Exhibitionism mental disorders
“God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though--and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.”― David Foster Wallace
What do you mean by exhibitionism mental disorder?
As the name clearly suggest exhibition literally means to show and when it comes to exhibition as a mental disorder it is a sexual disorder in which people have a habit of showing off their body and genitals to other people even if other people are not consenting to have any such contract. You may feel like it is not a very big problem if you belong to a very liberal society however the people who actually face the psychological problem and significant distress because they are unable to control their urge to show. This may often get them into trouble if other people report that they are trying to harass them. Exhibitionism disorder is a psychological disorder which includes acting on the urges with the nonconsenting person and it causes severe stress and functional impairment due to these types of urges. It is diagnosed by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorder (DSM). It can be treated by the psychotherapy because it is a psychological disorder.
The Most Common Causes of Exhibitionism Mental Disorder
Exhibitionism can have roots in the childhood of a person and sometimes substance abuse like drugs and alcohol may be the major contributors towards the psychological problem. Following are the most common causes of exhibitionism mental disorder:
- Unpleasant childhood experiences like sexual abuse and emotional abuse
- Consumed with sexual thoughts in early childhood
- Alcohol abuse is also a cause of exhibitionism mental disorder
Most Common Symptoms of Exhibitionism Mental Disorder
This type of disorder is very easy to identify because the symptoms are very clear and the person who is facing exhibitionism is very well aware of his behavior. Following are the most common symptoms:
- This type of behavior occurs in six months duration
- When this arousal is repeated the person genitals to strangers
- Lifestyle is disturbing
- Personal relationships disturb
- Financial problems
- Depression due to this behavior
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Mental and physical health problems
- Considered him as a victim of this behavior
- Guilt
- Irritability
How doctors diagnose that you have an exhibitionism disorder or not?
Following are the methodologies and techniques used by the doctors or psychiatrist:
- Physical examination
- Psychiatric evaluation
- Asking about the symptoms you have experience
- Diagnostic criteria from DSM-5
- Medical interview
Common Risk Factors of Exhibitionism Mental Disorder
Following are some of the most observed risk factors of exhibitionism disorder:
- Stressful events in childhood like child abuse
- You may have other mental health problems
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Family history of such a disorder
Complications
Following are the most common complication you may face if you have an exhibitionism mental disorder:
- Lifestyle is disturbing
- Personal relationships disturb due to this behavior
- Financial problems
- Depression due to this behavior
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Mental and physical health problems
How doctors treat exhibitionism sexual disorders?
Doctors can treat this type of psychological problems by the following methods and techniques which we discussed here:
- Medical treatment
Doctors will prescribe you an appropriate medication to overcome the symptoms and the disease.
- Behavioural treatment
Doctors can also do your behavioural treatment and treat you by the help of cogitative behavioural therapy.