Apathy is a state of indifference to everything that happens to the person himself and around him. This state is characterized by almost complete absence of emotional manifestations - a person does not suffer in response to pain, does not worry about close people, does not enjoy good weather or success at work (in school). In order to overcome apathy, one must find out and eradicate its cause, "awaken" emotions by some kind of shock.
How to deal with apathy?
The answer is that one must learn to control one's own state, to see in things a positive. After all, most often indifference comes after some turning point. For example, the girl really wanted to win a beauty contest - she was on a diet, day and night she did aerobics , learned to speak in front of a mirror, but took, practically, the last place. In this case, she has a nervous shock and emotions subside, because there is a sharp drop in the emotional background and the nervous system is exhausted, that is, to awaken any feelings, more stimuli are needed, and the beauty contest was almost the meaning of her life.
How to cure apathy?
Cure apathy immediately after its onset is extremely difficult, and a cure for this is instantly impossible. There must necessarily be some time to restore the potential of the nervous system, because violent emotions are always accompanied by an increase in certain hormones, receptors get used to the increased concentration of biologically active substances and stop responding to them properly.
After a while, the nervous system reacts again to a barely changed hormonal background and a fertile soil is formed for sensual "awakening". At first a person begins to take an interest in something accidentally and is more often carried away by a completely different occupation than before. Then gradually merges into the surrounding life, but only a keen interest or desire to accomplish something will return the person to the normal course. So from the state of apathy mothers return to the usual life acute illnesses of children, and for a failed businessman, an incentive to rejoice and cry can become an occupation with armwrestling or swimming.
How to treat apathy, you ask - if it is "sick" one of your loved ones. So, do not try to put pressure on a person in this state, do not make excessive persistence or threats to go to a concert or go in for tennis. By such efforts, you will only make your native person more "withdraw into yourself." Choose the right tactic - first wait, and with the first manifestations of the slightest interest, find the right hobby or activities that will suit the person. If a person is in a state of apathy for a long time (more than half a year), then only under the recommendation and under the supervision of the therapist, one can resort to shock therapy.