Is this what happens to people after a stroke?
That's true. Stroke patients are all middle-aged and elderly people, and they have the same psychological characteristics. Personality may change after a stroke. The general psychological development process of stroke patients: I can't believe this cruel reality when I just had a stroke and my consciousness began to recover-"Did I really have a stroke?" ; "I want to start a paralyzed life"; "I can't take care of myself in the future?" After a period of treatment, I began to accept the reality that I was a stroke patient. At this time, there may be a polarized psychological state: some patients begin to take the initiative to seek medical treatment, hoping that doctors can provide some "special treatment" to cure their diseases as soon as possible; Some patients give up on themselves, have a bad temper, and do not cooperate with doctors' treatment and passive rehabilitation training of their families. Aphasia and hemiplegia may aggravate patients' irritability. Patients may feel extremely depressed when they learn from doctors that there is no special treatment for stroke. At this time, they need the comfort of their families to prevent depression. After patients enter the rehabilitation period, they will generally know their own diseases and physical conditions. Patients will become very sensitive, pay close attention to the changes of family members' emotions and attitudes, be overjoyed at the progress of their training, and feel very sad at the retrogression of their training. ● Depressed patients with stroke know that stroke is a disease with sequelae, which may cause lifelong disability, and patients may have depression; Because patients can't take care of themselves, they may also feel depressed, such as "feeling sorry for their families", "unable to take care of themselves, becoming disabled" and "dragging everyone down". When the effect of rehabilitation training for stroke is not obvious, it will also lead to patients losing their enthusiasm for rehabilitation training. ● Anxiety of stroke patients will cause anxiety of patients, such as future living arrangements, whether children can be filial and whether the disease will get better. ● Obsessive-compulsive disorder patients will have hypochondriac symptoms because of fear of another stroke. Slight physical discomfort will cause patients' fear, and even under the effect of psychological suggestion, "stroke symptoms" will appear, leading to hysteria. Some patients will try their best to find a "panacea" and a "way to keep fit". ● Dependent stroke patients have different degrees of dependence on their families, especially those who have special trust in their families. Sometimes, I only listen to certain family members. We should make full use of this dependence, urge patients to take medicine on time, carry out rehabilitation training, and cooperate with inspection and nursing work. ● Psychological Degeneration Stroke patients will have different degrees of "psychological degeneration". Sometimes they are very irritable and stubborn, sometimes they are very weak and depressed. They will be ecstatic or crazy because of some small things. Therefore, it is very necessary for stroke patients to avoid emotional stimulation. Family members should closely cooperate with psychotherapy. Stroke patients are very depressed and distressed psychologically because they can't take care of themselves or basically can't take care of themselves. At this time, the attitude and expression of family members may have a great influence on the patient's psychology. Therefore, as a family member, we should understand the patient's psychology, contact and talk with the patient more, enlighten, comfort and encourage more, and don't say anything that hurts the patient's self-esteem and feelings. Especially for patients who can't take care of themselves, don't show impatience when taking medicine, feeding, taking a bath, handling urine and turning over. All these are helpful for patients to form a good mentality and establish confidence in overcoming the disease.