptoms
- Sadness /
hopelessness / worthless feeling
- Loss of
concentration / interest / low self-esteem
- Irritability /
anger / restlessness with loss of sleep
- Extreme
sensitivity – will take silly things very seriously
- Fatigue / vague
pains
- Suicidal thoughts
and withdrawal from friends and family
- Nightmare –
getting distress with frightening dreams (with frequent awakenings from
sleep)
- Going for
addictions with alcohol / smoking / drugs
- Fear about loyalty
/ faithfulness
To
cope with the situation
- Divert your mind –
Keep yourself always busy or be with your friends or relatives
- Avoid sitting
alone and thinking too much – i.e., be engaged always - if necessary,
change of place may also be useful.
- Never, ever give
up hope
- Do some charity
work in person – You will realize your importance in this world
Homeopathic approach
Counselling and medical treatment can be helpful to recover from mind
disorders. Every person reacts differently to situations. They need to be
advised / counselled accordingly or otherwise it can flare up the complaint.
Homeopathy treats everyone as a different individual and treats them
according to their symptom presentations, constitutional make-up (mental and
physical) and feelings. Homeopathy stands high here with its classic individualisation
and treatment with out any side-effects. Homeopathy is very safe and free
from all sorts of harmful side-effects since it is given in very minute
doses.
Finally, one should be aware that “A bend in the road is not the end of
the road... unless you fail to make the turn.” Further, there is no agony
like bearing an untold story inside of you.So, share it with a friend or
parent or well-wisher or doctor to get advised. Remember, pain may be
inevitable sometimes but suffering continuously is only optional. Though
no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and
make a brand new end. So be hopeful - It’s your world – enjoy and live
it.
for new
hope
Dr. S. Chidambaranathan, BHMS, MD (Homeo)
Laxmi Homeo Clinic
24 E. New Mahalipatti Road
Madurai, TN 625 001
India
Tel: +91-984-319-1011 (Mob /
Whatsapp)
Clinic : +91-452-233-8833 |
E-mail: drcheena@gmail.com
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