Symptoms of postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder

summary

The difference between postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and common obsessive-compulsive disorder is that postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder mostly refers to the invasive thoughts that are related to hurting the baby and contrary to one's own will, but will not produce the behavior that harms the baby. It needs to be distinguished from infanticide of postpartum psychosis and extended suicide of severe postpartum depression.

Symptoms of postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder

1. A small number of patients with mental weakness, timid, afraid of making mistakes, lack of confidence in their own ability, when things happen very carefully, repeated thinking, after constant murmuring and repeated examination, always hope to achieve perfection. Thus, the harm of obsessive-compulsive disorder is to work in daily life, learning and interpersonal relationships will cause a certain negative impact.

2. The harm of obsessive-compulsive disorder is great, because there are involuntarily entangled thoughts, or rigid etiquette or meaningless behavior repetition, which seriously affect the concentration of patients' attention, seriously affect the learning and work of the parties, and seriously can completely lose the ability to learn and work, leading to mental disability. Patients want to get rid of it, but they all end up in failure. They are unable to get rid of it, causing great pain in their heart.

3. Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder have a sense of imperfection. The compensation of this sense of imperfection is the pursuit of perfection. The patient is responsible and critical of himself, lacks the ability to express warmth to others, is rigid and stubborn, and always requires others to act according to their rules. If they are in good times and are praised by the authorities in their work, they will be satisfied with their achievements. At this time, they can adhere to quite effective practical actions and have considerable self-control without going too far. But if you are in adversity, self-control will decline rapidly.

matters needing attention

Turn to a psychologist. When your own adjustment can't solve the problem, you can consult the relevant psychologist and conduct behavior analysis and psychoanalysis under the guidance of the doctor. The psychiatrist will give specific adjustment methods according to your situation, and the right medicine can solve the problem.