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Question: A PERSON COULD NOT FORGET HIS PAST BAD HAPPENINGS AND FREQUENTLY TALKS THE SAME HAPPENINGS AND GETS GREATER LEVEL OF ANGERNESS ALSO CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO SLEEP ALSO
Brief Answer:
Such symptoms could occur in depression also
Detailed Answer:
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The symptoms like not able to forget past, past traumatic events, repeated talks about same things, anger over these things and poor sleep could occur due to Post traumatic stress disorder. But in this disorder severe anxiety, restlessness along with reliving trauma, nightmares are also seen. The history you have mentioned couldn't classify into Post traumatic stress disorder. But sometimes due to significant trauma in past individuals learn to remain helpless, which is also an aggravation of depressive symptoms. Also called as learned helplessness, individuals tend not to forget past events and out of that depression they develop anger outbursts.
Best therapy to reduce such symptoms is Cognitive therapy. In cognitive therapy cognitive distortions and abnormal thought processes are revealed and then individual and therapist act together to correct these distortions. Consultation of a psychologist results in improvement of these distortions.
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Such symptoms could occur in depression also
Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries
The symptoms like not able to forget past, past traumatic events, repeated talks about same things, anger over these things and poor sleep could occur due to Post traumatic stress disorder. But in this disorder severe anxiety, restlessness along with reliving trauma, nightmares are also seen. The history you have mentioned couldn't classify into Post traumatic stress disorder. But sometimes due to significant trauma in past individuals learn to remain helpless, which is also an aggravation of depressive symptoms. Also called as learned helplessness, individuals tend not to forget past events and out of that depression they develop anger outbursts.
Best therapy to reduce such symptoms is Cognitive therapy. In cognitive therapy cognitive distortions and abnormal thought processes are revealed and then individual and therapist act together to correct these distortions. Consultation of a psychologist results in improvement of these distortions.
Thanks, please ask again if you have more doubts.
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