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Neuroses are defined in psychology as those mental disorders that patients are aware of, since they interfere both in their thinking and in the usual development of their lives in different areas: social, work, family, etc.
They are characterized because the patient knows that their behaviors are irrational and that they do not have a logical basis, but they are not capable of eliminating or controlling them if it is not after undergoing therapy with a professional.
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There are different types of phobias, although the following are the most common:
- Phobic neurosis (phobias): In them an object or situation leads people to a state of anguish that can become authentic terror.
- Obsessive-compulsive neurosis: In these, patients have to continually fight against ideas or phrases that come to mind over and over again. To calm their anxiety, they sometimes have to perform repetitive behaviors (for example, washing their hands repeatedly until they are convinced that they are clean or checking a certain number of times all the locks in the house, opening and closing them to make sure that everything is tightly closed).
- Anxiety neurosis: the person suffers from permanent anguish, known as floating anxiety, which is usually so high that it is accompanied by physical symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, tachycardia, breathing difficulties, etc. It is usually accompanied by pessimistic feelings or a constant fear of a terrible high.
- Depressive neurosis: It differs from depression itself in that this type of neurosis occurs only as a reaction to a situation, in which the person reacts with a behavior that has all the symptoms of depression, often accompanied by a high degree of aggressiveness.
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