Nighttime Case Study Psychology

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Ornela is now 23 years old. She is healthy and very active. Furth more she is very delicate and sensitive, get sick easily and have allergy in spring. Ornela is currently a student in Seneca College for social Service Worker, she is really patent and with the kids and family, she likes to work with them. Ornela had moved to Canada last year with her fiancé Amarildo is working a physical trainer, and sometimes with longer hours.
Unfortunately, Ornela like only the day she love the sun and being outside during the day. When she was younger 14 years old during this time she lived in Italy, but during the summer she always went in Albania for vacation. One day during the evening Ornela and her friend was playing outside and they start to tell horror story to her, that in the night there are spirit and if they pass in front of her feet they can catch her, and probably she can be sick. Also in the night is not allowed to harvest the fruits from the trees because is not good, something bad will happen, the evil can do something negative. She start to be scared, and in that night went to sleep with her mother, Ornela had a bad situation about
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Despite the vast amount of psychological research on nighttime fear, previous researchers have not accurately distinguished between “night” and “darkness”, both of which play important roles in nighttime fear. When nighttime fear becomes excessive or uncontrollable, it may develop into one of many fear-related disorders (e.g., nighttime panic attacks), which are detrimental to overall daily functioning and health). In real-life situations, most people, especially children, have a fear of darkness. Environmental darkness (a specific background lighting condition) may elicit unpleasant feelings, such as insecurity, tension or anxiety, by suggesting potential dangers and risks” (Li, Ma, Kang, Qiao, Tang, Qiu, Zhang, Li, Abstract section, first

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