Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Panic disorder and agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder that reveals a fear of situations where escape could be difficult, or fear of certain condition such as embarrassing occurrences without any help available when they needed it. A person with agoraphobia suffers from an extreme concern of being outside, in an open place, a public area, and transportations. The agoraphobia occurs to the individual after having one or more panic attacks that cause a chain reaction of numerous fears. According to the book “People with agoraphobia are fearful not of the situations themselves, but of the possibility that they can’t get help if they have the panic attack, or they will be unable to escape.” (Whitbourne, Susan Krauss., and Richard P. Halgin.) …show more content…
This thought process often leads them to be a hermit that precedes to more physical and psychological issues. Becoming a hermit can possibly generate more health problems or could suffer from depression. In addition, a person suffering from a panic attack and agoraphobia may also experience physical symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, heart beats fast (tachycardia), shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, choking, flushing and chills, upset stomach, nausea, and diarrhea. (Whitbourne, Susan Krauss., and Richard P. Halgin.)
Furthermore, in some cases, people with the panic attack and agoraphobia’s condition tend to avoid friends or relatives due to their thoughts of embarrassment and feeling worried all the time. Additionally, people that are experiencing agoraphobia and panic attack completely changed their behavior as well as their functions of life and they became excessively dependent on their family
Panic disorder and agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder that reveals a fear of situations where escape could be difficult, or fear of certain condition such as embarrassing occurrences without any help available when they needed it. A person with agoraphobia suffers from an extreme concern of being outside, in an open place, a public area, and transportations. The agoraphobia occurs to the individual after having one or more panic attacks that cause a chain reaction of numerous fears. According to the book “People with agoraphobia are fearful not of the situations themselves, but of the possibility that they can’t get help if they have the panic attack, or they will be unable to escape.” (Whitbourne, Susan Krauss., and Richard P. Halgin.) …show more content…
This thought process often leads them to be a hermit that precedes to more physical and psychological issues. Becoming a hermit can possibly generate more health problems or could suffer from depression. In addition, a person suffering from a panic attack and agoraphobia may also experience physical symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, heart beats fast (tachycardia), shortness of breath, sweating, trembling, choking, flushing and chills, upset stomach, nausea, and diarrhea. (Whitbourne, Susan Krauss., and Richard P. Halgin.)
Furthermore, in some cases, people with the panic attack and agoraphobia’s condition tend to avoid friends or relatives due to their thoughts of embarrassment and feeling worried all the time. Additionally, people that are experiencing agoraphobia and panic attack completely changed their behavior as well as their functions of life and they became excessively dependent on their family