When a person with a phobia encounters the stimulus which causes their fear they experience extreme anxiety and will show avoidance behaviour. There are various elements that make up the fear response of phobia such as, cognitive element, where the expectation of harm about to happen, the perception of danger and threat. There is also the biological element which is the body’s emergency reaction to danger (‘fight or flight’ response) release of adrenaline leading to increased heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, sweating, etc. There is also the emotional element which is the feeling of dread, terror and panic. The final element is the behavioural one, involving fleeing, avoidance behaviour or freezing.
My biggest fear is that I dread presenting in front of individuals who I don’t know. Dr. Seuss’s story What was I Scared of? explores the topic of fear through the narrator’s encounter with a flying pair of green pants. It is human nature to be scared of what we are not certain of. Unfamiliar objects or people are considered threats to our well-being.
3. The person that is distressed can be irritable, pessimistic, overly sensitive which will negatively affect communication. It makes people become isolative which will then lead to lack of communication. Anxiety often coexists with depression. A person who suffers from anxiety may avoid expressing him/herself due to the fear of making mistakes or being judged.
Specific phobias: excessive, unrealistic fear of a specific object or situation. Sufferers of this avoid the object or situation or have intense distress while encountering it. xxix. Social phobia/social anxiety disorder: severe, persistent, and irrational fear of negative evaluation by others. xxx.
The fact that the horse is described as "in panic" tells us that it has surely seen something which scared him. It is also said that the passengers are "struggling desperately", the word struggling makes me think about making an big effort to be able to move out and the fact that it is pared with the word "desperately" makes it even more effective because it means that the adult and the child are trying to survive their accident without much success and this brings a lot tension to the reader. Also, we rediscover this scary noise
(Chrysalis, 2010) People presenting them self to a therapist with a stress condition may or may not know they are being affected by stress, they may not recognise that they difficulties they are presenting with whether they be a stand-alone condition such as hypo stress, or in some way interlinked with each other such as panic attacks brought on by another form of stress. The most common symptoms to recognise in a client would be- * Psychological changes- such as depression or anxiety they client may or may not know what the specific cause is; also states of confusion and lack of concentration, time management skills and lack of motivation are common. * Sleep disturbances- stress can cause insomnia as well as poor quality of sleep such as waking in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to
Etiology Mr. S’ inherited sensitivity to be overactive combined with life stress has triggered his fight/flight system to respond at random times causing the panic attacks. His fear of future panic attacks and not being able to control them has developed his avoidance to certain situations. Treatment The best recommended treatment for Mr. S is Panic Control Treatment (PCT) without medication. This treatment is the most effective treatment for Panic Disorder, in which the patient will learn to relax and control future panic attacks. Case 2 Eric Beck Five Point Axis I. Bipolar 1 II.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest How do people respond to fear? In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey there is an accurate display of fear. Many people handle their fears differently, depending on what the situation is. There is no way to accurately display how one deals with fear. Responding to fear is an innate response when something/someone gets ones adrenaline pumping.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder BEH/225 All of us worry about things occasionally. Financial stress, illness, or loss of a spouse can cause us to fear the unknown. There are aspects of life that we cannot always control, and that in itself can be a scary thought. Sometimes, it may feel like the “what ifs” of life, the things we cannot control, begin to consume our thoughts. Most of us may feel this way periodically, when the fear or worry is justified.
Fear. Fear can be defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or threat. Has one ever truly felt the experience of fear? Yes, some might say, “I had fear when jumping out of the airplane.” But, in reality you knew you were most likely going to survive, you had a trained professional with you. Now ask yourself, have you ever feared for your life on a daily basis?