By understanding the psychological state of the patients, we can target to help them to live a reasonable treatment and enjoyable life. So what are the psychological characteristics of epilepsy patients? 1, melancholy This is a pathogenic factor in itself, once suffering from epilepsy, the characteristics of melancholy are more obvious, the psychological burden is increased, sullen, moody, a little longer, will form a more serious mental depression, causing life pain to patients, but also affect the effectiveness of treatment. 2, low self-esteem Generally speaking, there are commonly from two causes: one is the patient himself, because seizures regardless of time, place and occasion, seizures a little more, the patient himself formed a pathological psychology, resulting in a more serious inferiority complex; second, social pressure, people living around the patient, intentionally or unintentionally caused psychological harm to the patient, not to mention the mental burden caused by social discrimination to the patient, even Even the excessive care and protection of the patient’s relatives or the people around him can make the patient feel inferior. Sometimes patients realize that they are an epileptic, and that they have to be restricted in work, life and study, and cannot be like normal people, so they fall into loneliness and do not want to be with everyone, do not want to participate in group activities, and like to stay alone. Especially in adolescence, the feeling of loneliness is more intense. 4, pessimism Due to the presence of the above-mentioned features, patients are greatly traumatized, which is a cause of pessimism. Epilepsy is a difficult disease to treat for a long time, causing serious harm to the patient’s body and mind, shaking the patient’s confidence in overcoming the disease, and even causing the patient to develop a psychological despair.