AIDS phobia (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome phobia), referred to as AIDS phobia, is a kind of strong fear of AIDS, accompanied by anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive, hypochondriacs and other psychological symptoms and behavioral abnormalities of psychological disorders. The patient suspects that he or she is infected with HIV, or is very afraid of being infected with HIV and has obsessive-compulsive symptoms such as cleanliness. Causes Most of the AIDS phobics have had highly risky premarital or extramarital sex, and the objects of the sex are often clandestine prostitutes and some women with confusing sexual relationships whom they met on the Internet. On the one hand, these risky sexual behaviors do greatly increase the chance of HIV infection; on the other hand, because such behaviors are not allowed by social moral norms, they are often subject to moral condemnation and social pressure in their hearts. The struggle between reason and desire, morality and instinct often causes them to have a sense of contradiction, shame and guilt, thus making them more prone to AIDS phobia. In this case, they see or learn some knowledge about AIDS, but they know little about it, so they exaggerate the contagiousness of AIDS, or take the possible symptoms of AIDS as the specific symptoms of AIDS, and match their own feelings one by one, so that they fall into a deep fear. Clinical manifestations From a psychological point of view to analyze the AIDS phobia patients is not only due to the clinical manifestations of AIDS and the transmission of one-sided knowledge and misunderstanding of the way, a considerable part of the people and their own personality basis and other psychological disorders have a close relationship, especially with anxiety disorders are particularly close. AIDS phobia patients can be people who have had high-risk behavior; can also be people who have not had high-risk behavior, the fear is entirely from their own subjective imagination and associations. Several manifestations of the disease: 1, mental depression, reticence, fear and anxiety, can not relieve themselves Every time you talk about the symptoms of the pain, and thus the emergence of insomnia, palpitations, cold sweats, dizziness and other symptoms, and some even think that death is just around the corner, the world has come to an end. 2.Diffusion of the disease Patients openly claim that they have AIDS, serious guilt, and mobilize their families to make relevant STD tests. 3. Stubbornness Although the patient has been examined by many hospitals and is not suffering from AIDS, he or she still seeks treatment from many doctors. 4, the basic symptoms of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, hypochondriacal symptoms, disease-phobic symptoms, symptoms of depression. Treatment Not all AIDS phobia can be simply categorized into a certain category, many patients are a variety of manifestations at the same time, so it is necessary to receive comprehensive psychotherapy. For AIDS phobia psychotherapy is a must, but many patients early generally do not think of receiving psychotherapy, many people think that this is not a mental illness, their own worries are completely normal, especially those who have had high-risk behavior. Only after several checkups, still can not get rid of their own worry and pain will think of seeking help from a psychiatrist. 1, believe in scientific testing in the window period after the antibody or nucleic acid test is negative to completely exclude the possibility of infection, do not worry and suspicion. 2, do not believe that the symptoms of many friends suspect that infected with AIDS and their own symptoms, indeed, a small number of people infected with AIDS will appear acute symptoms, the condition of acute symptoms is infected with a large number of HIV, and this case is actually very few, and the acute symptoms of AIDS is almost no specificity, and the disease may be nothing different from the usual. From a medical point of view, symptoms do not serve as a criterion for determining whether one is infected or not. Almost everyone who is afraid of AIDS has such and such symptoms, but the final blood test results are more than 99% are fine, which is enough to show that the symptoms are not credible. 3, try to divert attention to focus on work or study, more concerned about the family, participate in outdoor sports to reduce anxiety and worry, you will find that many of the so-called symptoms will be healed in a short period of time.