Self-medication for social phobia

1, the design of the supervisor discomfort scale: from weak to strong in order as “anxiety level”, desensitization from the lowest level of tension caused by the stimulus to start. The patient learns to measure his/her own subjective feelings and give himself/herself a more appropriate score for different situations. Social phobia patients discomfort level table 2, relaxation training: the treated person in accordance with the following steps to complete the relaxation training, specific as follows: ① leaning in a comfortable position on the sofa or rattan chair, arms resting on the armrests. ② the treated clenched fists, and then release; clench teeth, and then release (purpose: to experience what is tension). ③Relaxation exercise sequence: forearm-face-neck-shoulder-back-chest-abdomen-lower limbs. Each training 20-30 minutes, daily or every other day. 3.Systematic desensitization: The desensitization process takes 8-10 times, once a day or every other day, 30-40 minutes each time. After imagining, relaxing, imagining again, relaxing again ……. After repeating this process for many times, the nervousness of the treated person to face his father in his imagination gradually decreases. Until the person is no longer nervous about facing his father in his imagination, it is considered a first-degree desensitization. Then imagine being with the mother, a coworker, a supervisor, etc., and gradually escalate. Finally, the desensitization is complete when the person imagines being in the presence of his or her boyfriend’s father with no tension. Between and after desensitization, the newly established responses are transferred to real life and practiced to consolidate the effect of the treatment.