How to self-regulate hypochondria?

Today and you introduce a disease, this disease is characterized by the patient himself feel very serious condition, very painful, while all kinds of test results are normal, the doctor said he is not sick, but he still seek medical help around, can not be relieved. This is a psychological disease called hypochondria. Hypochondriacs are overly concerned about their own health, suspecting that they are suffering from a disease that does not in fact exist, and that neither the doctor’s explanations nor objective tests are sufficient to dispel their perceptions, and frequently change doctors to seek reassurance. This is often accompanied by symptoms of depression and anxiety. Patients are repeatedly examined and travel to and from major hospitals, often causing a heavy financial burden. Initially, they are often overly concerned about their health and any slight changes in their body, and make hypochondriacal explanations that do not correspond to their actual health condition, with corresponding hypochondriacal discomfort, and gradually develop increasingly systematic hypochondriacal symptoms. The symptoms of hypochondriasis can be general discomfort, pain or dysfunction in a particular area, or even a specific disease. Symptoms are more common in the skeletal muscles and gastrointestinal system; in terms of location, the head, neck and abdomen are the most common. For example, Ms. Wang suspected that she had stomach cancer for one year, but she was still unsure about it and continued to go to various hospitals, which was very painful for her and her family did not understand her behavior. The whole family was unhappy. Later, she was referred to the psychology department for consultation and treatment, and her symptoms were improved. This type of hypochondriacal worry refers to the obsession with physical health or the suspected disease itself, not to the distress about the consequences or secondary social effects of the disease. The patient also knows that the worry is bad for health, but suffers from the inability to free himself or herself from it. The patient seeks medical help from all over the world, states the story of the disease, and does not believe the test results or the doctors’ explanations or assurances. As a result, the patient is in great pain and the family cannot understand the patient’s behavior. The following are the psychological adjustment methods for hypochondria: First, change the understanding. Patients gradually understand the nature of the disease, change their misconceptions, remove or reduce the influence of mental factors, so that patients have a relatively correct assessment of their physical condition and health status, and gradually establish a rational explanation of somatic discomfort. The explanation and reassurance given by the physician based on the medical findings is therapeutic in itself, but the reassurance should be given at the right time, not just before the various tests and before the patient has failed to properly describe their distress. Sometimes family members are unable to understand the patient’s symptomatic presentation and believe that they are faking the illness. Therefore, it is also very important for family members to understand hypochondria so that they can give positive psychological support to help the patient get out of the abyss of suffering. Second, improve your personality. Hypochondriacs often have sensitive and suspicious, low self-esteem and pessimism, too cautious and careful personality characteristics. Seeing only the bad side of everything, having no self-confidence in themselves and always thinking the worst, is an important reason for the formation of hypochondria. Therefore, hypochondriacs should perfect their character and be broad-minded. Develop an optimistic attitude toward life, enhance confidence in life, communicate more with friends, develop a sense of humor, and overcome pessimism and bad psychology. Third, establish a new way of life. Cultivate the patient’s interests, change the environment and lifestyle, and try to divert their attention. For example, enthusiastic about a hobby activity, or participate in other peer group activities, which not only broadens the horizons, but also invigorates the spirit, and thus fade away their discomfort symptoms. Fourth, positive self-referral. People with hypochondria are generally receptive to suggestion, so insist on imposing some positive self-reference on yourself every day, such as “I feel good and healthy today”, “I am not sick, I am a healthy person”, etc., which has a good effect on relieving hypochondria. Fifth, professional counseling, taking appropriate medication. Such as antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs.