I am upper lower middle class family girl. In my early teenage my father used to abuse me for every silly mistake. Those days I used to console myself and used to escape from that mental stress, by dreaming about a good family husband who is very caring. But now problem is I am cultivated the habit of that. My mind keeps on day dreaming. It's so weird that I can't sit in meeting. As a software developer I will be having meeting every single day. I am not able to focus on anything. Learning capacity has decreased. Every time my mind thinks of having a nice family husband and a child. Also my brain has thought of my children marriage. What weird habit of my brain I don't know. I don't want to take any medication nor even consult any psychiatrist. Please help me out of this.

Dr. Sumit Kumar GuptaPsychiatrist13yrs exp

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Your experience suggests that you may be suffering because of "Obsessive imagery" that can be because of "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" Obsessions make it difficult to pay attention to the task at hand. This is an easily treatable condition usually, but would definitely require meeting a "Psychiatrist" Your apprehension about taking a Psychiatric consultation is reflecting the usual societal perception, but there is a potential for alleviation of your personal suffering that you are otherwise missing. The society at large is not going to spare you for your reduced work efficiency because of symptoms, even if you follow the popular perception. Most of the first line medicines used for treatment of OCD are well tolerated by majority of patients and there is no potential for 'addiction' or 'sleepiness' in contrast to the widespread belief. There are treatment options without use of medications also. The ultimate choice remains yours.  

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