How to get rid of suspiciousness, anxiety and negative thoughts

Suspiciousness can be characterized as a person’s distrust of the whole world and even of himself. A suspicious person is someone who double-checks everything, avoids situations of choice, expects failure, processes multiple outcomes of events, and is constantly afraid and anxious.

“What if?”, “Like something might happen,” “Let’s do it another time” (which won’t happen), “Are you sure?” and many similar phrases are present in the speech of a suspicious person every day. But does suspiciousness exist as an independent phenomenon or is it a complex of psychological problems? And if it is a separate problem, then what is its nature: normal, pathological, disease, character trait, congenital feature? I suggest we figure it out together.

Is suspiciousness a disease or a character?

So, what is suspiciousness?

A suspicious person is a person who is constantly in anxious fears that something bad is bound to happen to him. Negative, negative and once again negative: everything around is bad, I can’t do anything, everyone around is traitors - these are the kind of negative thoughts that constantly spin in the head of a suspicious person. As a result, this reaches the point of complete absurdity, when a pimple that appears on the forehead begins to be regarded as a fatal disease.

Initially, suspiciousness is an integral character trait that spoils the life of its owner. Such people are prone to touchiness and constant anxiety, they have complexes, lack self-confidence, and with their negativity they drive not only themselves, but also their loved ones crazy.

If a suspicious person does not fight his “illness” on his own or does not want help with this, then the consequences can be very serious. And then suspiciousness develops into a real disease: in “advanced cases,” not only paranoia and persecution mania develop, but physical health is also undermined.

Reasons for suspiciousness

“Mnit” in church translation means “to think.” That is, all the troubles of a suspicious person come from what he thinks (for everyone and about everything, even about what cannot be). What can such thoughts stem from (no, this is not necessarily a case of “woe from mind”)?

1. Inferiority complex (non-acceptance of oneself).
2. Low self-esteem.
3. Diffidence.
4. Neurosis, mental disorder.
5. Experienced trauma, illness (psychological, physical).
6. Uncertainty in life (loss of meaning).
7. Old grievances.
8. High susceptibility to suggestion and self-hypnosis.
9. Impressionability, or in the language of suspicious people, “I take everything to heart.”
10. Crisis (age, spiritual, personal).

All problems come from childhood

Suspiciousness is no exception to the rule. A destructive style of parental education can create suspiciousness in a child as an element of personality. What are these “harmful tools” in the hands of parents?

• Excessive demands, which can later transform into self-demands.
• The predominance of punishment over reward.
• Focusing on the child's failures and shortcomings.
• Making the child guilty in any situation (“we got divorced because of you,” “because of you I dropped out of school”).
• Insults, humiliations, labeling, diagnosing (“well, I raised a fool!”).

Suspiciousness as self-defense

Not everyone manages to get out of stressful situations or life shocks with dignity and learn to live with negative experiences. The precursors of suspiciousness are:

• betrayal;
• deceptions;
• gossip;
• death or passing of a loved one.

So that they cannot be used and betrayed again, the individual becomes a nobody. It costs nothing, does not mean or represent anything, which means it is not threatened by anything. True, just like a happy life.

Suspiciousness and anxiety: what is the difference?

You ask: “If I’m worried about how my relationship will develop with the team at a new job or about how a long-planned trip will go, is this also heightened suspiciousness and it’s time for me to see a doctor?” Of course not. The feeling of anxiety is characteristic of each of us, and, of course, we can all be anxious about one thing or another. But everything has its limits. When your temporary anxiety develops into constant anxiety with or without reason, it’s time to think about your condition.

The feeling of constant anxiety leads to the formation of suspiciousness in a person, that is, a person’s suspiciousness is a consequence of his constantly anxious state.

Asthenic in the work team

There are many good workers among the anxious and suspicious. They are hardworking and punctual, strictly follow instructions, rules and regulations. You practically won’t find asthenic people in leadership positions, because they try to avoid risks and responsible decisions.

Often such people underestimate their capabilities. But when performing a responsible task, they can show persistence and determination. Asthenics are suitable for those professions that require scrupulousness, monotony, and standard operations require a high level of responsibility, for example, a procedural nurse. Quite good teachers, supply managers, librarians, and archive workers make anxious and suspicious people.

For asthenic people, stability in the team, fewer reorganizations, reforms, and paid salaries on time are important. An anxious and suspicious person can work in one place for up to 10-15 years.

Constant suspiciousness: where does it come from?

There are only two main reasons for increased suspiciousness:

• Low self-esteem , and it doesn’t matter for what reason it was formed.

As psychologists often say: low self-esteem and suspiciousness go together just like low immunity and the flu. If you have poor immunity, then during a standard flu epidemic in winter you will definitely get sick. It’s the same with suspiciousness: if you have problems with self-esteem, then suspiciousness will be one of the main traits of your character.

• Disinclination to analyze the surrounding situation - if for some reason you cannot adequately assess the situation around you, then excessive suspiciousness with or without reason will become your constant companion.

What to do in these cases? In the first, work on yourself and increase your self-esteem, following the advice of experts; in the second, become a bore for a while, that is, analyze every situation from all possible points of view to make sure that nothing threatens you.

The risk group includes children and adolescents, lonely elderly people, as well as adults who have a burden of unresolved youth problems behind them. Suspiciousness can manifest itself in childhood and remain a stable phenomenon throughout a person’s life, worsening in adolescence and old age. According to observations, women are more often suspicious than men.

Anxious and emotive

The marriage of an anxious person with an emotive person can be called a lucky lottery ticket, since these two psychotypes are ideally combined with each other. Difficulties can arise only when the neurotic level of anxiety due to stress reactions increases and reaches the level of severe pain.

Ideally, the emotive and the anxious are tenderly devoted to each other. Their union is distinguished by extreme tolerance, goodwill, and a willingness to rush to each other’s aid.

The vulnerability of the anxious, coupled with the softness of the emotional, sometimes leads to family solitude. Such a marriage can safely be called long-lasting and happy, full of mutual support and deep understanding of each other’s inner state.

The sacrifice that is characteristic of both illuminates the family union throughout its existence. Streams of love literally erupt from the emotive, softening the anxious and suspicious manifestations of the partner.

Such a couple can be well illustrated by N. Gogol’s work “Old World Landowners”, in which both spouses lead an idyllic, somewhat secluded, but full of quiet tenderness life.

Both partners tirelessly confess their love to each other; from the outside, the couple looks very touching. If a child appears in the family, he is also surrounded with attention, full of cordiality and kindness. Having a child together further strengthens the union of the anxious and the emotional.

An emotive spouse, capable of creating the most ideal conditions for an anxious one, allows the latter to smooth out his sensitive personality traits, fully open up and literally “bloom.” Anxious, surrounded by love and devotion, the emotive is realized in the professional field, in the family circle and among friends.

Both partners fill their home with “cute little things” like flowers, art objects, exquisite music, since they are sophisticated natures, capable of feeling deeper and stronger due to their vulnerability.

Such a strong union turns out to be stable in the face of life’s adversities and troubles due to the inexhaustible mutual support of the partners. For the anxious, the family hearth becomes the stronghold thanks to which he successfully “licks his wounds” from contact with “this cruel world.”

The consequences of negative thoughts and suspiciousness in our lives

How does suspiciousness prevent us from living? First, bad thoughts are permanently “written” in our head, then they turn into negative emotions that haunt us in all areas of life, and as a result, we ourselves attract troubles, failures and problems with our thoughts and behavior.

Particularly often, suspiciousness manifests itself in issues related to health, career and relationships. For example, suspiciousness towards diseases can develop into real paranoia, when we constantly look for signs of serious diseases in ourselves - and, most importantly, find them and convince ourselves that we are terminally ill.

Suspicion spoils life not only for us, but also for the people around us. Agree that it would be difficult for you to communicate with a person who inflates every trifle into problems of a universal scale. Such a person attracts trouble, considers himself a complete loser and does not add a positive mood to himself or those around him.

Often suspiciousness is connected precisely with health. The example we gave of searching for all possible fatal diseases is not a joke. For many, this behavior is a way of life. In medicine, people with similar behavior are called “hypochondriacs.”

A suspicious person, like a hypochondriac, does not imitate his fears, he is under the influence of self-hypnosis - he is “infected” with his fear, like a virus.

Constant suspiciousness gradually pulls you into its net: you perceive the entire world around you only in a negative light, you do not live, but exist under the yoke of your fears. In addition, suspiciousness can develop into psychosomatic problems, including:

• Respiratory diseases;
• Constant irritability;
• Depression;
• Prolonged depression.

A suspicious person is confident in advance of a negative result, so he will not even make any special efforts to achieve his goals in life. Why stress if everything is going to be bad?

As a result of all this, a person’s quality of life deteriorates:

• We are deprived of peace, we are constantly in tension;
• We can do rash things;
• We go under the power of obsessive thoughts;
• Our social circle is narrowing, as some people are eliminated as suspicious, while others disappear on their own, not wanting to become just as suspicious;
• Health deteriorates: migraines, hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases, nervous disorders appear;
• Positivity and positive emotions disappear from life.

A suspicious person can get rid of negative thoughts and fear It is very important that we can notice our “suspicious” state ourselves. And here you shouldn’t let the situation take its course. The sooner you start working on yourself, the sooner happiness will return to your life!

Epilogue

Every problem has two sides to the coin. I consider it my duty to voice to you the opposite side of suspiciousness.

• If you get carried away with getting rid of emotions, in particular empathy, you can become a completely emotionless machine. And this has the same destructive effect on a person’s life as suspiciousness.
• The opposite of unhealthy pessimism, characteristic of suspiciousness, is unhealthy optimism, bordering on irresponsibility and ignoring real dangers.

Whatever the nature of suspiciousness (post-traumatic syndrome, serious illness, anxiety, fears, etc.), it is possible and necessary to fight it. But it is necessary to do this wisely and not go to other extremes.

The article presents a plan for getting rid of suspiciousness, your task is to implement it. By gradually solving subtasks, getting rid of individual components of suspiciousness (pessimism, mistrust, resentment, uncertainty, etc.), you will achieve the main goal - get rid of the tormenting problem.

How to get rid of suspiciousness?

You can remove suspiciousness from your life on your own, but to do this you need:

1. Realize your situation and understand that you really have problems with suspiciousness;
2. Be prepared to constantly analyze your life.

And now, if you are ready, let's proceed to specific measures. Here's what you need to do:

• Always look for positive qualities in yourself, focus on your successes, not mistakes, and emphasize your best features.
• Set yourself up for the positive: to start, just smile at yourself in the mirror in the morning and say how good you are. Further more - try to find positive moments in every little thing.
• Try to laugh at yourself: it’s quite difficult to do, but you can still try.

Tip #1 : Write down your fears on sticky notes and stick them on the wall in a place where you will see them all the time. Soon you will get used to them and realize that being afraid of such things is really funny. As you get used to these stickers, you will worry less, and, therefore, suspiciousness will gradually disappear.

Tip #2 : Depict your fear in a drawing, or even better, in the form of a comic book. This technique will also help you deal with your fears in a humorous way rather than as an anxious person.

• Drive away fear. It is fear that needs to be driven away, not thoughts. By trying to drive away obsessive negative thoughts , you will only increase their impact on yourself.

Tip No. 3 : Psychologists advise telling your fear: “Come here, what did you come up with again? Now we’ll sort it out with you!”

• Try to think rationally, think about the pleasant, not the bad.

Tip #4 : Find yourself a hobby. A favorite activity 100% allows you to take your mind off negative thoughts.

Anxious and paranoid

If, contrary to all the laws of logic, a marriage between an anxious and paranoid person took place, the family “idyll” will look somewhat wild to others. The fact is that an aggressive and assertive paranoid person uses his significant other solely as a means of carrying out his directive instructions. An anxious spouse who is sensitive and has a low vitality simply does not dare to contradict his rigid, completely inflexible partner.

An anxious psychotype is always conscientious and decent, so unscrupulousness in achieving goals by a persistent paranoid husband or wife can easily lead him to neurotic reactions, to which he is predisposed due to his weak nervous system.

An anxious-suspicious person, however, is sometimes able to provide gentle opposition to his spouse, but does this in a roundabout way, so as not to provoke a “storm in a teacup.”

In marriage, an anxious psychotype is extremely compliant and devoted to his half. From the outside, a family union rather resembles the “service” of an anxious spouse to a paranoid one, who humbly tolerates all the antics of a tough partner. Therefore, such an alliance turns out to be quite strong and long-lasting, since the initiative to break off relations is not characteristic of an anxious-suspicious psychotype. His motto in marriage goes something like this: endure and endure, no matter what.

How to overcome suspiciousness in 17 steps

Below is one of the techniques with which you can cope with suspiciousness yourself. It consists of 17 consecutive steps. So, what is its essence?

Anxious and hysterical

For a beautiful, spectacular hysteroid, a withdrawn, anxious person is the most fallback option. If such a union took place, it means that everything is very bad for the hysteroid in his personal life. Most likely, he was faced with the frivolity and betrayal of hyperthymic, got burned in a battle with an epileptoid, or was tired of scandals with another hysteroid. For a hysterical person, marriage with an anxious person is a stable, quiet, calm swamp, in which the anxious person will be a faithful, loving and caring partner.

In this case, the hysteroid will only take for granted all the anxious feelings addressed to it. In addition, the anxious one will provide a strong rear for the hysteroid, who will not fail to do his favorite thing - attracting attention from the outside. In such an alliance, the anxious one is guaranteed to suffer from the imaginary and real betrayals of the hysteroid, his hysterics and whims.

Fighting suspiciousness with the help of a diary

Another way to get rid of suspiciousness on your own is to keep a diary. Experts call this method “the boring way.” Why is this so? Because you should write down absolutely everything down to the smallest detail in your diary: your experiences, feelings, how the situation was resolved, and also analyze your behavior. When you begin to write down why you behaved this way, whether it was worth it, what feelings you experienced, you will understand that in most cases, you worried in vain, and your suspiciousness was not justified.

You can also talk in your diary about topics such as: did they really want to offend me, or did I just make it all up? Is it important enough to worry about? and so on. Thinking about the situation, you yourself will understand that there was nothing to worry about, and your suspiciousness will gradually decrease.

Journaling allows you to slow down and not jump to negative conclusions. This way you will learn to track steps that are very often taken automatically in our heads.

Is there suspiciousness?

As I found out, you cannot find a definition of suspiciousness in every psychological dictionary, despite the fact that this term often appears as a symptom of disorders or a component of neuroses. But I managed to find my own definition.

Suspiciousness is “a person’s susceptibility to various kinds of fears, concerns and worries about the state of his health, well-being, as well as the health and well-being of people close to him” (dictionary of psychological counseling, authors - teachers and students of PSU named after M. V. Lomonosov) .

The definition didn’t get any simpler; many synonyms immediately appeared:

• hypochondria,
• anxiety,
• phobias,
• fears,
• uncertainty,
• incredulity.

Perhaps, on an intuitive level, even a person far from professional psychology realizes that suspiciousness balances at the intersection of a number of psychological problems. I’ll tell you: moreover, it is also at the intersection of sciences (philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, conflictology). So it turns out that you need to fight several micro-problems at once.

Anxious and suspicious personality type in psychology

An anxious and suspicious personality is a separate type of personality that exists in psychology. Pain, fear, anxiety and depression, regardless of the reasons for their occurrence, constitute an alarming series that highly anxious people experience somewhat differently than everyone else. The main feature is that suspicious people experience these experiences constantly throughout their lives. Their anxiety is always pointless, but because of suspiciousness, the person himself looks for this subject of anxiety. Moreover, if the object of alarm is never found, then anxiety simply gives way to fear.

The phenomenon of anxiety itself has several forms:

1. Anxiety as a general mood , or free-floating anxiety;
2. Hypochondriacal mood - when a feeling of physical discomfort develops into a suspicion of the presence of a disease that we do not know about;
3. Anxious agitation - manifests itself in the form of a person’s inability to remain silent (he needs to speak out right here and now) or sit still;
4. Panic attack is causeless anxiety, accompanied by tension, timidity and motor stiffness;
5. Raptus – when a person cannot be responsible for his actions, needs supervision and treatment.

The anxious and suspicious personality type is characterized by:

• Low self-esteem;
• Diffidence;
• Bad mood;
• Timidity;
• Avoidant behavior;
• Indecisiveness;
• Experiencing fears for which there is no basis.

The behavior of anxious people can be traced back to childhood . At each stage of growing up, different signs of this personality type appear:

• As children, they show timidity and timidity: they are afraid of the dark, fairy-tale characters, and strangers. Fear of losing parents and avoidance of new companies are common.
• During adolescence, such people concentrate on their shortcomings and find them in ever greater quantities. Due to suspiciousness and low self-esteem, their onset of sexual activity is delayed. All this does not further contribute to the formation of stable partnerships in the future when building a family.
• As a profession, people of this type choose what their parents said or go to study “in company” with someone they know. In adulthood, they constantly worry about loved ones and have a tendency to be overprotective of their own children.

What to do if there is such a person next to you and you want to help him ? Here are some tips that will help you communicate with him, and help him understand how to stop being suspicious :

• Establish yourself as a reliable person - often this requires not being late, answering calls and letters, and keeping promises;
• Show him that the current situation is not so terrible - for example, we are late for the train, which means we will warn our family that we will be delayed and we will take the next train;
• Make jokes, but gently and kindly - do not get irritated and never mock a highly anxious person;
• Suggest that he see a specialist - you may even want to support him at the first appointment.

What should you not do? When communicating with a person of an anxious and suspicious type, you should not:

• If you fall into slavery with him, you may be “infected” with suspiciousness;
• Make surprises – unexpected news or actions can cause panic;
• Share your worries - a suspicious person will add your worries to his own;
• Talking about difficult topics - your desire to simply share not so good news can cause new worries in a person.

If it’s not you, but your friend who is suspicious: how to help?

Without the desire of the person himself, it will not be easy to help him. But there is something you can do:

1. Earn trust. To do this, you must always answer calls, respond to the behavior of a suspicious person, verbalize his state (“I see this situation is depressing you”), come to meetings on time, and so on.
2. Show by personal example that any problems can be solved and not serious. You can always control the situation. For example, if you are delayed, call and warn the person and apologize.
3. Treat your friend’s suspiciousness condescendingly and with humor. Don’t angrily call him paranoid, alarmist, or “wagtail.” Words like “unique”, “vulnerable”, “sensual”, “responsible” would be more suitable. Be tolerant, he needs attention and understanding.
4. Don't become anxious yourself.
5. Don't voice your worries. Everyone has them, but the suspicious type will perceive them sharply.
6. Avoid surprises. Remember that this can provoke fright and new fear, and push a suspicious friend away from you.
7. Do not discuss bad news, focus on positive events (of the world, country, city, your environment).
8. At a convenient moment, offer to visit a specialist and say that you will be happy to organize everything and keep you company.

Features and risk group

In a patient with this neurotic disorder, only some aspects of mental activity are affected, while his personality does not suffer. Such a person’s thinking is quite normal, there are no hallucinations, delusions, or psychoses. He is clearly aware of his pathology, but he cannot do anything: he is constantly nervous, worried, and does not feel safe.

This discomfort significantly affects the entire life of an individual, preventing him from existing normally in society, from working, studying, relaxing, and realizing himself creatively.

Anxiety-phobic disorder affects people with neuroses, a choleric type of character, who are unable to overcome stress. The large proportion of women in statistics is due to the fact that hormonal surges during pregnancy and the postpartum period can push them towards it. Hormonal changes can affect children during puberty in the same way.

Another option is the influence of parents. For example, the child of a woman who was terribly afraid of cockroaches and demonstrated this at every “meeting” with them, will also have this attitude towards these insects.

People who are suspicious, irritable, and dependent on other people’s opinions are also at risk.

Recommendations on how to quickly relieve anxiety

Recommendations from specialists will also help to cope with growing worries and quickly remove the feeling of fear in adults.

Breathe deeply

During times of stress and anxiety, our breathing becomes rapid and shallow. The amount of oxygen reaching the brain is reduced. Therefore, if you need to quickly calm down, use deep breathing techniques. Inhale for 4 counts and exhale also for 4 counts. At the same time, try to breathe using your diaphragm. This type of breathing is more natural and deeper.

Listen to relaxing music

Music therapists collaborated with Manchester group Marconi Union to create a music track called “Weightlessness”. This melody was written to help people relax as much as possible. The study claims that listening to the track reduces a person's overall level of anxiety, slows the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and the level of cortisol, the stress hormone.

Scientists have called this melody the most relaxing song in the world. I found a video of her for you. You can continue reading to the soothing melody. Just try not to fall asleep.

Take a power pose

If you are experiencing anxiety, for example before an important meeting or interview, then you need to take a power pose. One of its variants is the superman pose - legs wide apart, hands on the belt, chin pointing slightly upward.

Basically, a power pose is any pose in which your body begins to take up more space, such as the starfish pose. Raise your arms up to form the letter V. Raise your chin slightly, too, and smile. Imagine that you have won a competition and are standing on the highest step of the podium.

If you stand in a power pose for at least 2 minutes, your anxiety level will noticeably decrease. You will feel bold and confident.

A study conducted by Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard University, found that doing a power pose for two minutes increased testosterone levels and decreased cortisol levels.

Testosterone is also called the dominance hormone. It is its high level that gives a person confidence. Cortisol is a “stress hormone,” so the lower it is, the easier it is for a person to cope with nervous tension.

A position of power triggers physiological changes in the body, but does not affect how others see you. Therefore, it is best to practice this pose alone with yourself.

Talk through your emotions

When you feel overwhelmed by anxiety and worry, don't keep these emotions inside. Speak out loud sensations and feelings. This method calms the nervous system. The right and left hemispheres of the brain begin to work harmoniously.

During anxiety, the right hemisphere, which is responsible for feelings and emotions, is most active. Verbalization helps to engage the left hemisphere of the brain, which is responsible for logic and words. As a result, feelings become more meaningful, and the storm of emotions subsides.

Symptoms

It is worth recalling once again that with anxiety-phobic disorder, symptoms appear when getting into a situation or encountering an object of fear, and even when thinking about them.

The most common manifestation is a panic attack . Anxiety quickly rolls over a person, he is gripped by the fear of death, feels a physical catastrophe, is afraid of going crazy, and completely loses control over himself. The pressure rises, the heart beats quickly, there is not enough air, unbearable compression and pain arise in the chest. You sweat profusely, your muscles become weak, you feel dizzy, your gait becomes unsteady, you lose your balance, your stomach gets upset, you want to go to the toilet. All this lasts a few minutes.

Other symptoms are similar to manifestations of Da Costa syndrome (another name is cardiophobia) , which is characterized by attacks similar to severe heart and vascular diseases. The individual experiences what is called animal fear, accompanied by intense vegetative manifestations. The heart rhythm becomes erratic, blood pressure jumps, breathing is disrupted, and there is severe pain in the chest.

Neurotic disorder also exhibits symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder . The patient experiences an incomprehensible anxiety that is not associated with any circumstances. He is constantly tense, unable to relax, and afraid of something. It is difficult for him to fall asleep, and if he does, the sleep is restless, with nightmares and frequent awakenings, during which the anxiety becomes simply unbearable.

Irrational fear and the accompanying reactions of the autonomic system lead to the fact that a person begins to avoid places where he may have an attack. Even if accompanied by someone, he cannot afford to go there. In order to prevent ending up in such a place, the individual develops a special strategy: he makes a detour route, does not use public transport, does not use the elevator, leads a reclusive life if he is afraid of the crowd, or, conversely, strives to be in it if he is afraid of loneliness.

The patient consciously shrinks his social circle, does not want to be in society, and is unable to set goals and achieve them. He cannot concentrate due to unpleasant internal disturbing sensations, cannot think logically and clearly, his memory fails him.

As a result: problems at work, personal life suffers, its quality, career, etc. And the further it goes, the worse it gets. That is why anxiety-phobic disorders must be treated immediately by contacting specialists. In Moscow they can be found at the City Psychoendocrinological Center (MGPEC).

Don't waste time and go to the doctor if:

• the above symptoms are severe and uncontrollable;
• anxiety does not go away for a long time, even if the stressful situation is far behind;
• fear finds without reason;
• fear and anxiety are accompanied by negative somatic symptoms;
• Anxiety and physical manifestations have a negative impact on personal and social life.

Treatment

A doctor - a psychiatrist, psychologist or psychotherapist - diagnoses an anxiety disorder through a conversation with the patient and special questionnaires. He also needs to exclude the presence of diseases not related to the mental state (cardiovascular, neurological, etc.). If they are available, then other specialists will already deal with them.

The mechanism of fear occurrence has now been fully studied. Therefore, treatment of anxiety-phobic disorders, of course, in case of timely access to qualified specialists, has excellent positive results. There are pharmacological and psychotherapeutic methods for this.

Use of drugs

Pharmacological agents are the basis for the treatment of anxiety-phobic disorders. They help relieve acute symptoms of pathology and normalize the patient’s psycho-emotional state. Treatment uses tranquilizers, antidepressants, and sleeping pills. They are prescribed, prescribed and given recommendations for admission exclusively by a psychotherapist or psychiatrist.

1. Antidepressants - treatment begins with their prescription, since they do not act immediately, but after 4-8 weeks. In order not to cause side effects, of which there are many, the doctor first prescribes the drug in small doses, gradually increasing it depending on the patient’s tolerability of the drug.

Information is constantly exchanged between the nerve cells that make up the human brain. The conductor is chemical messengers. They are involved in the formation of feelings of fear, anxiety, and stress, and this happens due to a decrease in the level of neurotransmitters in them - serotonin (“the hormone of happiness”) and an increase in norepinephrine (which has a vasoconstrictor and pressor effect). Antidepressants stabilize their quantity, thereby eliminating anxiety, lowering blood pressure, and calming the heart.

2. Tranquilizers - psychotropic, sedatives that reduce anxiety and anxiety, eliminating panic. Usually these are drugs from the antixiolytic group - benzodiazepines, delicate daytime remedies with a mild and quick action, which are taken in a short course. Their calming effect is due to their inhibitory effect on brain cells and muscle relaxation, which reduces physical stress.

3. Sleeping pills . They are necessary for those patients who suffer from insomnia. Take them for a short period (no more than 4 weeks) right before bed.

All of the above medications have certain side effects, varying degrees of addiction and withdrawal symptoms.