What Is Emotional Retardation?

Refers to the patient's stimulus that usually causes a clear emotional response, but the performance is relatively flat, and lacks the corresponding inner experience. Mostly subtle emotions are gradually lost. It is more common in the early stages of schizophrenia and in some early stages of organic psychosis. If it continues to develop, it becomes emotionally indifferent. ^[1]

Affective blunting is relatively dull to the stimuli that can cause a sharp emotional response, and lacks the corresponding inner experience. Many fingers gradually lose their subtle emotions. For example, they become indifferent to relatives, do not care about comrades, are not serious about work, and their emotional responses are not clear and vivid. This symptom is more common in

Emotional insensitivity can be manifested as lack of corresponding inner experience, lack of compassion and trust, lack of clarity, seriousness, enthusiasm, and enthusiasm. This condition can be seen in some physically weak chronic patients due to poor physical strength; it can also be seen in some schizophrenia and early organic psychosis.

In the process of emotional experience, the performance of external stimuli that can cause a distinct emotional response is relatively dull, and the lack of corresponding internal experience is called emotional dullness. Multi-finger subtle emotions are gradually disappearing. For example, they are not serious about work, do not care about comrades, become indifferent to their relatives, and have unclear and vivid emotional reactions. This phenomenon is more common in the early stages of schizophrenia and some organic psychosis. Emotional retardation continues to develop, and it becomes indifferent, and the patient lacks the corresponding emotional response to any external stimuli. If you are indifferent to the surroundings and your personal interests, treat your relatives and friends as passers-by; even if you are separated by life or death, and meet for a long time, it will be fine and indifferent. Facial expressions are usually indifferent, the inner experience is gradually lacking, and the emotional response to changes in the surrounding environment is slow. This is a symptom of patients with advanced schizophrenia and severe organic dementia.