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experienced an unexpected panic attack. Liz’s first cognitive symptom was her fear of “going crazy” as a result of her adverse physical reaction. Her secondary symptoms of an increased heart rate and shaking are the psychical manifestations of a panic attack. Her fourth symptom of depersonalization was verbalized as “feeling outside of my body”. These psychical and cognitive symptoms fulfill four of the thirteen diagnostic criteria that categorize a panic attack. Her intense discomfort…

According to the article of ‘How Fear Works’ by Julia Layton (2012), it is stated that fear could be characterized as a general unconscious feeling of unpleasantness or could be more complicated, or complex emotion such as anxiety and externalized fear. Besides, regarding to ‘The Psychology of Fear’, fear could also be phobias which are persistent pathological fears directed towards specific objects and situations (Roy, 2010). When fear comes with reactions of body, it causes strong emotional…

I owe a lot to Dan Cody former Oklahoma Defensive End. I don't talk about it much but I was diagnosed with severe panic attack/anxiety disorder when I was in third grade. I had trouble going to school because it would give me anxiety and make me have panic attacks. I learned to get threw it with help but the one thing that really helped me was football. I started playing football in 8th grade and then the time came to play at Westmoore High School. I went to offseason workouts for a few days and…

struggle for me, not only me, but for many others. Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease. In some cases it becomes so severe that it affects your everyday life. A trip to the store for example becomes a first class ticket to a panic attack. A doctor or therapist is most the time your only option but sadly all they can do is put you on anti-depressants; which is not only bad for you, but they are also highly addictive. I’ve seen, what I thought was silly at the time, ads on TV or…

When I think about anxiety I would say that my biggest fear was going outside after I had been attacked. When I was kidnapped, the men grabbed me right outside my apartment building. So, after this, even a year and a half later I was told by my doctors to start taking short walks. I was panicked and so scared. I feared everything and everyone. One way I learned to handle this was going for a walk and with someone in my family. This was one of the hardest fears to overcome. I was so worried…

My heart pounded and i began to sweat hysterically. That honeycomb makes me feel nauseous. However, this affects 16% of people across our nation. Trypophobia is a phobia of holes that can be found almost anywhere or in anything. People who have trypophobia usually can not look at pictures or things that can trigger it without feeling scared, harmed, or violated in a way until they get help or start to practice therapy. Where can trypophobia be triggered and how do people react? Almost anything…

Prior to reading this article, I knew very little about anxiety and its effects on individuals. I knew that anxiety causes people to be worried and nervous very often, and occasionally for no observable reason. I knew it can cause people to fear interacting with other individuals. I had a vague knowledge of anxiety’s physical effects on the body, such as rapid heart rate and accelerated breathing. I had no knowledge of what “The Anxiety Game” mentioned in the title was and no idea what it could…

There are some things in this world that I simply can't stand. Some of the worst are getting sneezed on, people clicking pens in class, getting homework on a friday night, and when someone leaves the bag of chips on the counter open and then the chips are all soggy and stale the next time you go to eat them. There's nothing worse than a wet juicy sneeze straight to the face. One of my biggest fears/pet peeves is getting sneezed on. Getting sneezed on is the worst because all the greams and…

I’d like to share a short story about myself. I’d like to do this, to show people that life will always throw curveballs but what truly matters is you fight through it! Things will get better sooner or later. For the children out there that don’t think they aren’t worth it, because of bullies or family issues, you ARE worth it! Every life matters, and it might not seem like it but you are destined for something great! I have had a rough life and have thought multiple times that it would never…

Since the beginning of time, people have always been afraid of something, whether it be predators or pestilence. Fear has always been a normal reaction to something dangerous, causing the individual to go into the fight or flight reaction. Phobias are like a fear but are so intense to the point where it interferes with their ability to function and their quality of life. Phobias are described as an abnormal, intense, and irrational fear. The fear can be of a given situation, organism, or…