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.
(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
The effect of PTSD can be very extensive. PTSD is a debilitating disorder, and its symptoms have a negative impact on a numerous areas of everyday life. In particular, PTSD negatively affects a person's mental health, physical health, work, and relationships. Post-traumatic is more then merely a stress disorder, PTSD is an anxiety disorder that a person may develop after experiencing extreme or overwhelming traumatic events. More specifically, the trauma is more overwhelmingly powerful when they witnesses and event in which another person may have been killed, seriously injured or threatened.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Ashley Hendricks University of Phoenix PSY 340 December 01, 2010 Daniel Hoffman Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generalized anxiety disorder is the excessive worrying and anxiousness of an individual which can make life difficult and stress more strenuous. People suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are more likely to stress or worry about money, family, work, and health matters. The source of the worry, however, is at times hard to pinpoint
It is impossible to predict who will develop post traumatic stress disorder in response to trauma, for there are certain risk factors that increase vulnerability. The risk factors revolve around the nature of the traumatic event itself. Traumatic events are more likely to cause PTSD when they involve a severe threat to your life or safety. The more extreme and prolonged the threat, the greater risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder in result. Symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder fall into three main categories: intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal.
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.
Stress is defined as “the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we praise as threatening or challenging” (Myers, 2012, page 275). Stress is about an individual or is personal and is affected by the choices the person makes as an individual. The stress that is bad for you deprives you the ability to experience joy, happiness, enjoy life and who you are. That is why it is very important to recognize symptoms of stress and identify ways to bring the stress under control. The good stress is the kind that will help keep you motivated to be productive and be able to achieve the goals we set for ourselves.
Over time people thoughts, feeling and behaviour changes through past experience, but if you have a personality disorder you may find this more difficult. The way you behave, think and feel will be harder to change. People who suffer will find they have a limited range of emotions, attitudes and behaviours. You may find that the behaviours of sufferers to be a little unexpected or usual, people can find it hard spending time with some one who has a personality disorder. There are many different types of personality disorder which all separate into three different categories, these categories are; suspicious, emotional and impulsive and anxious.
This type of stress releases chemicals such as cortisol, adrenaline, and norepinephrine that will escalate our motivation, and strengthen the body. In contrast the bad stress referred as distress is when we feel threaten either physically or emotionally. For the student’s brain this can be not being able to find the solution to the problem, not having enough resources to solve the problem or having prolonged stress over experiencing repeated situations. When the brain is in distress it loses its ability to process things correctly because it poses a physical or emotional danger themselves. The area of the brain most affected by high stress is the hippocampus, which is very sensitive to cortisol.
Positive stress is the kind of stress we look forward too but present issues our body may not be prepared, such as weddings, or vacations. On the other hand, negative stress which we mostly undergo, come in crisis situations which we cannot cope with. All negative stress are considered feeling sad, depressed, angry or fear. For example, stress comes when you are fearful and have no control over your reaction. There are many ways to help reduce stress.