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Psychosis…patients suffering from such a disease can take dangerous steps, read why treatment is necessary

June 13, 2024 04:41 PM

Punjabnews, Chandigarh ; 

It is shocking to hear that a mother first cut her four-year-old only son with a shovel, then put him on a gas stove and when he still did not die, she later burnt him alive on wood. The father tried to save his son, but was unsuccessful. The incident is from Bijnor and the whole city is terrified. Everyone is saying that a Kaliyug mother sacrificed her son. The mother is also saying that the goddess came in her dream and asked her to sacrifice her son, and she did it. After this murder, many questions are being raised that how did that woman commit such cruelty with her own child.

In fact, the investigation of this case so far has revealed the mental illness of the woman. It is being told that the woman was undergoing treatment and her medicines were also stopped for the last one and a half years. Doctors have told that the woman is suffering from psychosis. The disease is such that one cannot even recognize one's own and others. In this disease, the patient takes horrific steps. When a person is psychotic, he experiences serious symptoms like murmuring alone, staying alone, getting angry, doubting, not being able to sleep at night.

What is psychosis after all…

According to doctors, psychosis is a type of serious mental condition, in which there is a lot of difference between a person's thinking and reality. This is a symptom of a serious mental disorder, people who have psychosis start experiencing either delusions or hallucinations. Hallucination is a mental experience that is not actually present. For example, a person suffering from auditory hallucination may hear his mother screaming even when his mother is not around. Apart from this, a person suffering from visual hallucination may see someone standing in front of him when in reality there is no one around him.

Consult a doctor without delay…

It is worth noting that the experience of psychosis can be quite frightening. People suffering from psychosis often start having thoughts of harming themselves or others. If any such symptom is seen in a person, he should consult a doctor without delay and take medicines if needed.

 
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