How to overcome the fear of animals?

The treatment of animal phobia mainly includes drug therapy and psychotherapy. Drug therapy includes anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants, and its curative effect mainly lies in relieving patients' anxiety and depression.

psychotherapy

Traditional psychoanalytic therapy has definite curative effect on all kinds of phobias, but it is rarely used in the treatment of phobias because of its long course of treatment, high cost and great technical difficulty.

behavior therapy

The most important methods to treat phobia are systematic desensitization, exposure or shock therapy, muscle relaxation training and so on. In addition, cognitive therapy and hypnotherapy can be used to treat phobia. After treatment, the symptoms of fear will be significantly improved.

Cognitive therapy

Help patients build confidence in treatment, analyze the objects of fear, and point out that the reason for their fear is lack of cognitive reflection. To overcome animal phobia, you must first have a prophet. It is necessary to help them dig the root of "fear", understand the content of "fear", calculate the degree of "fear" and measure the probability of "fear". Only in this way can patients correctly evaluate their position in the environment. This method can also be called "personal positioning method".

desensitization therapy

This is considered to be the safest and most effective behavioral therapy for phobia. In this method, the doctor sets a "ladder" fear value, exposing the patient to things and places that cause fear step by step, so that the patient's senses gradually accept stimulation, so that the degree of fear of stimulation gradually decreases, and finally the symptoms disappear completely. The desensitization reaction of the system is mild and easy to be accepted by patients. The disadvantage is that the treatment time is long and the effect is slow. Xiamen hospital effectively treats phobia.

Exposure therapy

Exposure therapy is a rapid behavioral therapy. This method is based on certain psychological counseling, and suddenly puts the patient in front of fear or in a place of fear. Make it impossible to escape, thus stimulating its inner extreme reaction. After stimulation, the patient will not be hurt by the object of real fear, so as to establish the understanding of the object of fear and eliminate fear.

Animals are our good friends, but some people feel scared when they come into contact with animals, and even suffer from animal phobia. Although animal phobia is not a difficult disease, it will still affect patients' lives, so it is urgent to treat animal phobia.