Acrophobia

client is currently suffering from severe phobias, which enhances his anxiety levels to the extreme of producing him panic attacks. Jackson, as he prefers to be called, has developed arachnophobia, acrophobia and verminophobia. Additionally, arachnophobia is the excessive fear to spiders, acrophobia is the phobia to heights and verminophobia, also known as mysophobia is the obsession to be free of germs or in other words, clean. The last phobic fear, verminophobia, it is considered an (OCD)…

1958 Vertigo, stars James Stewart and Kim Novak in this mystery thriller about a retired detective who has acrophobia or "vertigo". John Ferguson, or to his friends Scotty, is on a private investigation to find out if his friends wife is possessed. The story takes place in San Fransisco in the late 1950's and is about retired detective John Ferguson, who after a tragic accident has acrophobia and decides to give up on being a detective. One day, an old friend from college calls him to…

feels hopeless and tying back to his symptoms. The client is also dealing with emotional distress, deals with anxiety and therapeutically the best option is cognitive-behavioral therapy. This will get the client to carefully reevaluate the fears (acrophobia), make sense of the experiences, get him to think hopefully, as well as control his anxiety at work and social interactions. Family therapy is encouraged to help explore negative family dynamics and patterns to be able to communicate and…

There are many extraordinary classic films; however, Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock, tops the list. Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart were household names in the 1950’s. Stewart had appeared in more than fifty films, and three of those fifty were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The two had previously worked together on the film Rope in 1948; the film Rear Window in 1954; as well as, The Man Who Knew to Much in 1956 (Spoto 569-576). Vertigo, released in 1958, is the fourth, and final, film…

The major differences between The Artist and Vertigo stem primarily from their more immediately manifest differences with The Artist a silent and black-and-white film, while Vertigo utilizes color and sound to complement the actions of the actors. While The Artist takes on the style of a late silent era film, Vertigo is more characteristic of the early new wave films. Due to its silent nature, The Artist necessarily mandates longer intervals between cuts and features more dramatic and emphasized…

Fear is defined as being an unpleasant emotion that is caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat, but it’s so much more than that. It’s the force that dominates and imprisons man, yet it’s not even tangible. It’s brought down entire armies and civilizations, but it can’t be seen. Even the sheer mention of its name can be enough to bring people to their knees. Fear is one of the most enigmatic concepts that there is, partly because it’s able to…

by Alfred Hitchcock titled Vertigo, which is based on the novel “D’entre Les Morts” by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The film is a romantic story of obsession, manipulation, and fear. In the film, a detective is forced to retire after his acrophobia, fear of heights, and accompanying vertigo causes the death of a fellow officer. Vertigo is considered to be the greatest mystery film of all time according to American Film Institute’s rankings. I surprisingly agree with this rating as the…

Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) portrays a man's (John’s) passion for control and the dangers of idealisation and desire. Vertigo; "a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height”1 is a metaphor of protagonist John “Scotty” Ferguson relationship with Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster. The narrative structure of Vertigo is fundamentally driven by the encounters between John and Madeleine/Judy. The relationship between the two progresses on the…

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo; an Interpretive Essay Vertigo is a psychological suspense-thriller written by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958. The movie tells the story of detective John “Scottie” Ferguson. After a rooftop chase, where his acrophobia and vertigo result in the death of a policeman, Scottie retires. Scottie is asked by an old college friend, Gavin Elster, if he would have a look into his wife, Madeleine's odd behavior. Lately, she's taken to believing that she is the reincarnation of a…

5 funniest moments of R-Truth's career WWE is not all heels and baby faces fighting it out in the ring. Every once in a while, there comes a character which provides comic relief to the audiences. R-Truth, the character played by Ron Killings is one of them. From his engaging entrance to his witty promos and his entertaining histrionics inside he ring, everything is cherished by the audiences. Currently, he may not be a major player in the WWE ( if you exclude his Golden Truth storyline ), but,…