Hyprosexia: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms And Treatment

We can understand hypoprosexia as a dispersion of attention that makes us go from one objective to another in a constant way and that causes difficulties in maintaining attentional focus on a certain stimulus for a prolonged period of time.

In other words, hypoprosexia is an attention disorder that prevents you from focusing your attention on a certain situation. Consequently, the person with hypoprosexia constantly oscillates between different stimuli without being able to stop at any of them. Taking into account its characteristics, we could include hypoprosexia within the attention deficit disorders defined by the DSM-V.⁽¹⁾ based on the established criteria to reach an adequate diagnosis.

Criteria to detect hypoprosexia

As we have mentioned previously, to diagnose hypoprosexia we must take into account a series of criteria :

• Difficulties in school and/or work performance.
• Obstacles in maintaining attention in recreational activities.
• Complexity in understanding norms.
• Failure in the organization of time and/or space.
• Repeated distraction from external stimuli.
• Persistent forgetfulness.
• Duration of six months or more.
• Emergence of patterns from 12 years of age.
• Deterioration of work, social and family relationships.
• The alterations cannot be explained by the presence of any other mental disorder and/or the intake of medications.

What causes hyperprosexia? To better understand hypoprosexia and know how to treat it, we must know the possible origins of the condition. Understanding this information is crucial to establish alternatives to improve the symptoms of this disorder. Below we will develop the most frequent causes of hypoprosexia:

Genetic factors

The information stored in the genes of each human being determines their way of being and acting in certain situations. In this way, it is possible that people with this clinical condition present alterations in the neuronal connections that develop in the areas of the cerebral cortex, which process information from external stimuli.

This condition allows us to understand that people are born with a certain predisposition to develop this pathology due to the Genetic heritage transmitted by their parents. For this reason, if any of them has been diagnosed with this disorder, there is a high probability that the person also has it.

Environmental factors

It is about the experiences that have marked the way of acting and face social situations. The traumatic experiences that the person with hypoprosexia has experienced in the past have great significance in this regard because they can have serious repercussions on the present. For example, if at some point there have been situations of physical and/or verbal violence, it is possible that the person fluctuates in attention to it as a mechanism to avoid reality.

To detect hypoprosexia, it is necessary to know the manifestations that arise at the level of actions, thoughts and emotions. For this reason, we will now present the main symptoms of this condition:

• Diversion of attention.
• Difficulty holding a conversation.
• Inability to remember certain events or happenings from the past.
• Failure in temporal organization.
• Forgetfulness
• Anxiety.
• Frustration.
• Distress.
• Depression.
• Variable mood.
• Sweating.
• Negative thoughts about oneself and others.

However, it should be noted that the presence of any of these symptoms in isolation does not necessarily represent a condition of hypoprosexia. It is essential that the diagnosis be done by a professional of mental health that evaluates the aspects and experiences of each person in particular.

How is hypoprosexia treated? Nowadays there are some treatments that improve the quality of life of people who suffer from hypoprosexia. In the following paragraphs, we explain the most effective treatments:

Psychological therapy

Psychological therapy is a method that is responsible for work on emotions, thoughts and behaviors that cause the patient’s symptoms. The therapy provides tools to face situations of stress and/or anxiety in a more efficient way from the implementation of the topics included in the therapy.

When the reasons causing hypoprosexia are resolved and the person is able to focus their attention on more defined and precise objectives, their living conditions usually improve.

Pharmacological medication

We must not overlook that this disorder may have an organic basis. For this reason, the supply of medicines that make changes to neuronal connections Linked to the attention focus can provide a greater ability to understand external stimuli.

However, the use of pharmacological medication should only be carried out under the indication of a health professional specialized in the subject.

This article is merely informative, at PsychologyFor we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.

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