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Are phobias treatable?
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Phobias are very treatable
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Anxiety
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represents a complex blend of unpleasant emotions and cognition that is both future oriented and more diffuse than fear
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7 most common Anxiety disorders
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- phobias
- panic disorders - agoraphobia - obsessive compulsive disorder - ptsd - acute distress disorder - GAD |
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How can social phobias be treated?
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cognitive therapy, you learn how to diffuse situation and phobias. Simply talk yourself through it.
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How can phobias be treated?
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desensitization or exposure are very helpful, pictures first by imagining lowest level of phobia building up to the high level, try to break fear down. this is called fear of hierachy
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Specific phobia
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intense and persistent tear that is both excessive and unreasonable in the presence of a specific object or situation. not helped by reassurance of other in knowing that the fear is unreasonable
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Most common forms of social phobias
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- public speaking
- meeting strangers - urinating in public restrooms (men) - various examination situations |
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Social phobias
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marked and persistent fear of one or more social performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or the possible scrutiny of others
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Fear
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fight or glight, autonomic, there is a specific stimulus that can be seen
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Panic
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is a discrete episode of intense fear usually lasting less than 20 minutes
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why do our voices heighten during a panic attack?
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muscles tighten up, the vocal cords stretch
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Panic disorder
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person must have recurrent, unexpected attacks with at least one of the attacks followed by one month of worry about having another
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Agoraphobia
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fear of being in a place where escape may not be possible
"fear of marketplace" |
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Treatment of panic disorders
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CBT, it is more complicated than phobias to treat, the problem being that there is no trigger.
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Obsession
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involves persistent recurrent and unwanted though images. person cant ignore these thoughts
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Complusion
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actions and rituals to try to neutralize the thoughts of obsession
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GAD
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a condition characterized by nearly constant worry that is difficult to control and persists for more than 6 months.
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