What is neurosis?
A neurosis is in the psychoanalytic theory a structural ineffective way of dealing with problems.
Introduction
In the developing baby to adult gains one person to handle all kinds of impressions. These impressions evoke feelings: pleasant and unpleasant. The process in a good way of all these experiences is best done in a situation where a person gets love and attention and secure themselves, feel accepted and understood. However, no one grows up in a situation where the processing of all these impressions is done perfectly. Every man therefore experiencing impressions he can not process properly. In the psyche arises a conflict because this experience know how to categorize. These unprocessed, not to use experiences are deep in the unconscious suppressed. A process that is similar to things we do not know what we need it to hide in the attic. Later, we often do not even know that we have these things and where they are.
But if too much and especially important experiences that are displaced are necessary for balanced development, a psychic structure may occur which someone is not sufficiently able to respond effectively in important life situations. For example, with an environmentally incomprehensible anxious, desperate, insecure and / or theatrics.
Neuroses due to major life burden
There are neurotic disorders should be sought in the overall life situation as normal life burden is too heavy compared to the mental capacity. For example, a chronic illness or disability gradually create a situation where, partly based on a certain personality structure creates a neurotic picture. The greatly changed life situation then requires a different function. That have to live on a different manner than can be complicated by what is used to be repressed. In particular, it happens that people will no longer be able to in an effective way to draw attention to their problems. One can then get into serious trouble and do not really know how to get out of here. Remarkably, they often in a symbolic way to focus is to ask what is experienced by the environment as unreal and affected. For example, that someone who has to stay in bed ever asked to arrange the cushions differently when there is in fact nothing wrong with it. That one then actually wants attention, it happens unconsciously. A similar neurotic image may also occur as other causes the balance between mental capacity and mental burden is disturbed. These include people who are facing the death of a loved one. Or if you no longer on the situation at work or family can etc.
Hysterical neurosis
When the concept of hysteria is often thought right that this is a kind of "aanstelleritis" what the person is and where mostly blame no attention should be paid to. However, one should not think too quickly because this behind such behavior may conceal a serious mental illness.
Hysteria in psychiatric sense is to say that the base of the disorder is deep trapped in the personality. There are so many, and then repressed feeling experiences significant (often already in early childhood), that one is not able to respond to a good (efficient) manner to that which requires the life of a human being.
Hysteria should therefore be seen as a very serious mental illness in which the person (although that will not always be noticed right) suffers. Thereby the greatest suffering is usually a boundless loneliness. Firstly, because it lacks the ability to in a meaningful way to deal with the environment. Secondly, because the behavior of someone with a hysterical neurosis as theatrical, sticky and can be irritating that the environment does not receive them with open arms.
Help
The demand for help and attention should therefore not be simply dismissed. It is not so that they may and can enforce at any time attention. It is better the feelings of displeasure which she calls a dismissive manner not discuss with them. This is so useful because they can learn from these and similar feelings can be discussed. The requested attention to be given in a way that they may learn that they are not false and theatrical need to act to get them through the desired attention. A good way to do this is, especially in the beginning, to make arrangements with them when they can get attention and then there punctually hand to hold. It can then gradually emerged in a situation where they behave less unreal and theatrical and in a meaningful way with their problems can emerge. It may possibly arrive at a solution of their problems or give it a place in their lives. The latter, however, is a job for a psychiatrist or a psychologist.
Help with obsessions
Coercive behavior (compulsions) often causes a serious especially suffer because the environment behavior often find irritating and incomprehensible. People try with intellectual arguments to persuade them how wrong they do. However, this makes no sense. The inefficiency of their behavior them only too well known. This method of approach will make them even more pressing in isolation.
It is better to work with them to weigh how the compulsions can be reduced. For example, by the woman from it to for example set to try once per day to go to less under a shower. That will probably not happen immediately and should not be faulted. The attempt to try them all is often a challenge. If their environment is recognized, there will be not only a better mutual understanding arise, but it will also motivate them to continue.
Banning compulsions is incorrect. In the first place, this enhances the feeling that the environment does not understand them. In the second place, then there may be an uncontrollable panic formed. If there is compatible anxiety in them, they are aided by great left alone and to be able to talk about these feelings.