General Anxiety Disorder: A Case Study

Next, conditions such as General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) have the ability to sway whether we will perceive the possible outcome of any even to be positive or negative. With a disorder such as this, you would most likely assume the negative outcome would come true. In a study completed by Paul Franceschi at the University of Corsica, the experimenter emphasizes how a condition like GAD can serve as a cognitive “distortion” which can alter the way we think, and make us believe that something is negative. “In the context of GAD, the corresponding cognitive distortion consists in requalifying as negative a possible future event, whereas it should be considered objectively as positive (Franseschi, 2007).” This illness certainly has the ability to …show more content…
Next, conditions such as General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) have the ability to sway whether we will perceive the possible outcome of any even to be positive or negative. With a disorder such as this, you would most likely assume the negative outcome would come true. In a study completed by Paul Franceschi at the University of Corsica, the experimenter emphasizes how a condition like GAD can serve as a cognitive “distortion” which can alter the way we think, and make us believe that something is negative. “In the context of GAD, the corresponding cognitive distortion consists in requalifying as negative a possible future event, whereas it should be considered objectively as positive (Franseschi, 2007).” This illness certainly has the ability to determine how we make decisions, especially if we don’t have the ability to see both the positive and negative outcomes of a decision. Fear is another factor, which can greatly inhibit our ability to make a decision in just the same way. “Fear is an adaptive response that has evolved to provide protection from potential harm in the environment (Graham et al., 2011).” Therefore, it keeps us from doing things as