Childhood phobia

Introduction Phobia (phobia) is an unusually strong fear of certain objects or special circumstances, accompanied by anxiety and autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and the things and situations encountered by the child are not dangerous or dangerous, but The fear of its performance greatly exceeds the degree of objective existence of danger, and thus the avoidance and withdrawal behaviors seriously affect the normal learning, life and socialization of the child. This fear has a significant developmental stage specificity. The prevalence of this disorder is currently not well reported. The occurrence of this disorder is related to the temperament of children and the fright of accidents. Indirect traumatic experience and information communication also play a very important role in the emergence of this disorder.

Cause

The irrational response to this benign and uncertain stimulus of social learning theory is learned. Psychoanalytic theory This is caused by anxiety in the subconscious conflict, but also displaced and externalized in the object and situation of fear. Developmental doctrine suggests that fear and anxiety should be understood in the process of development, they may be reasonable for a period of time, and unreasonable for another period. Mutual Influence Doctrine Terror is occurring and maintained in specific family relationships and social relationships. Other scholars believe that phobia is related to the quality factors of children, such as personality introversion, timidity, strong dependence, and anxiety in encountering things. Experience or witness accidents (such as car accidents, earthquakes and other natural disasters) is also one of the causes of phobia.

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Childhood phobia is mainly manifested in the child's intense concentration or indulging in the horror of terrible stimuli or situations, such as excessive, persistent emotional reactions to animals, death, insects, darkness, sharp voices, etc. This kind of fear is intense and unconventional, and can affect children's adaptive behavior, accompanied by autonomic nervous system symptoms and avoidance behaviors such as shortness of breath, chest tightness, palpitation, and sweating.

Differential diagnosis

Need to be identified with the following symptoms:

1. Fear: It is a state of human and biological psychological activity; it is usually called a kind of emotion. From a psychological point of view, fear is an emotional experience in which an organism attempts to get rid of, escape from, and powerless. Its essential manifestation is that the physiological tissues of the organism are violently contracted (normally, the contraction and extension are alternately operated in pairs), the tissue density is sharply increased, and the energy is rapidly released.

2. Leprosy is a clinical diagnosis of disease horror. Leprosy is a neurosis characterized by a strong fear of leprosy, and the cause is unknown.

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