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    autophobic-the fear of being alone, mentally not physically-can terrify me, triggering panic attacks. A panic attack is when it becomes next to impossible to breath, it feels like someone is sitting on the person 's chest, when in reality it is fear sending their heart into overdrive, accelerating one’s breathing, which also makes it harder to focus. That is why it is always very important to try and get a person having a panic attack to focus on another person 's breathing…

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    know she said “sarah honey your mother passed away yesterday.” I got up and was like wow. Are you trying to make me upset why would you tell me that? And se started crying and thats how i knew it was true. I fell to the floor and started having a panic attack. Then when i tried to leave, she told me to sit down again and i was like what what next now your going tp to tell me my sisters dead. They said you know uncle cecil is dying well he passed away 30 minutes before your mother did. At this…

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    Cause Of Anxiety Essay

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    range from subtle or general anxiety, to debilitating and life shattering panic attacks. The physical symptoms associated with anxiety can then trigger even deeper anxiety, leading to more panic attacks. Anxiety induced panic attacks can appear as if from nowhere during the event. Typically, an underlying cause exists that we may ignore, as well as, not fully understand. Those who suffer from anxiety induced panic attacks can attest; they’re a debilitating…

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    Panic attacks are defined as abrupt surges of intense fear or discomfort that peak within minutes. Pretty much anyone can have a panic attack, in fact, most people have one once or twice before the die. People diagnosed with panic disorder are not as lucky. One out of 75 people are diagnosed with Panic Disorder, women twice as likely than men (Burke, 2016). These people have frequent and unexpected attacks that they live in fear of having more of. Panic disorder can be caused by many different…

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    Biopsychosocial Model

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    Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder which may be diagnosed from recurrent unexpected panic attacks or at least one attack followed by a period of fear about additional panic attacks. Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense anxiety that may not be appropriate for the amount of potential danger in a situation. They are common with up to 40 percent of the population experiencing one at some time in their life. It is when these panic attacks are recurrent, there is a long period of fear of an…

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    Causes Of Panic Disorders

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    WHAT IS IT? Panic Disorders are a variation of anxiety. Panic Disorder involves recurrent and often unexplainable Panic attacks. A Panic attack is a response to a stressful situation, where people may feel like they are losing control of themselves. Exact causes of Panic Disorder are still unclear but some evidence shows that if a family member has a tendency to nervousness you may inherit Panic Disorder from the immediate family member. The difference between Panic Disorder and Anxiety is that…

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    These attacks seem to come out of nowhere; however, they can last for some time. The attack can cause the sufferer to sweat profusely and shake, they can feel their hearts racing, and their breath comes in pants – like they cannot find the space to bring in more air. The American Psychological Association defines these panic attacks as “fear of discomfort that abruptly arises and peaks in less than ten minutes, can last for hours.” The specific cause of these attacks is not always known…

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    order to correctly analyze Marie’s disorder one must know the historic nature of the disorder’s development. Marie was a Caucasian female, who was deeply religious, yet had a past that lead to the traumatizing development of extreme depression and panic attack disorder. Marie was originally named Pat by her single alcoholic mother. She had both a younger and older sister, both of each remained with the mother while Marie was sent to foster home at age 5. This clear sense of abandonment filled…

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    that will be discussed is Agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder that usually develops out of a panic disorder that already exists. Agoraphobia is the fear of being in any place or situation where one may experience panic or stress because they may feel trapped embarrassed, helpless, or that escaping the current situation is hindered. It can be summarized as the fear of having a panic attack in a public setting. It often involves a fear of crowds, bridges or of being outside alone.…

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    Will Moody Psy-201-14 2015 The effects of General Anxiety and Panic attacks General anxiety is caused by a number of things, some of the main ones being over worrying about things, people with anxiety worry about common everyday things like money, health, work, and things we don 't even think of. This worrying and stressing over normal things can cause people to have panic attacks. General anxiety is a topic that many people not know about, but so many people have. This is a disease that…

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