Cliquishness
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The notion of cliquishness comes from the word click, scream and means to broadcast. Klikush still in the distant past was considered demoniac, the result of spoilage, witchcraft, the consequence of instilling in them the devil. They were afraid, their hysterical fits were attributed to the ability to predict. And nowadays on television screens you can see the scenes of the devil's exorcism by priests, when people are fighting in terrible croaks, shouting meaningless words, swearing. Creeping suspicion that this staged tricks. But what is really behind this? Medicine recognizes this phenomenon and treats it as a form of hysteria.
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Epidemiology
According to statistics, about 10% of people on the planet suffer from various neuroses. Over the past 70 years, their number has increased 25-fold. It is interesting that in more developed countries the number of diseases is higher than in those whose level of cultural and economic development is lower. Women are most often affected by hysteria.
Risk factors
Hysteria or hysterical neurosis is a complex neuropsychic disease that manifests itself without apparent reasons from the nervous system in the form of various emotional reactions of a person. Risk factors for this condition can be:
- physical diseases caused by external influences or internal pathologies of organs;
- severe psychological trauma;
- abuse of drugs or alcohol;
- uncontrolled reception of sleeping pills and tranquilizers.
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Pathogenesis
At the heart of the pathogenesis of cliche lies the person's propensity to suggestion, instability of the emotional state, excessive sensitivity, vulnerability, stubbornness, uncompromising, pedantry. The role is also played by the environment, unfitness in the family, constant stress at work, emotional tension. The pathogenesis of the disease is characterized by the gradual appearance of its manifestation. Hysterical laughter, lack of air, rolling lump to the throat, strong palpitations, cramps, pale or, conversely, red skin of the face - so begins a hysterical fit. Further hysteria increases, the patient can tear his hair and clothes on him, his hearing and eyesight worsen, there is pain in the esophagus and heart, partial paralysis may occur.
Symptoms of the clericalism
The first signs of pathology begin with a personality disorder: anxiety, unreasonable anxiety, fear, a feeling of impending disaster, irritation to people. Other symptoms of clitoris - dizziness, insomnia, heaviness in the chest, tachycardia, stomach pain. Often there is a bloating, it seems that something is rolling in the heart. Next comes the attack itself, which arises necessarily in a crowded place, tk. For the manifestation of hysteria, viewers are needed. The person falls, beats in cramps, rolls his eyes under his forehead, screams what is called "not his own voice," often the sounds of animals.
Forms
In different literature, three main types of verbal behavior of the obsessed are observed, observed by eyewitnesses:
- Inarticulate sounds, mutterings, meaningless phrases that preserve a certain rhythm, tempo - that is inherent in meaningful speech. These signs are the beginning of a fit;
- imitation of sounds that publish animals and birds (cuckoos, cocks, dogs);
- speech from the face of a demonic being who has become a cleric.
Complications and consequences
The consequences of the disease can be quite serious if the neurosis becomes chronic. These are obsessive states, depression, loss of interest in life, suicide. Complications from the psychoemotional sphere can connect to internal organs, provoking heart disease, loss of sight, hearing, paralysis of the limbs.
Diagnostics of the clericalism
Diagnosis of clinic is carried out according to the neurological examination. The patient concentrates on his suffering, enjoys it, while for him the number of observers is important: the more of them, the more intense the groaning.
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Differential diagnosis
The task of differential diagnosis is to distinguish hysterical neurosis from symptoms similar in its symptomatology (its other types, sluggish current schizophrenia, neurasthenia).
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Treatment of the clericalism
Treatment of enema is reduced to the therapy of neuroses. First of all, it is necessary to eliminate the factors that hurt the psyche, create conditions for rest. Further, psychotherapy, hypnosis, auto-training, medication, consisting of the use of tranquilizers, hypnotics and sedatives, antipsychotics are used. An important role in the elimination of the pathological condition is attributed to physical activity, as well as physiotherapy methods - electrospray, aromatherapy, physiotherapy exercises, water procedures. Recipes of alternative medicine recommend calming herbal decoctions of valerian, lemon balm, motherwort. Heavy forms of the disease require inpatient treatment.
Prevention
Prevention of clergy is avoiding stressful situations, full sleep, refusal of alcohol, tonic drinks: coffee, tea. It is important to create comfortable living conditions and have normal relations at work. It is necessary to find time for rest, hobbies and then the world is harmonized.
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Forecast
The prognosis of pathology depends on the person's personality, concomitant diseases, the severity of the condition. With timely treatment started, elimination of the reasons for the patient, the forecast is favorable. With various bodily diseases, organic damage to the nervous system, treatment requires more in-depth research and long-term treatment, and sometimes even constant monitoring.