Re: My Wife Is Scared Of Pregnancy And Delivery
Phobias and Panic disorders: We have a list of personality disorders in psychiatry which tells us a lot about the different psychological behaviors of a person. Among these disorders there is a class which is called as "Phobias and Panic Disorders". Phobia: It refers to the intense and continuous fear from any upcoming or present situation, any person, any thing or any activities. Like for instance; it is usually thought in our society that if a black cat crosses the path that is not a good sign. Panic Disorders: People in this condition due to some fear or terror develops unwanted symptoms like excessive sweating, facial expression to have some fear, palpitations, anxiety etc. For instance; if a person has got any thing in the past painful he would scared of having this thing again and whenever he come across the same situation or the things recalls in his mind he start to fall in these unwanted symptoms. Types of Panis Disorders: Obssessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD): In this condition there are irresistible thoughts and urges to do some thing repeatedly due to repeated unwanted and irresistible thoughts for doing some thing. For instance; a person is unable to prevent him to wash his hands repeatedly even though he know he is repeating it several times. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): This condition develops after trauma, any worse event in the life or any natural disaster. Like for instance; many children went in to PSTD after having destructive earth quake in the northern areas of Pakistan in 2005. They had required psychiatric treatment since they were extremely anxious and depressed. They lost interest in the life and had not been able to forget the past events. Social Anxiety Disorders: People get fear in the social activities that they are being judged by the other people and hence they remain over conscious in this regard. They try to avoid the social gathering or try to prove up to the mark by different means. Some times they over react in a situation that is totally unwanted. Specific Phobias: These are due to some situation or event or object that would create certain fear and the person can't be able to get rid of. Like for instance; A person thinks that if his left eye would blink then he would come a cross any danger. Some people get scar when see snakes, other animals etc. Some people avoid going on the height since they think that they may fall down if they ascend on the top. Generalized Anxiety Disorders: This is with our any real cause of anxiety the marked and unreal worry and tension by a person. Problem with your wife: Your wife is basically suffering from specific phobic disorder since she is in fear of having pregnancy and delivery and thinking that she might be died if she gets pregnant. As you know in reality this is not the case. Perhaps she had come to know any case in her past that a mother got died while she had been pregnant. Now she had applied this condition over her self and started to think wrongly. Solution of the problem: She needs counseling and behavioral therapy. I am sure that within few sessions with a psychiatrist or psychologist. She would get a lot of improvement. In your case, it is advisable to receive first your wife and then consult her with a good psychologist or psychiatrist.
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