Agoraphobia

of America alone, panic disorder/ attacks affect approximately 6 million adults. It is also twice as common in women then in men (National Institute of Mental Health). Panic disorder is affiliated with many other diseases such as: social phobia, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disease and most forms of depression (Angst). Panic disorder affects about one in ten of the general population (Angst). Repeated panic attacks only affect 2.7% to 7.1% of the world’s population (Angst). Panic…

The release of the remake of the movie IT coming out this week sparked my interest in the way fear can be a pull in american society to both avoid something and how fear seems to make somethings irresistible. Scary movies in america have been some of the fastest grossing films of all time. There is something about testing our limits that draws people of all ages to the movie theaters. The same concept applies to things like sky diving, walking a tight rope or even training lions. There is…

the way people feel before an SAT test or a test that will decide your future. On top of that, it's like there are a million people watching over your shoulders. Think about that. Having to feel that way constantly must be very hard to deal with. Agoraphobia is another disorder that victims can get. This leads to frequent panic attacks. Can you imagine having to worry about a possible panic attack at any time? The stress that adults must go through. All of this can be very stressful on one…

Anxiety is our body's normal reaction to a stressful situation and can induce an increase in heart rate and breathing, a change in blood flow causing dizziness, sweating and nausea. A 'perceived threat' can trigger our 'fight or flight' response. It helps us prepare for situations such as public speaking, interviews or participation in sports. Generally, once the cause passes the stress will pass. However for some, it may not, and anxiety will occur without any discernible trigger. Repeated…

least one of three “positive” symptoms of schizophrenia including; Hallucinations, Delusions, Disorganized speech. These steps will only continue to help further the understanding on the disorder as a whole. Social Phobia, Specific Phobia, and Agoraphobia also could evolve into larger subtypes as history of treatment continues takes place. Anxiety is a normal response that is necessary to our survival. Anxiety orients us to danger and prepares our bodies to either challenge or escape it, so…

their habits. Their “castle” was more of a fortress, most people weren’t allowed in and those who were rarely left. When Charles visited, Merricat treated him as an invader and felt disgusted when he “tainted” everything. Constance also developed agoraphobia from being out of touch with the outside world. Merricat eventually burned the house down to get rid of Charles and keep things exactly the way they were. She believed what was right, but ended up making things worst. The burning house…

this disorder. The effectiveness and reliability of systematic desensitisation is shown to be successful in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder in around sixty percent of cases as found by (Comer, 2002); but unsuccessful in cases of agoraphobia as found by Craske & Barlow (1993) with a fifty percent relapse rate occurring within six months. Nomothetic attribution cannot be given to this treatment due to differing results in each case and the ethical considerations of this treatment…

Have you ever felt anxious or uneasy where your palms become sweaty and your heart starts to pound? That my friend is what society calls an onset of a fear that could possibly lead to a phobia. Some say phobia is a tense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger or threat to a human. However, when your anxiety gets so serious that it interferes with your work and you start to avoid family and friends and it causes you to not enjoy life, you may be suffering from a…

Treatment of Panic Attack What is a Panic attack? A Panic attack is sudden overpowering sentiment intense and handicapping anxiety. As it were, a fit of anxiety is an unexpected scene of extraordinary understanding that causes extreme physical reactions when no real danger or apparent reason. Fits of anxiety may be too surprising. At the point when anxiety fits happen to believe you’re losing control, showing at least a bit harsh attack despite goodness or dust. Medicines fit for Panic…

everyone experiences anxiety at one time in their life in order to get the diagnosis it must interfere with a person’s daily lifestyle. There are five categories that fall under anxiety which are general anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia and specific phobias. All of these categories can be found in the DSM 5. After reading the required reading, I realized that although each diagnosis is different one thing in common is the person who is experiencing anxiety has a sense of…