Hypervigilance

Evaluate the contribution of Psychological Perspectives in the treatment of specific behaviours, states of consciousness and emotional states that are associated with OCD. Intro Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety-related condition. OCD evokes anxiety provoking thoughts (compulsions) and repetitive behaviour (obsessions). Psychological perspectives have different theories with regards to how OCD occurs and is treated. This essay evaluates the treatments used in one particular…

Fear of being replaced According to (Davis, 1936) “Descartes declares jealousy as a kind of fear related to a desire to preserve a possession.” Or else known as property. Property is a fixed amount of rights, obligations, and agreements. In a relationship each should feel as though their significant others is their property. Other example is they should feel as they only get to experience/share special characteristics of that other person. Jealousy arises when their property is threatened. This…

Combatting terrorism not only requires the strength of a nation but the incredible dedication and sacrifice of its service members and their families. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, United States military deployments became a regular occurrence. Fighting Islamic Fundamentalism is extremely difficult due to their ideology. These kinds of operations would take our troops into some of the most dangerous and remote regions of the world. Sometimes units would deploy and redeploy…

122). Symptoms of vicarious trauma can include: hypervigilance in one’s personal life, feelings of hopelessness, overprotection of friends and family, and feelings of loneliness and guilt about enjoying one’s life, (Hunter & Schofield, 2006). This term is differentiated from the other terms by the experience…

individual diagnosed (Levin et al., 2014). Individuals diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), may display symptoms of intense fear, helplessness, intense flashbacks of the trauma, easy arousal, avoidance, sadness, difficulty focusing and hypervigilance (Levin et al., 2014). The three categories of PTSD are re-experiencing, avoidance and hyperarousal (Levin et al., 2014). Re-experiencing describes the individuals’ inability to control random dreams, memories or flashback of the…

Numerous studies show that child abuse and neglect happen to many children but most of these cases are not reported or known of. This might be because it is difficult for young children to report a problem that is going on in their lives; out of fear or the misconception that what is happening is okay. When something of this manner is reported, it may be argued as false because it is coming from a child who could have indeed suffered abuse but could be wrong about specific events and even…

are just some of the issues that can cause PTSD and once something occurs that triggers anything remotely close to what happened to that person can cause flare ups causing a person to either have extreme anxiety attacks, agitation, irrability, hypervigilance and self-destructive behavior. PTSD also creates the same sleep issues like the other…

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5) lists symptoms one could encounter when a traumatic event has occurred or is occurring in their life. The exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence is the first step in recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a person. DSM5 discusses the feelings that are a result of trauma—terror, helplessness, and horror. However, there are many factors that delineate PTSD; the DSM5 lists them into…

Let us imagine how would we feel after launching ourselves to space while holding a nuclear bomb in order to save the world from an extraterrestrial invasion. That instant could represent our last moment being alive and at the same time this could be traumatic experience for some people. Superheroes are not immune to this type of responses, they are still humans. This reminds us that after all, Tony Stark is the man behind the Iron Man suit. Tony is a man haunted by all his experiences. As we…

The music video for Five Finger Death Punch’s song Wrong Side of Heaven brings to light an unfortunate side of the war machine of the United States of America. The US military trains its soldiers to be iron engines of destruction, and when a soldier buckles under the pressure of those expectations, they will often conceal the crack in their ‘mental armor’ out of a fear of being believed useless. It was only when the suicide rate for active duty soldiers began to outpace the number of combat…