Panic attack

Palms sweating, knees trembling, senses numbing, heart racing almost as fast as your legs, and what else to call this chain of synchronized bodily responses other than fear. Fear, stereotypically, is simply a feeling, a reaction in which takes place in the brain when one is frightened. But what is it that causes this sensation called fear? Why does the brain react to certain circumstances in such a way? Fear is the brain's reaction to abnormality, not recognizing what it is seeing. Fear is…

A Personal Case of Anxiety: Causes, Effects, and Possible Treatments Anxiety is an emotion with which nearly everyone is familiar. Though it is unpleasant, it has important evolutionary functions, keeping individuals alert, sensitive to danger, aware of priorities, and so on. Unfortunately, anxiety can also turn into an enemy if it is allowed to take control. Unchecked anxiety can lead to depression, physical ailments, poor judgment, even homicide or suicide. This paper will discuss my own…

Case 2: Case of Jackie Jackie is self-referred. When she was 3 years of age she was bitten by her neighbor’s dog. Now, 23 years old she still has a fear of dogs. Her anxiety levels remain the same when she is around a dog from 20 years ago. Jackie’s anxiety can be defined as: Rapid Heart Beat Feeling of Sickness Jackie is seeking help because she is due to marry a “dog” trainer and wants to get over her fear phobia so that she can live a happy life with her husband and be comfortable with her…

During the span of our humanly years we all have things that make us jump, things that may go boo in the night giving a very big fright scare. Maybe something off of Nightmare before Christmas. Either way a phobia is an extreme irrational fear of something. Firstly, ladies and gentlemen I present to you automaton-phobia. Anyone afraid of ventriloquist dummies, wax dummies, scarecrows, and so on have this fear. In short someone with this fear can’t handle anything that falsely represents a…

health and safety of my family and my future. I also had to deal with chest pains, headaches, and drowsiness. After seeking help, I took steps to alleviate my anxiety and I now believe that it can be managed. When I first experienced my first anxiety attack, I knew that something was wrong, I was sitting in church and negative thoughts about my friendships at school and church began swirling in my head in the middle of the service. I began breathing faster and was gasping for more air as I…

Abnormal fear of dogs is also known as cynophobia. It is categorized as a specific phobia, under anxiety disorders. Since dogs are popular pets, cynophobia sufferers face a large number of anxiety triggers. Symptoms Cynophobes experience anxiety at nothing more than thinking of a dog. Thus they feel compelled to avoid a number of places where "man's best-friend" might be. Consequently, the social interactions of cynophobes become limited. As is the case with any other type of phobia, the…

Social phobia has been condensed into defining a disorder where people face physical, emotional, and mental distress due to social situations such as encountering groups of people or speaking to a person. According to the Social Anxiety Association, this social phobia has spread enough over the years to now affect 7% of the world’s population. Pioneers, such as Soheli Datta and Sanjukta Das, in the field of psychology have used a method as an asset in order to treat and reduce the distress of…

The term fibrillation is explained as a very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibers of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse. There are two common fibrillations in the heart known as atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation. While they are both fibrillations, ventricular fibrillation poses a far more fatal outcome than atrial fibrillation. This paper will be used to examine what causes the difference in these fibrillations and the difference…

Using Psychopharmacological Interventions in Counseling According to Preston, O’Neal, and Talaga (2013), one good example when psychopharmacological intervention is permitted in counseling is in clients with severe panic attacks such as Sara M. When clients are having issues understanding why they may need to take medications. Some clients may fear taking psychopharmacological, because they are shame what others may say or think about them. Sara M. experienced feelings of humiliation and…

The Truth in the Abyss When writing they say it is always best to tell the truth. I do not know who “they” are, but “they” seem to be vaguely arrogant, entirely omnipotent and the enforcers of way too many rules. That being said, the truth does not exist. Each person’s perspective of a situation is in and of itself a unique truth. My truth of that night is different than my mother’s. I will get to those truths, but first here is the beginning. Anxiety holds my hand while 3 a.m. holds my…