This case study is about a man who goes by the name of Captain Hook and he is dealing with the loss of his hand in a sword incident, and having to accept that there was no chance of it being reattached because it had been fed to an animal. This man has a long ongoing feud with a young man by the name of Peter Pan that lives in the same area, a place called “Neverland”. These two men have had constant altercations ongoing for many many years, dating back a long time. This young man ultimately…
mental disorders and debilitating behavioral patterns fascinating. From depression to anxiety, many people tell their story of how these disorders handicapped them and how they altered their lives to fight these invisible forces holding them back. Typically, these stories demonstrate the way extreme anxiety has kept people from living normal lives. They don’t address the subject of trivial anxiety; James Collier’s piece offers this interesting perspective. Collier argues that trivial anxiety…
hold. Per police, the patient is under civil commitment and listed as a missing person in Washington County. (HCMC note review, September 2015). The patient’s medical diagnoses are: bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic airway obstruction. Besides his medical diagnosis, he had acute anxiety, high nicotine consumption, and had sustained blisters on his left arm and feet for walking excessively. Significant factors influencing this patient’s health situation are:…
Many people today suffer from the common disorder called anxiety. My boyfriend, Zach, is one of these people. The common traits associated with anxiety that Zach associates with are worry, stress, nervousness, and getting overwhelmed very easily; these symptoms can carry on for simply a few minutes to days on end. Things that help Zach recover from his anxiety attacks are touch, reassurance, and feeding off of my calmness. The attacks can strike at any time of day, but they especially spark up…
Stressors in adult life, both short- and long-term, can adversely affect mood and behavior, as well as physiological functioning. Because stress, anxiety, and depression have physiological effects it is important to understand how maternal stress responses impact fetal development. Fetal development concerning organizational influences of the nervous system is termed “programming” (Davis et al., 2007). The timing of fetal development in relation to maternal physiological responses influences…
symptoms like dizziness, blurred sight, and nausea that could fit in to somatization disorder. Bob shows signs of pathophobia when he says in the interview, “I worry about diseases.” Another DSM-V phobia that Bob could fit would be agoraphobia. Throughout the beginning of the movie, Bob shows signs of anxiety and the accompanying of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. According the DSM-V, there has to be the signs of anxiety in two out of five situations and Bob displays that both in the crowded…
anxious I can get. Just how real it’s gotten. I can easily hide it, so no one knows. But that's also a problem. If I were to tell one of my friends that I have anxiety, they probably wouldn't believe me. They would probably just say “everyone has some anxiety.” I have generalized anxiety disorder. People with generalized anxiety disorder are extremely worried about everyday tasks,…
Case A: Francis Francis appears to be suffering from a situational phobia. In order to be diagnosed, five criteria from the DSM-V have to be used. The first is anxiety about a specific situation, which has lasted for more than six months. We can see this with this extreme concern about the safety of his family. The second criterion is that the situation always provokes fear. Francis is constantly having unpleasant thoughts about danger coming to his wife and daughter. In other words, he is…
When compared to other therapeutic approaches, gestalt therapy is a lot less structured and much more philosophical. Perls (1969) has been quoted saying ‘One of the objections I have against anyone calling himself a gestalt therapist is that he uses a technique, a technique is a gimmick’ This being said gestalt therapists are encouraged to create their own means of assisting the client towards experiencing awareness and meaningful contact with the self and others. One of the exercises that may…
(2013)Workplace Bullying Causes Anxiety Issues, Overview of anxiety disorders that can develop due to workplace bullying Sherri Gordon discuss how bullying can result in Anxiety issues. When someone is the victim of bullying it can affect their lives making them feel isolated, depressed, lonely, and anxious. The effects of bullying can remain, after the…