Dysphoric disorder has a huge impact on our daily lives. The state of depression can lead to a negative attitude of others towards the patient with dysphoria, so it is important to have at least a remote idea of this disease. Truth is known in comparison, so we will compare dysphoria with another, very similar condition – depression.
If you look superficially, it may seem that depression and dysphoria are different names for the same ailment. In both cases, the person is depressed. Feels aggression, irritability, dissatisfaction, longing, and all will to live is lost.
In depression, as a rule, the symptoms are more protracted and disappear after the perception of pleasant, positive information. Dysphoric disorder, on the other hand, subsides when a person learns that someone other than him is doing even worse. Upon learning that another is suffering even more, a person with dysphoria experiences a higher pleasure, comparable to euphoria. This is the fundamental difference and danger of dysphoria. In a dysphoric state, a person is able to deliberately make others suffer and revel in their suffering.
Views
At the moment, the following types of dysphoria are known:
Gender dysphoria
Gender dysphoria is a psychological illness in which there is a rejection of one’s own body. The patient is haunted by an obsessive idea of his own belonging to the opposite sex.
Postcoital dysphoria
Postcoital dysphoria is the experience of a state of melancholy, restlessness, meaninglessness after intercourse, no matter how successful it was. The nature of this disease has not yet been established.
Premenstrual dysphoria
Premenstrual dysphoria is an irritable condition during the premenstrual period in women caused by hormonal changes.
Symptomatics
Gender dysphoria:
Gender dysphoria is characterized by difficulty in realizing one’s own gender. That is, a person subject to this disease can identify himself with the opposite sex, feel himself in the opposite body. The public stigmatized such people as transsexuals.
Signs of this disease can appear even in childhood, when the individual develops an awareness of his involvement in a particular gender. During the transitional age, a patient with gender dysphoria can be partially cured due to the restoration of a balance between female and male hormones that is competent for their sex. But there is also a possibility that the condition of the individual will noticeably worsen.
In mild forms of gender dysphoria, the individual will try to bring their appearance as close as possible to the opposite sex. A man will dress like a woman, grow long hair, start using cosmetics and vice versa. In a severe form of the disease, a person can even decide on a sex change operation.
Postcoital dysphoria:
Postcoital dysphoria is fairly easy to diagnose. This dysphoric disorder appears after sexual intercourse and can last from several minutes to several hours. During this period, a person subject to postcoital dysphoria may experience a decline in mood, dissatisfaction, a sense of powerlessness and an irrational sense of the meaninglessness of what is happening.
Most often, this disease is observed, as a rule, in men. After intercourse, they feel their imperfection or the imperfection of their partner, and it can even come to aggressive statements of their dissatisfaction with him.
Premenstrual dysphoria:
This dysphoric disorder is inherent in the female part of the population. The symptoms of this disorder can be quite varied. Among them: tearfulness, vulnerability, capriciousness, irritability, etc. Headaches, cramps, loss of appetite may appear. This disease is manifested as a result of changes in the hormonal background in the body of a woman.
Dysphoria treatment
The approach to the treatment of the disease as a whole depends on the type and degree of its severity. Medications are not recommended for mild dysphoria, as they are addictive and may increase the severity of dysphoria.
To begin with, it would be wiser to avoid stressful situations. If the dysphoria is caused by a traumatic event, you can talk to a psychologist or see a therapist. With severe dysphoria, a psychologist will not help. Here you need a competent conclusion of a psychotherapist and an appropriate course of treatment or prescription of medications.
Brief wishes to readers
In the modern world, people are often prone to depression and various stresses. Whether it’s an unpaid loan or many hours of traffic jams, all this can cause various psychological injuries and ailments. Conformism is inherent in modern man. Most people take their illnesses for granted, without thinking about the true causes of their illness.
