Terror neurosis, also known as phobia and phobia, is a kind of neurosis with phobia as its main clinical manifestation. The specific thing or situation you are afraid of is external, even though there is no danger at that time. Terrorist attacks are often accompanied by obvious symptoms of autonomy. The patient tried to avoid the situation he was afraid of. He himself knows that fear is excessive, inappropriate or unreasonable, but it can't stop terrorist attacks.
Normal people have had this kind of terror. Normal terror is related to past experiences, such as "once bitten by a snake, three years later". In general, people can clearly realize whether the situation at that time is dangerous or life-threatening. For example, they are not afraid of tigers and leopards in cages in zoos, but once tigers go to the streets, they will be terrified. This is fear. Therefore, terror is a beneficial defensive response to normal people. Terror mentality is also related to strange things. Because of the uncertainty about the future brought by strangeness, people feel insecure, or pay too much attention to gains and losses, they will be afraid. But everyone has the ability of self-control, and these fears generally do not affect our normal life. Only when fear is out of proportion to real danger and has a serious impact on life and work can it be diagnosed as "phobia". People with terror barriers have unnecessary fears about certain situations and occasions, and they cannot avoid them as much as possible. Not only do others find it difficult to understand, sometimes I know it is unrealistic and unreasonable, but I can't get rid of it and feel distressed. This is morbid fear.
The clinical manifestations of phobia are varied, and the common ones are:
(1) place phobia: it is the most common phobia. Patients are afraid of public places, so they are afraid to go to various public places, including shops, department stores, theaters, restaurants, tunnels, bridges or airplanes, buses, subways, elevators, airplanes, etc. Vehicle phobia. The typical case here is agoraphobia. When patients see someone or no one around them, they will have serious terror, worry that they can't control themselves or they will faint, or feel dying or anxious. Some patients are afraid of high altitude and darkness, but they don't want to stand on high places, even dare not live in tall buildings or be alone in the dark. When accompanied, the patient's symptoms of terror will be alleviated. Among people who consult mental illness, "agoraphobia" has become a common disease, which is the most common among women aged 30-35. Zhang Haiyin, an expert at the Shanghai Psychological Counseling Center, said that 80% of the agoraphobia patients he consulted were addicted to the Internet.
(2) Social phobia: it is mainly manifested in the emergence of terror in social situations. Patients are afraid of being seen in public and making a fool of themselves in public, so they dare not speak, write, eat or even go to the toilet in front of others. In severe cases, blushing, sweating, heartbreak, palpitation, trembling, vomiting and dizziness may occur. If the illness is serious, patients will avoid friends because of terror, be isolated from society, only keep in touch with their families, and even lose their ability to work. If the patient is afraid to look at others, it is called staring horror. If the patient is afraid of blushing when getting along with others or firmly believes that he has blushing, it is called blushing phobia.
(3) Object phobia: Patients are mainly afraid of certain objects. Patients will show fear of animals, such as cats, mice, dogs, birds or insects. Before puberty, the proportion of male and female patients with animal phobia is almost the same, and after adulthood, women are the most. Some patients are afraid of touching sharp objects and being hurt by them. Some patients may be afraid of seeing blood.
(4) Natural phobia: thunder, lightning, waves, etc.
Phobia is related to lifestyle and pace of life. Like psychological diseases such as anxiety and depression, the incidence of phobia in modern society has increased significantly. A great increase in knowledge and information is sometimes accompanied by emptiness and mental fragility. Experts' research shows that people who were born in the 1960s and 1970s, have a high level of education, have entered the job, have a small career, and are engaged in management work in the office. Those who are diligent, diligent and promising are most likely to get mental illness. The results of this survey are similar to those of some developed countries.
Because they are induced by new problems in the process of social modernization, they need some new methods to deal with them.
References:
China psychological hotline