Panic of 1907

Is this you? About 15-20% of the population are highly sensitive people. What a highly sensitive person (HSP) is a person who “has a sensitive nervous system, is aware of subtleties in his/her surroundings, and is more easily overwhelmed when in a highly stimulating environment” (Aron, 2018). There is another name for this personality trait is Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), this name is from the fact that they have a sensitive nervous system which can make their senses stronger when in a…

Every person has some level of anxiety. It’s responsible for the fight-or-flight reflex, an inner voice used to calculate risk and an essential factor that keeps us alive. My anxiety has always been an overwhelming force in my life but primarily as a nagging voice in my head threatening severe consequences for all of my actions. In kindergarten I would count my delicate footsteps on the school sidewalk, only allowing two steps per concrete slab. If I stepped three times in one square, I would…

Stress in people results from connections in the middle of persons and their surroundings that are seen as straining or surpassing their adaptive limits and undermining their prosperity. The component of discernment shows that human anxiety reactions reflect contrasts in identity, and contrasts in physical quality or general wellbeing. Danger variables for anxiety related sicknesses are a mix of individual, interpersonal, and social variables. These components incorporate need or misfortune of…

Emotional intelligence is the capability of an individual to be able to recognize their own emotions and those of others, and recognize the different feelings and be able to label them.Emotional intelligence also refers to a number of skills including the following, self-control, self-awareness, sensitivity, self-motivation, and more.There are many tests to see if a person has a high emotional intelligence.I believe emotional intelligence is used for a lot of things and it is also good for…

disorders, anxiety disorders seem to be the most intricate due to the various types of anxiety disorders and their varying symptoms. The six major anxiety disorders include separation anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, social phobia (social anxiety), panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, and generalized anxiety. In “Chapter 6: Anxiety Disorders” by Kaitlyn Gallo, Johanna Thompson-Hollands, Donna Pincus, and David Barlow, the authors elaborate on the impact prevalence and etiology play on the…

Freud stated an individual has three levels of awareness: the id, ego, and superego. The id is concerned with fulfilling a person’s needs and wants. Additionally, the ego, then tries to satisfy the id’s impulses and decrease tension. Id impulses are normally unacceptable and can be threatening, so the ego’s job is to keep id impulses in the unconscious. Lastly, the superego works with the ego to suppress those impulses and helps the ego perform ethically. The basic idea regarding “ego-defense”…

People know that at a certain time in life, they have to face the inevitable, death. And although they know people eventually die, they may never believe it will happen to someone they love during their lifetime. That may be a reason why an individual may not be prepared for the situation, and everything that comes with it: The funeral expenses, financial stressors of not having that additional income and, the most difficult part, adjusting to the absence of the loved one. This was the…

Anxiety disorders are becoming increasingly common in society, and are characterized by common symptoms of fear over future events or the consequences of current ones. This fear is often debilitating in the afflicted person, and is a hindrance to normative behaviour. Certain anxiety disorders originate in childhood and adolescence, and they may persist into adulthood without treatment. One anxiety disorder with particularly negative implications is social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety…

I really enjoyed this week’s group, I felt like I really connected and bonded to my group members. Speaking about my anxiety is something that I really don’t enjoy doing. Only a handful of people know I have generalized anxiety and social anxiety and those people are either my family are super close friends. I find it really weird that there are other people out there that know how much my anxiety is such a difficult aspect of my family. However, it’s not a bad feeling that there are other…

All of the articles I have read stated the same things when it came to the demographics of the prison population. They stated that the people who are mostly incarcerated are people of color, predominantly African-American and then Hispanic men. In the article “Inside Rikers: The Social Impact of Mass Incarceration in the Twenty-First Century” by Jennifer Wynn, she stated that when she visited Rikers and was waiting in the waiting room, she was the only white person there (Wynn, pg.1). She later…