By Plyushkin's cider it is shown in passion of the person to accumulate different unnecessary stuff. This disease in honor of the hero of "Dead souls" who collected different stuff in the house is called. There are also other names of a similar problem, for example, a sillogomaniye or cider of senile poverty. Despite a humour share, accumulation of unnecessary things can result in traumatism, emergence of a mold, insects and various bacteria. Often in houses of people to such problem there are fires.
Sillogomaniya reasons
At the moment researches of a similar disease continue, but nevertheless it was succeeded to allocate several main reasons for its emergence:
- Most often such problem arises at socially not adapted and emotionally clamped people. It is possible to bring persons who are too avaricious and prudent in risk group. Similar traits of character at continuous manifestation as a result can turn into Plyushkin's syndrome.
- Serious problems in the material sphere or bad life experience. The people who experienced deficiency have a habit everything to accumulate for "rainy day".
- The postponed diseases which could affect negatively brain activity, for example, atherosclerosis.
- Strong emotional shock: death of the loved one, divorce, etc. Packing various things, the person tries to keep the memory of the past.
- By cider of senile poverty it can be transferred from parents to children. The opinion is just formed that the similar behavior is quite normal, so, it is so necessary to live also to them.
- Also alcoholics enter into risk group. It managed to be established thanks to the conducted researches according to which 50% of patients with Plyushkin's syndrome, drank a lot of alcohol earlier.
Symptoms of a syndrome of Plyushkin
Initially at development of this disease the people around perceive a disorder as carelessness or as result of creative process. In certain cases it indeed, but everything, it is possible to allocate the obvious symptoms indicating a sillogomaniya:
- desire to keep all things, even those which do not work any more or are unnecessary;
- there is no opportunity to bring order;
- protection of things and fear to leave them;
- excessive greed;
- non-compliance with personal hygiene and purity in the dwelling;
- isolation and lack of desire to contact to other people.
Experts developed the scale allowing to define a pathology stage. At the first stage the disorder is observed indoors, but it does not bring any inconveniences. The following category is characterized by accumulation of garbage and emergence of a mold, and unpleasant smell. At the third stage of development of a syndrome there is a h2 stench, it is a lot of dirt and it is already difficult to move on the house as doorways and passes are blocked up. At the following level it is already impossible to live in the room as furniture, plumbing, generally, practically all territory is cluttered up. The fifth stage indicates unfitness of the room for housing, and many people turn it into a warehouse.
How to treat Plyushkin's syndrome?
As it was already told, studying this disease is not finished yet therefore there is no guaranteed way to cope with this problem. Despite this it is possible to allocate several factors which will positively affect a condition of the person and it can help to cope with a disease. It is worth beginning with definition of the reason which led to emergence of a syndrome of Plyushkin. If the person had any psychological disease, then the help of the psychologist is necessary. In that case treatment of a syndrome of Plyushkin includes therapy and the use of antidepressants. Thanks to it the person will understand that it is worth refusing from many unnecessary things, will learn to sort them, etc. Process will take a lot of time as sharply to get rid of this problem it will not turn out.
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