Claustrophobia affects many people - it is a fairly common form of fear. If you are afraid to ride an elevator, fly an airplane and cannot stay for a long time in small rooms or in a crowd, then you will have to get rid of this phobia - then your life will acquire new colors.
Instructions
Step 1
Seek help from a psychologist or psychotherapist - you can cope with the problem on your own, but only after receiving the necessary recommendations from a specialist. The doctor will assess the severity of claustrophobia, prescribe medications (neuroleptics and psychotropic drugs), and justify the use of a particular technique.
Step 2
Try hypnosis sessions - a person is put into a state of trance, a situation that scares him is simulated, and they are taught to get out of it with the least mental losses and reactions. Therapists use relaxing and calming techniques to ease and then eliminate panic attacks.
Step 3
Treat claustrophobia with fear - you need to artificially create a situation that leads you to a state of panic. You may be locked in a small room, in an elevator car, etc. Facing your fear, going through all the stages of injection to the end, you understand that nothing terrible happened in the end. To heal with this method, several sessions of corrective therapy are required.
Step 4
The modeling method consists in the fact that the patient is offered to observe how the injection therapy takes place - gradually the person is brought to the fact that he realizes the groundlessness of his fears.
Step 5
Using relaxation and visualization techniques, you manage to abstract from the frightening situation, while the specialist explains to you the reasons for the fears.
Step 6
Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to restructure the perception of a situation, to learn how to control thoughts that arise when faced with a frightening situation and ways to overcome fears. The patient is given specific examples and sequences of actions that can reduce the feeling of fear.
Step 7
Drug use in the treatment of claustrophobia may be related to the severity of the disorder. In mild cases, these are sedatives (tablets, drops, tinctures, syrups) with a mild effect on the nervous system; in severe cases, serious therapy is required. The action of the drugs is aimed at normalizing heart rate, breathing, etc.
