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recommended treatment which usually consists of multiple kinds of therapies. The six different types of anxiety are – Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Panic…

Social Phobia: McKenzie Simpson Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Social Phobia Social phobia, also known as social anxiety, is a very common disorder that many people struggle to cope with. It is characterized by a constant fear of social situations and an expectation of judgment or rejection from their peers (NIH). It can be caused by numerous circumstances, many of which stem from childhood experiences. Social phobia has a very optimistic outlook due to the many treatments available…

Extra Credit 2: Therapy Video The video I decided to watch is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Specific Phobia of Heights by Dr. Michael Tompkins. In the video Michael Tompkins has the patient say what kind of phobia he had and how he came to find out about having a fear of heights. By asking the patient questions he was able to get enough information from him to go back to the beginning of the story of when he first found out about having a fear of heights, Further in the video he approaches…

Phobia is defined as an overwhelming and irrational fear for an animal, thing or place; also it is described as a mechanism of defence before the torment that provokes the internal conflicts. The individual that develops a phobia has perceived a sense of danger in certain objects or situations. People with phobias do everything possible to avoid a perceived danger, which is much higher in their minds than in real life. It is believed that the model of classical conditioning has served to explain…

Anxiety is not only the response of any disease but it is one of the major enhancing factor, especially in mentally ill patients. Anxiety is characterized by the feeling of worriedness, tension, emotional and psychological changes. Similarly dementia is the disease where presence of anxiety is at very peak in elderly patients. According to Gail W.Stuart (2005), anxiety is a response which an individual can hold number of feelings which include hopelessness, insecurity and isolation. Anxiety is…

Anxiety has numerous types of disorders that occur, such as Panic Disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and phobias and generalized Anxiety Disorder. Examples of these disorders are Panic disorders are panics attack that abrupt onset of intense fear or discomfort reaching a high peak in minutes. This disorder produces symptoms of shaking, chest pain or discomfort and feeling dizzy. In contrast to panic disorder (GAD) generalized anxiety disorder is…

Everybody at one point in their life knows what 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…

“It is difficult for grown-up persons, unless perchance helped by a hateful memory of their own terrors in childhood, to realise the terrible agonies of fright and anguish, which seize some nervous children when they are alone in the dark, or are left by themselves in a large room, or have to pass a room or closet of which they have conceived some formless dread, or are sent alone on a strange errand” was a quote adapted from “The Pathology of Mind: a Study of its Distempers, Deformities, and…

Every day starts a new goal for college whether it is a grade, a relationship, or homework. Some college students are very smart and get good grades. Other college students are not as blessed and struggle in some circumstances. They have to eventually put more work in than others to succeed. In today’s society, many students think it is okay to miss a college class. A student should never be alright with missing a class. It is like missing a job. It is also disrespectful to your instructor.…

As a preamble I am going to use the following argument. As I am professional increasingly more involved in mental health in the community of Waukesha. In this capacity I am witnessing the crippling effects that Anxiety followed by depression has on people in varying stages of their lives. Secondly I have a house member who is diagnosed with general anxiety with an emphasis on social anxiety resulting in depression. Anxiety; is according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…