Anxiety

departure for guilt theory. Clearly, guilt means feeling bad, and so the capacity for guilt presumably begins with a natural basis for feeling bad. Guilt must be understood as an unpleasant arousal akin to anxiety (Tennen & Herzberger, 1987). We propose two sources: empathic arousal and anxiety over social exclusion. Both of these are important, powerful sources of affect and motivation in close, communal relationships. People are innately prepared to feel empathic distress in response…

soldier. War causes unhealthy outcomes. One could experience a sense of anxiety along with questioning his or her meaning to life; another disorder they can encounter, Shell Shock, or as we know it today: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Henry, in chapter two, experiences anxiety. Crane states, “In his great anxiety his heart was continually clamoring at what he considered the intolerable slowness of the generals” (13). Anxiety is a feeling of constant worry and fear. Henry has a fear that…

the Beck Depression Inventory is a 21-item (20-item for Youth) self-report measure based on the DSM-5criteria for Depression, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, a 21-item self-report questionnaire based on the DSM-5 criteria for Anxiety and the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS), which is a five-item questionnaire that assesses the severity of anxiety and its impact on the individual’s functioning. (Payne, et al., 2014; Beck, et al., 1988; Beck, et al., 2005; Norman, et al. 2006;…

mostly suffer are the children. Divorce affects children in many aspects: divorce is stressful for children, divorce creates painful memories in children, divorce provokes children to have psychological and behavioral problems, and divorce cause anxiety in children. The adjustment of the children in the divorce can last from two to many years and many children will adjust, but most of the children will show effects that will accompany them for their entire lives. One of the effects caused by…

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety-related disorder that impacts approximately 1 in 200 children. When an individual is anxious about something and has intrusive thoughts related to this anxiety, these “repetitive, persistent, intrusive impulses, images, or thoughts about something” can be considered obsessions. To avoid any negative outcomes of the anxiety, some individuals preform “repetitive, stereotyped acts” that they fell will prevent something from happening (Kauffman &…

Defenses Defenses consist of cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal strategies employed by patients to keep anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings out of awareness (see figure 4). There are two types of defenses, formal and tactical. Formal defense are implemented to prevent conscious awareness of thoughts and feelings experienced as dangerous. There are two subcategories of formal defenses, repressive and regressive. Repressive defenses include intellectualization, rationalization,…

and listed as a missing person in Washington County. (HCMC note review, September 2015). The patient’s medical diagnoses are: bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and chronic airway obstruction. Besides his medical diagnosis, he had acute anxiety, high nicotine consumption, and had sustained blisters on his left arm and feet for walking excessively. Significant factors influencing this patient’s health situation are:…

Mindfulness is the ability to direct attention to present experiences, in the moment, with an open mind, kindness, and curiosity (West, 2016). The process is intended to assist people in reducing anxiety, worries, and negative ruminations by encouraging rational thoughts and discouraging impulsivity. In an article written by Timothy Davis (2014), he discussed how mindfulness can be utilized in the classroom setting in order to enable students to “process a broader range of information and have a…

2.1.1.3 Self-esteem Self-esteem is one of the key factors affecting language learning in general and motivation in particular. Feelings of inadequacy, a sense of unworthiness, increased anxiety, depression, mental disorders and other negative phenomena have been closely related to lack of self-esteem (Coopersmith, 1967). Self-esteem is defined as a personal judgment of worthiness that is expressed in the attitudes that individuals hold toward themselves (Coopersmith, 1967). In other words, it…

For instance, the objectives I developed for the goal “The resident will reduce anxiety by participating in two programs a week of their choice by December 31, 2016”. included: 1. Give a calendar of events to the resident. 2. Invite and escort the resident to the programs he/she enjoys. 3. Add the resident to pet therapy. 4. Document…