What is phobia

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My friend is always afraid recently, especially when he feels a kind of fear. Later, he got the disease of phobia. What is phobia?

What is phobia

First of all, phobia is a kind of neurosis with phobic symptoms as the main clinical manifestations. Patients have strong and unnecessary fear of certain objects or situations, accompanied by obvious anxiety and autonomic nervous symptoms, and take the initiative to avoid the way to relieve this anxiety.

Secondly, the patients knew that the fear was unreasonable and unnecessary, but they could not control it, which affected their normal activities. The object of fear can be single or multiple, such as animals, squares, closed rooms, climbing or social activities.

Finally, phobia patients are mainly young and elderly patients, and female friends are the most common, and the probability of getting sick is also relatively high. The average prevalence rate in China is 0.59 ‰ (1982). But in 1969, the prevalence of Agras was 77 ‰.

matters needing attention

The patients with phobia should pay attention to conditioning at ordinary times, and also pay attention to strengthening social training, especially to cultivate their self-confidence. Serious patients should be treated and enlightened psychologically.