Aggravation - what is it... Concept, types, diagnosis and treatment

• September 15, 2018
• Psychology of communication
• Svetlana Sazhina

Some people tend to fantasize and exaggerate any events. Embellishing the situation may indicate both a violent fantasy and a painful condition. This is especially true for the various symptoms of any illness. In the specialized literature, the term “aggravation” is used to describe this phenomenon. This, as psychiatrists testify, is a tendency to far-fetched exaggeration of the manifestations of an existing illness.

What is aggravation

This phenomenon is due to the real existence of the described symptoms of the disease. The concept is found in two directions - clinical psychology and psychiatry. In general, aggravation is an exaggeration by a person of the severity of symptoms, which can be either conscious or contrived.

The behavior of a person exhibiting aggravation is characterized by increased anxiety and restlessness. Often such a disorder can be evidence of the development of a psychopathological personality.

Determination of stress resistance by level (test from a psychologist)

In order to determine a person’s resistance to stress, there are many tests, answering questions in which you can not only identify your resistance to stress, but also determine the level of self-control in difficult situations that are provoked by stress. After passing the tests, you can choose recommendations for yourself to increase stress resistance.

First of all, do not forget that stress resistance is a determination of a person’s emotional level of excitability. That is why most questions are aimed at finding out how you behave in standard situations - be it your work, home, everyday life, or even leisure.

It is very important to keep the situation under control. A high level of stress resistance allows a person to cope with the most difficult situations that arise along the path of life

There are special methods and tests to determine the level of resistance to stressful events.

Below we invite you to take a test by consulting psychologist Oksana Istratova to identify your level of stress resistance by answering “yes” (+ 1 point) or “no” (0 points) to the questions:

1. You always try to finish what you started, but usually you don’t have time, and then you try to catch up.
2. You notice signs of fatigue and chronic overwork on your face.
3. A dark streak has come in your life.
4. Bad habits do not want to submit to your struggle.
5. The future makes you anxious
6. In order to feel relaxation after a busy day of work, you need doping (alcohol, cigarettes, sedatives, food).
7. Change is coming too quickly. You can't keep up with this pace.
8. You love your loved ones, but you feel emptiness and misunderstanding on their part.
9. Your youth has been wasted. It depresses you.

0-4 points - a high level of self-control in stressful situations. You control yourself without showing unnecessary emotions. Your restraint is enviable. Stress is a common companion in your life.

5-7 points - average level of self-control. It takes a lot of effort for you to control yourself and experience stress. You never know if you can stay cool.

8-9 points - low level of self-control. Your nervous system is exhausted

Pay attention to how you cope with stress. Definitely, increasing stress resistance should be a priority for you.

Why is it necessary to identify levels of stress resistance?

Knowing the real state of things, you will be able to pay attention to the development of stress resistance and plan its correct formation. The ability to control the level of stress in any situation will have a positive impact on a person’s health and relationships, both in society and directly to him

Causes of aggravation

The reasons for this phenomenon, in particular, may be the following factors:

• Hysterical and hypochondriacal accentuations, which are accompanied by mental disorders and deviations.
• Old age, characterized by senile dementia.
• Chronic psychological trauma.
• A physical defect that becomes the object of attention of others.
• Over-concern coming from another person.
• Neuroses of different etymologies.
• Extreme passion for studying medical literature and attributing to oneself all kinds of diseases.
• Careless statements by doctors and medical staff.

The state of aggravation may be accompanied by distrust of treatment methods. The number of complaints increases, and all recommendations are ostracized. At the same time, a person asks for help and expects understanding from others.

Increasing psychological resilience

The main law of increasing psychological stability is the acceptance of the fact that if a person is not able to change circumstances, then he is able to change his attitude towards them. An example would be the situation with a barking dog: walking down the street and seeing a dog barking at someone nearby, you are unlikely to get annoyed about this, but simply calmly continue your way, immersed in your thoughts, right? It’s the same with difficult situations: they should be perceived not as something that happens to the detriment of you personally, but as something that simply takes place. As soon as a person allows events to take their course, without focusing their attention on them and without reacting emotionally, they pass just like that - in their own way; pass you by. If a person begins to “cling” to everything, then this also begins to “cling” to him. If you run to yell and insult a barking dog in every possible way, the likelihood that you will become the object of its close attention increases significantly. Of course, this is just one way. And it is not universal.

Increasing psychological stability is directly influenced by the conditions in which a person lives. For example, if a person by nature has a reactive type of nervous activity, i.e. he likes an intense lifestyle, frequent changes of environment, increased activity, etc., then, most likely, he will not be comfortable living in a small town or sitting in one place in the office without the opportunity to splash out his energy. In order for a person’s psyche to be more stable, it is necessary that his lifestyle correspond to his natural predispositions.

Systematic unloading of the nervous system is another way to increase your psychological stability. Constant pressure and doing something you don’t really love (which, by the way, is a striking feature of many people’s work) have an extremely negative impact on the human psyche. This makes him irritable, nervous, and constantly tired. Only proper rest can affect this. You need to regularly devote time to doing your favorite things, traveling outside the city, relaxing reading books, in general, doing everything that you really want to do. Or you can do nothing at all - just relax and relieve stress.

A person’s cultivation of a philosophical attitude towards life has a very good effect on psychological stability. A person’s mental health is closely interconnected with such personality traits as humor, positive thinking, the ability to laugh at oneself, and self-criticism. Only if a person can look at the events that are happening and at himself without excessive seriousness, without considering himself the “center of the Universe” and the one to whom life or someone else owes something, only then everything that happens will not seem so painful and will stop constantly touch a nerve.

Important Psychosomatic causes of arm pain

Another effective method for building psychological resilience is a positive self-image. What is meant here is that a person must cultivate a positive attitude towards his personality, accept himself as he is, and be a positive and positive character for himself. But you need to be careful not to cross the line, which leads to self-pity and perception of the world with, otherwise psychological instability will only worsen.

In close proximity to a positive self-image is a person’s inner integrity. This question is worthy of writing a separate book, but, in short, a person must, firstly, live in harmony with himself, his principles, beliefs and worldview. Secondly, he should do what he likes: work, sports, recreation, communication - everything should be in maximum accordance with the person’s vision. Thirdly, he must strive for self-development and spiritual self-improvement, because this has a direct constructive impact on both a person’s personality and his life.

Symptoms of the disease

The main signs of aggravation are the following deviations in behavior:

• The number of complaints about poor health is gradually increasing, and visits to the doctor are becoming more frequent. At the same time, treatment recommendations are often not taken into account. The patient may delay recovery by deliberately injuring himself.
• Behavior during aggravation is characterized by the presence of real experiences by a person of certain symptoms of the disease. The subject does not invent his illness. He simply exaggerates the severity of this or that illness.
• The manifestation of the disease is actually not as serious and incurable as the patient makes it out to be. Aggravation is always not fully realized.

• Although outwardly a person wants to be cured, subconsciously he fears a complete recovery. To become healthy for him means to lose increased attention and care from others. For a person, especially one who is characterized by a demonstrative-hysterical personality type, this is like death.
• On the other hand, increased attention can give rise to increased aggravative behavior.
• Typical statements of people prone to such a phenomenon are, for example, the following: “I’m going to die, then you will regret it...”, “I don’t have long to live...”, “These diseases will finish me off...”, etc.

A typical portrait of an aggravant

What does an adult aggravant want?
About the same. After all, most often people who are lonely and helpless in life, who have no one to rely on, come to see a doctor with such greatly exaggerated complaints. Or having a family, but not finding support in it. The portrait of a typical representative of this category in everyday life is as follows. This is a middle-aged woman with an unfulfilled destiny, usually childless. She is burdened with numerous problems with work and is ready to “cry into her vest” to the first person she manages to talk to.

It is extremely difficult to get rid of such a person, who is in no hurry to shut up and always finds new reasons to hold someone else’s attention for at least a few more minutes.

The face is very characteristic. These are sharpened features, mournfully pursed lips with downturned corners of the mouth and equally mournful, pleadingly waiting and at the same time empty eyes, as if for her everything had long been decided and finished. Moreover, it is not in her favor.

The movements of the arms express powerlessness; they often seem to fall limply and helplessly, although outwardly their development looks quite normal.

The manifestation of emotions in the course of presenting endless complaints or detailing one of them looks at the same time as carefully restrained, stingy and bashful, but at the same time methodical and unhurried. Even the pauses between phrases look like a continuation of complaints.

Behavior in a neuropsychiatrist's office is not very different from behavior in everyday life and leaves the impression that the patient has nowhere else to go and that she is ready to aggravate the rest of her life in the doctor's office.

Male aggravants look approximately the same and adhere to approximately the same line of behavior. Behavior dictated by the characteristics of a certain mentality.

The difference between aggravation and simulation

It is human nature not only to cultivate real symptoms of a disease, but also to invent non-existent signs of a particular illness. The phenomenon in which a person portrays a fictitious disease is called malingering.

This behavior can occur due to various reasons. The main motive of simulation is to avoid punishment for any sins or to evade responsibility. An example of such an image of an illness could be the behavior of a schoolchild who does not want to attend an educational institution. Simulation is also often used by criminals seeking to deceive investigators. To distinguish this phenomenon from aggravation, it is necessary to conduct a forensic psychiatric examination.

The main difference between simulation and aggravation is the presence or absence of symptoms of the disease in reality. In the first case, there are no signs of the disease. They are the fruit of the individual's imagination. Aggravation is when existing symptoms are exaggerated, either intentionally or subconsciously. The patient not only depicts suffering, but actually experiences it. Both malingerers and aggravants are characterized by complete preservation of personality and awareness of their behavior. At the same time, the second condition, unlike the first, is a painful disorder.

Caring for Haworthia at home

Haworthia has a very attractive, spectacular appearance, but despite this, it is undemanding.
In this regard, anyone can grow such a succulent in their home, you just need to know how to properly care for it. If the bush grows on a well-lit window sill, then in extreme heat it should be moved to a little partial shade, and if possible, then taken out to the terrace or shaded balcony. Since this flower is a succulent, any air humidity is suitable for growing. The room in which haworthia grows must be ventilated regularly both in summer and winter.

The water used for irrigation must be well settled and soft. When watering, you only need to slightly moisten the top layer of the substrate in the container, since this succulent needs very little water. In summer, the bush is watered immediately after the top layer of the substrate dries. If in winter it is in a cool room (from 10 to 12 degrees), then it needs to be watered only once every 4 weeks, but if the flower grows at a temperature above 18–20 degrees at this time, then, as a rule, watering is carried out 1 once every half month. Water must be poured in such a way that it cannot get into the center of the outlet, as this can cause rot.

Haworthia flowers have no decorative value. In this regard, as soon as flower stalks appear, it is recommended to remove them, as a result the bush will not waste its energy on flowering.

Feeding Haworthia

In the period from April to August, it is recommended to systematically feed this succulent, do this once every 4 weeks. To do this, use fertilizer for cacti, and the concentration of the solution should be 2 times less than what is written in the instructions. Experienced flower growers advise pouring fertilizer into the water for irrigation. In autumn, they stop feeding the succulent.

Transfer

Haworthia is transplanted when necessary, for example, if the container becomes very small. As a rule, young specimens are transplanted annually, and adults - once every 2 or 3 years. For planting, you should choose a not very large, low container, which should be wide. If the pot is too deep, this will cause stagnation of liquid in the root system. For planting, you can purchase ready-made soil mixture for cacti, but you should add a small amount of fine expanded clay and clay to it. Expanded clay is able to absorb excess water when watered excessively. It is imperative to make a good drainage layer at the bottom of the pot. In principle, planting and replanting haworthia is very simple and even a beginner can handle it.

Haworthia home care / Haworthia pearl

Types of aggravation

This behavioral disorder, depending on awareness, can manifest itself in several forms:

• Active aggravation is the deliberate prolongation of the disease and the adoption of all possible measures to worsen health.
• The passive form manifests itself in exaggeration of the symptoms of the disease. However, the patient does not take any measures to interfere with the course of treatment.
• The pathological type of disorder accompanies somatic diseases such as psychopathy, hysteria and other similar deviations.
• If we talk about what this is subconscious aggravation, then this behavior is caused by a person’s not entirely clear desire to evoke sympathy, pity and support from others. These actions are mainly aimed at medical personnel, since the patient is often a regular patient in hospitals and clinics.

• Conscious (intentional) aggravation is an exaggeration of painful suffering in the name of personal gain (obtaining some benefits or preferences). Also, such behavior can be used in case of violation of the law, and as a result is punished by law enforcement agencies.

Aggression in the elderly

The most common disorder in older people is aggression. The reason is a narrowing of the circle of perception, as well as a false interpretation of the events of an elderly person who is gradually losing touch with society. This is caused by a decrease in memory for current events. For example, stolen items or missing money.

Aggression in the elderly manifests itself in emotional disturbances - grumpiness, irritability, protest reactions to everything new, a tendency to conflict, groundless insults and accusations.

The state of aggression is often caused by atrophic processes and vascular diseases of the brain (senile dementia). These changes often go unnoticed by relatives and others, being attributed to “bad character.” A competent assessment of the condition and the correct selection of therapy allows one to achieve good results in establishing peace in the family.

Aggravation in epilepsy: main symptoms

With this disease, the disorder can manifest itself at any age and with different forms of the disease. In 1998, Dr. E. Perucca proposed dividing aggravation in epilepsy into two groups.

The first category includes paradoxical intoxication. This type of aggravation is associated with the use of large doses of antiepileptic drugs during polytherapy. An overdose of anti-seizure medications can cause a seizure, even in people who do not have epilepsy. At the same time, other symptoms of intoxication may be observed, for example, hyperkinesis, hallucinations, heart rhythm disturbances, loss of consciousness, etc. Thus, the use of drugs has a two-phase nature: with an average therapeutic dose, attacks become less frequent, and an increase in it can lead to an increase in epileptic attacks.

The second category of aggravation in epilepsy is the selective form. It is also called pharmacodynamic or drug-dependent. It is a behavioral disorder that is caused by the negative effects of certain antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on specific types of attacks.

The nature of selective aggravation lies in the prescription of therapy against seizures without taking into account the pharmacological specificity of the drug. The disorder can occur as a result of taking any antiepileptic drug, depending on the type of attack. Thus, in order to treat aggravation epilepsy, the doctor should carefully select treatment methods. It is important to compare them with the individual characteristics of the patient.

In cognitivism: a pathological state is an exaggeration of a normal emotion.

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According to Beck, individual vulnerability is determined by the following reasons:

1. biological predisposition

2. individual biographical experience.

A socially dependent person is most sensitive to ruptures in interpersonal relationships. Sadness is a normal emotion, but in pathology it is transformed into an all-encompassing feeling of loneliness, total loss, and meaningless existence. At the level of behavior - withdrawal from activity, withdrawal into oneself.

Cognitive psychotherapy is the consistent breaking of the vicious circle of maladaptive thoughts, negative emotions, and dysfunctional behavior. Cognitive therapy is manipulative, it removes conditions, not the cause, therefore it comes back in a different form.

This is a short-term therapy, easy to implement (exercises for the patient), and effective at the behavioral level.

Cognitive model of anxiety. A person perceives danger not specifically, but vaguely, based on false premises. In a normal person, errors in the perception of danger can be corrected by a real test. In anxiety, the content of cognitive processes is associated with a feeling of vulnerability, anticipation of danger, inability to cope with the threat, fear of losing support in people who can help him. The result of such thoughts: fear of being rejected, ridiculed, despised by others.

The cognitive assessment of danger affects other systems (nervous system, muscular system, rapid breathing, sweating...), the person concentrates his attention on this.

Cognitive model of phobia. Cognitive meaningful psychotherapy is strictly related to the provoking situation. Considering how the patient assumes what might happen to him in a phobic situation. This allows you to identify markers and significant moments. It is necessary to explain to the person that it is not the situation that frightens, but its anticipation. The patient's concerns are not always clearly defined. For example, fear of crowds. The man was afraid of not being able to cope with himself. Why is losing control so scary?

The good thing about the cognitive approach is that a person sees that they are working with him.

Cognitive model of agrophobia. Vulnerability resulting from the transition from experiencing external or internal danger to loss of effectiveness in an interpersonal communication situation. The patient is terrified of finding himself in a situation of psychological or physical catastrophe, when there is no access to the so-called “safety signal”. Face to face with a hostile world. It is important to understand that a person suffers, it is difficult for him. A person who finds himself alone expects death or madness. Selects restrictive, avoidant behavior.

Depression. Quite successful treatment of depression. Depression is characterized by a cognitive triad.

Three main negative assessments:

1. Self-assessment. A person considers himself inferior, defenseless, ineffective. "I'm the worst"

2. Assessment of the environment. Life is too demanding for him, there are insurmountable obstacles to achieving important goals, the world is devoid of joys and pleasures, and in communication with others there is only bad. Not only is man bad, but the world is bad.

3. Assessment of the future. Current troubles do not end, the future does not promise joy, the intended goals are not realized. All this leads to the idea of ​​the meaninglessness of existence. This can lead to suicide. Central factor: negatively oriented thinking. This is the center of the process in depression. Predominant concentration on the negative aspect. This is the result of early childhood negative experiences (for example: through identifying oneself with a significant other). Or the child sees the peculiarities of the attitude towards him.

Features of cognitive style influencing systematic cognitive distortions.

1. derivative inferences - drawing conclusions in the absence of confirmation of facts or even in their presence

2. overgeneralization - the derivation of general principles based on one or several cases and the widespread application of these principles, both relevant and irrelevant to the situation

3. understanding what is happening based on individual details without taking into account the context.

4. seeing events as the result of one’s own efforts in the absence of them in reality. The tendency to relate to oneself events that are not really connected

Obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Obsessions are obsessive thoughts. Compulsions are obsessive actions. Cognitive organization is characterized by a symmetrical view of self and others. “I - others” is a number system, where one nomos is good, the other is bad (more often “I” is bad, “others” are good).

There is always a comparison of oneself with others. Reasons: there could be rigid, emotionally cold and truth-loving parents who adhere to strict moral and physical education of the child. At the same time, they cannot satisfy the child’s needs for play and love. The child has the opportunity to assume that such parents are good. He may consider himself bad. Or the child believes that the parents are bad (alienation). I perceive myself as bad because I avoid good parents. Or he moves away from bad parents. State of uncertainty. A normal child perceives parents as generally good, but sometimes they may not be good enough.

Freud's line of development of neurosis.

In the inner world of the individual, an incompatible representation of impulses and affects arises, which are tendencies opposing each other. As a result, tension is formed that cannot be resolved, as it is associated with some kind of intolerable displeasure (for example: the desire to be autonomous and the fear of being alone).

For neurotics, an unresolved problem causes internal tension that cannot be resolved. To eliminate dissatisfaction, a person excludes experiences from consciousness. The conflict is repressed or defense mechanisms are used and its bearer may feel liberated. This does not go unnoticed for the psyche. The unexperienced feeling tends to break out in the form of a symptom.

Gestalt therapy.

Gestalt therapy does not deal with severe disorders. Frederick Perls. 5 levels of neuroses.

1. Level of falsehood - attitudes seem to be life-like. People play different roles (roles are determined in life activities). It requires people to live up to the expectations of others. Neurotics actualize some abstract concepts and ideas, rather than their own “I am the real.” An elephant is shown trying to be a rosebush.

2. Phobic level. Experiences of fear and pain expected from contact with dissatisfaction, traits of one’s own “I”.

3. Dead end. Experiences are hopeless, lack of meaning in life within us or lack of support from the outside.

4. Experience of death, dying, alienation of part of the “I”. A person must give up his usual roles.

5. Experiences of vivid emotions are allowed. This helps get things moving and continue development.

Psychopathy

Psychopathy means mental suffering. This is a special group of mental patients; it belongs to minor psychiatry (like neurosis)

The condition is stable, accompanies the whole life, manifests itself in a disharmonious personality. These are the characteristics of a person’s personality.

Korsakov and Gannushkin deal with psychopathy. Psychopaths - 5-15% of the total population. This disease occurs in men 2 times more often than in women. Psychopathy is characteristic of adolescence.

Reasons: biological, social.

Biological causes of psychopathy are heredity, parental alcoholism, pathology of internal development: maternal illness, birth trauma.

Social causes of psychopathy - defects in education at an early age, the influence of society.

Gannushkin - psychopathy manifests itself from youth, represents a number of features that distinguish them from so-called normal people and prevent them from adapting to the environment painlessly for themselves and others. We are talking about such traits and characteristics that appear in everything. Psychopathy is total and takes over the entire personality.

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Aggravation of mental disorders

In most cases, the patient chooses the mildest manifestations of the disease for simulation. Aggravation concerns real-life diseases. At the same time, the aggravated, colorful aspects of the disease are reproduced.

The most common forms of aggravation are exaggerations of mental disorders - schizophrenia, reactive psychosis, memory impairment, attention, etc. Moreover, in a fit of such a state, the patient can artificially cause an attack of a different nature.

This pathological behavior is divided into three main categories:

• Meta-agravation - the patient deliberately prolongs the most acute phase of the disease (for example, depression, build-up of affective arousal, epileptic seizure, etc.).
• Overaggravation is the attribution of signs that are not characteristic of the disease being diagnosed (for example, intellectual impairment in schizophrenia).
• Dissimulation is an aggravation of symptoms in which the main manifestations of the disease are carefully hidden.

Nature of deviations

The nature and form of manifestations of aggravation, i.e. the choice of exaggerated symptoms and their relationship with the psychopathological structure and course of the disease can serve as one of the indicators of the nature and severity of painful disorders.

Sometimes the very fact of exaggeration is a manifestation of the disease, partly depending on the form of the disease (for example, with hysteria), and partly on the individuality of the patient. Such, for example, is the aggravation observed in patients with severe dementia, which, characterized by inconstancy and conspicuously absurd exaggeration of symptoms, in itself indicates a clear disorder of critical thinking in these patients.

Voluntarily aggravated symptoms must be distinguished from psychogenically caused intensification of painful conditions, often observed in patients in difficult situations, under conditions of psychiatric examination.

Such a distinction can sometimes be very difficult. It can be distinguished by the combination of clinical manifestations in the case of psychogenic exacerbations and the corresponding emotional changes during them.

Diagnosis of aggravation

To correctly determine the specifics of the disease, the doctor must carefully examine the history of the disorder. Additional research will only help clarify the current picture. Sometimes it will take a long period to realize that the patient is exaggerating his feelings.

In most cases, it is common for a person to speculate with his fortune for personal gain. The more others show attention and sympathy to the sufferer, the more active the tactics of such behavior become.

It is quite difficult to define aggravation in psychology. This can be done by very carefully observing a person’s behavior. The reaction of others to the attitude towards the aggravant’s disease will reveal the speculator’s symptoms. A psychological and psychiatric consultation can confirm or refute the diagnosis.

Approaches to aggression

Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers identify different approaches to aggression.

The normative approach is a definition of aggression that focuses on its inconsistency and illegality with social norms.

O. Martynova defines aggression as destructive, purposeful behavior that contradicts the rules and norms of coexistence of people in society.

The depth psychological approach notes the instinctive nature of this state. In this case, the aggressive state appears to be an integral and innate property of any person. Prominent representatives of the depth psychological approach are the ethological (S. Freud, K. Jung, K. Lorenz, Morris, etc.) and psychoanalytic schools.

The target approach consists in the manifestation of an aggressive state in terms of its functionality and the behavior itself is considered as a tool for successful evolution, dominance, self-affirmation, appropriation of vital resources, adaptation.

H. Kaufma refers to aggression as a means that allows individuals to obtain a share of resources, which ensures success under conditions of natural selection.

E. Fromm considers malignant aggression to be an instrument of dominance, expressing the individual’s desire to dominate living beings.

Aggression in humans is often a tool of mental self-regulation

Approaches that focus on the consequences of aggression provide a description of its results

Matsumoto notes that aggression is an act or behavior that causes pain to another individual mentally or physically.

A. Bass gives the following definition of aggression - a reaction in which another individual receives painful stimuli. Aggression is a phenomenon that manifests itself in specific behavior, as well as in a specific action - a threat, causing harm to others.

Trifonov E.V. understands aggression as the manifestation of hostility in the actions and feelings of an individual - antagonism, hatred, unfriendliness, hostility.

Yu. Shcherbina attributes verbal aggression to offensive communication, as well as verbal expressions of negative emotions, intentions, and feelings.

Multi-pronged approaches consist of the approaches listed above, as well as their combinations.

For example, aggression, according to Semenyuk and Enikolopova, is destructive, purposeful offensive behavior that violates the rules and norms of coexistence of people in society, and also harms the objects of attack (inanimate and animate), causing physical harm to people and causing them to experience a state fear, mental discomfort, tension, depression.

Undifferentiated approaches reflect private psychological theories and do not explain the very essence of this condition, defining it within a narrow theoretical framework.

Representatives of cognitive theories attribute an aggressive state to the result of learning (A. Bandura). Other researchers (L. Bender) note that aggression is approaching or moving away from an object, or internal strength that gives an individual the opportunity to withstand external forces (F. Allan).

Interactionism considers this state as a consequence of the incompatibility of goals, an objective conflict of interests of individuals, as well as social groups (M. Sheriff, D. Campbell).

Such definitions give general formulations and often do not clearly explain the very concept of this condition. Despite the huge number of approaches, none has provided a complete as well as exhaustive definition.

Treatment of the disease

Aggravation behavior is characterized by a complete lack of perception of the opinions of others. For an aggranaut, his own person is most important. As a result, to cure the disease it is necessary to bring the patient to a psychiatrist.

Depending on the severity of the manifestations of aggravative behavior, treatment can take different forms:

• Drug therapy.
• Consultation with a psychiatrist.
• Psychotherapy to identify hidden motives for such behavior.

Particular attention should be paid to aggravation of elderly patients. This is due to the fact that, due to age-related changes, the need for increased attention from others develops. In this case, the way out of this situation is social in nature: inviting nurses and companions who are ready to listen to the aggranauts and support conversations on any topic.

About the consequences

Considering the thin line separating a neurotic disorder from a serious mental pathology, which often develops into a psychiatric one, relatives and friends should draw the patient’s attention to the fact of increasingly frequent cases of aggravation. And then gently encourage him to take measures to eliminate the causes that cause it. Measures taken together with the patient.

Measures that do not allow the knot of fears and life problems to transmit every day the increasingly thinning intangible structure called the will to live.