Contents:
- Medical Video: What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Mental Health Help with Kati Morton
- Usually people with erotomania are women
- What are the signs of erotomania?
- Stalking is one of the symptoms of erotomania
Medical Video: What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Mental Health Help with Kati Morton
It's flowery, isn't it, when you're in love? Especially when you feel very loved or adored by someone. However, wait, whether the belief that your heart's love really loves you is a fact, only geer (big sense of alias too confident), or has it entered into a psychological disorder? Be careful, you can have erotomania, a psychological disorder characterized by a false belief that someone puts your heart on you. What are the signs like? See below.
Usually people with erotomania are women
Erotomania is one of the delusions in the field of psychiatry. This condition is classified as a psychological disorder.
People who have this type of disorder usually have their own characteristics. The majority of sufferers are women whose appearance is less attractive, like to withdraw from the environment and be alone, and rarely experience sexual contact. The opposite of the sufferer, the idol of his heart, is usually the person who has a high position in the community. For example celebrities.
Although most sufferers are women, men are no exception to this disorder. If this disorder occurs in men, more aggressive actions can occur, up to violence.
What are the signs of erotomania?
Suspect someone is putting your heart on you is actually still reasonable, really. Not that you must have a psychological disorder. There are several indicators that must be met before someone is diagnosed with this psychological disorder. The criteria for a person suspected of having an erotomania disorder are:
- The sufferer feels that the idol of the heart loves him and desires for him.
- The idol of the heart usually has a higher status. For example celebrities, superiors in the office, seniors, or figures that are admired by many people.
- Patients assume that the figure of the idol of the heart who first fell in love with him.
- Patients assume that the idol of the heart is also the first to approach him.
- Usually these erotomania symptoms appear suddenly.
- Others see the actions and responses of idol worshipers, but erotomania sufferers consider it as proof of love.
- It has many reasons to justify that the idol's heart really likes him.
- This condition can last for a long time, not just a week or a month. However, the time can also be very short but the symptoms are extreme. For example, to stalk (stalking), lying, manipulating, and committing violence.
Stalking is one of the symptoms of erotomania
In one study, it was found that about 10 percent of stalkers suffered from a mental disorder that underlies this behavior, namely this erotomania condition. Strangely enough, erotomania sufferers have a risk of committing acts of violence, of which around 80 percent are targeted at the idol's figure. However, in some cases, violence is also targeted at third people who are considered as opponents or threats in winning the heart of the idol's heart.
If you suspect the closest person or you own this condition, you should immediately seek professional help. For example, consult a psychologist or check with a mental health specialist. Doctors or psychologists are very likely to recommend behavioral therapy to control this disorder.
