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    it 's like to feel anxious. When you are on a first date and you get butterflies in your stomach, or when you’re nervous when your boss yells at you and you don 't want to get in trouble. Anxiety can even act up when you have an adrenaline rush or fear you are in danger. Anxiety makes you respond in threatening situations and allows you to respond accordingly. Anxiety will even make you study for a test harder or to get a paper done on time, but overall anxiety helps you cope with situations.…

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    Other people may not can see it, but it picks at your brain, and you find yourself constantly criticizing every move you make. Avoiding conversations or not answering questions, even though you know the answers, because you fear making a fool of yourself… and then the low self-esteem kicks in and you beat yourself up for being a coward and not answering. For the first few weeks, if I made a mistake on an order, or had trouble with any transaction and had to ask someone for…

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    A phobia being “an anxiety disorder in which an irrational fear causes the person to avoid some object, activity, or situation” (Meyers). The most apparent phobia Bob Wiley possesses is Agoraphobia. It is an anxiety disorder which comes in affect when a person has an “extreme fear of crowded spaces or enclosed public places” (Dictionary.com). He has severe anxiety knowing he has to leave his apartment and face the real…

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    As a child, the motion picture that frightened me more than anything was Candyman. The minor notice of the film sent me into a progression of trembling whimpers. Despite being a child at the time, I was not fearful and apprehensive of most thrillers. Truth be told thrillers and blood and guts films charmed me and dragged me into their plot with its groveling tentacles. One scene I will always remember was a man who was haunting apprehensive of honey bees, in his washroom, getting prepared, he…

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    If we now focus on chapter 11 based on psychological disorders, the pages 448 - 451 include information on Anxiety and Stress Disorder. The textbook refers anxiety as a disorder in which an individual hold feelings that are uncomfortable, dreadful and worrying. The textbook mainly focuses on Anxiety Disorders but does include that anxiety may happen on a day-to-day basis, in which too much of it may become hazardous. A person who has been experiencing anxiety may be for the reason that they are…

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    Specific Phobia Specific phobia is defined as the occurrence of intense and abnormal fear when exposed to a specific object, person or situation. To be diagnosed with specific phobia, the fear must cause last over 6 months and cause severe and debilitating anxiety or distress. There are five categories that all specific phobias fall into: animals (such as sharks), situations (such as planes), blood, injections and injury (such as getting a needle), natural environment (such as storms) and other…

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    person in a way they cannot control (Dowbiggin 432). It has become clear that this psychiatric illness must be taken seriously. Although quite serious, anxiety can be cured. Anxiety is defined as an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and…

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    times. The entire class stared at my trembling hands, and l wanted to curl into a ball and cry. I could feel my whole face turn blazing red and my mind went blank. Twenty seconds in, and I had barely uttered my name. Where was my courage when I needed it? I vowed that day never to let my shyness and social anxiety take control of my life again. The example of my panic attack in eighth grade was not a first for me; unfortunately, I had grown accustomed to the fear daily interaction brought.…

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    sweating or trembling of lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months. Fourth, Phobias Disorder is an excessive and irrational fear reaction, “In the United States, approximately 19 million people have phobias, affects 6 million adults, or 2.7% of the U.S. population. Women are twice as likely to be affected as men.” ( J. Legg 2017). If you have a phobia, you may experience a deep sense of dread or panic when you encounter the source of your fear. The fear can be…

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    paralyzed. I was called to stand, but every time I tried to move my intrinsic survival instincts tugged me back into my seat. Anxiety was cursing through my veins and fear was clawing at my throat. Every nerve in my body was firing a thousand times a second. My lawyer called my name again and I forced myself to stand on my trembling feet. Can I really do this? What if I forget what to say? Nervousness clouded my thoughts. I tore my brain apart searching for my lines, but all I found was…

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