Adjustment Disorders 

Stress now is part of daily lives, we face stress at work, home, and even school. 

Stress can be a double-edged weapon; it can encourage you to meet your deadline and focus on your goals, but it can also cause some unpleasant conditions including adjustment disorder. 

Adjustment Disorders are stress-related conditions, where you can experience more stress than expected in response to stressful or unexpected conditions. 

This becomes more serious when stress starts to affect your personal life and affect your relationships at work, or home. In this article, we will discuss what is the meaning of adjustment disorder, and what are its symptoms, and how it is caused? And if it is treatable or not. 

Remember that it is never too late to a therapist consult, if you need any mental consult please don’t hesitate to contact Dr. Mona Reda on 02 24159997- 01112169556 – 01002169556

Or visit the clinic at this address:  93 El Merghany Street Cairo, Egypt

What are Adjustment Disorders? 

There are some situations when your life is never the same after them, death of a close family member, illness, work problems. All of these situations can cause stress, however, or the human brain is trained to adapt to this kind of change after few months. 

If you can’t adjust your feelings according to the current changes you might face what is called “adjustment disorder” 

You don’t have to tough it out on your own, though. Treatment can be brief and it’s likely to help you regain your emotional footing.

Symptoms Of Adjustments Disorders 

Symptoms of adjustment disorder can vary from one person to another, but generally, people who suffer from adjustment disorder experience more stress than would normally be expected in response to a stressful event, and the stress causes significant problems in their life.

There is a more dangerous side of adjustments disorder than experience more stress in common situations and that is adjustments disorder can affect how you think and how you feel about yourself, which eventually will affect your behaviour and actions. 

The following list is some symptoms of adjustment disorder: 

• Feeling sad and not enjoying the things that you used to enjoy once. 
• Feeling hopeless 
• Crying frequently 
• Feeling anxious, nervous, or stressed out
• Trouble sleeping
• Lack of appetite
• Not Able to Concentrate 
• Withdrawing from social supports
• Avoiding important things such as going to work or paying bills
• Suicidal thoughts or behaviour

Causes Of Adjustments Disorders 

Adjustment disorders are caused, mainly, by significant changes or stress that you might face in your life. Of course, genetics and the surrounding environment play an important role in developing an adjustment disorder.There is no guarantee that you can prevent adjustment disorders, but you can adopt healthy skills that may help you during times of high stress.

Treatment Of Adjustments Disorders 

For people that suffer from adjustment disorder fine treatment helpful, treatments for adjustment disorders include psychotherapy, medications, or both.

If you are looking for a consult please contact us on: 

02 24159997

01112169556 – 01002169556

Or visit our clinic at this address:  93 El Merghany Street Cairo, Egypt