A Brief Reflection into Panic Disorder
Anxiety disorders manifest themselves differently within each effected person; some have phobias or OCD that can range from mild to severe, and others suffer from more severe disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder and panic disorder. Panic disorders can be a very rough issue to deal with if a person is not willing to seek out help and talk about the difficulties they are facing. This paper will go over the prevalence, symptoms, and causes associated with panic disorder as well as therapeutic options to take in order to combat it.
Panic disorder is a condition that affects a person with sudden severe and debilitating occurrences of anxiety that can render the individual unable to control certain …show more content…
Although these medications work for millions of people suffering with this disorder, I believe that systematic desensitization would be the best approach in fighting and extinguishing panic disorder. This type of therapy progressively introduces more and more unsettling stimulus to the person who learns to confront the panic association at each level until the negative conditioned stimulus has been counter conditioned (Nevid & Rathus, 2013, p. 312). Having a family member who suffers from this disorder has lead me to this conclusion since although no formal therapy has been sought, placing gradual unnerving situations in their path has given them the opportunity to overcome the smaller panic disorder triggers, affording them the opening to overcome larger triggers. Also, systematic desensitization is a well-chosen selection for panic disorder because some people have a trigger of taking medications because they think it will further exacerbate an
Anxiety disorders manifest themselves differently within each effected person; some have phobias or OCD that can range from mild to severe, and others suffer from more severe disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder and panic disorder. Panic disorders can be a very rough issue to deal with if a person is not willing to seek out help and talk about the difficulties they are facing. This paper will go over the prevalence, symptoms, and causes associated with panic disorder as well as therapeutic options to take in order to combat it.
Panic disorder is a condition that affects a person with sudden severe and debilitating occurrences of anxiety that can render the individual unable to control certain …show more content…
Although these medications work for millions of people suffering with this disorder, I believe that systematic desensitization would be the best approach in fighting and extinguishing panic disorder. This type of therapy progressively introduces more and more unsettling stimulus to the person who learns to confront the panic association at each level until the negative conditioned stimulus has been counter conditioned (Nevid & Rathus, 2013, p. 312). Having a family member who suffers from this disorder has lead me to this conclusion since although no formal therapy has been sought, placing gradual unnerving situations in their path has given them the opportunity to overcome the smaller panic disorder triggers, affording them the opening to overcome larger triggers. Also, systematic desensitization is a well-chosen selection for panic disorder because some people have a trigger of taking medications because they think it will further exacerbate an