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800 wordsPhobia- intense and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. Because of this intense and persistent fear, the phobic person often leads a constricted life. The anxiety is typically out of proportion to the real situation, and the victim is fully aware that the fear is irrational. Phobic anxiety is distinguishable from other forms of anxiety only in that it occurs specifically in relation to a certain object or situation. This anxiety is characterized by physiological symptom...
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Type Of Treatment Panic Disorder
894 wordsPanic disorder is a mental illness where people experience frequent, unprovoked panic attacks. People generally believe that they are having a heart attack or stroke, losing their mind, or on the verge of death. Attacks can occur anytime, even during non-dream sleep. While most attacks average a couple of minutes, occasionally they can go up to 10 minutes. In rare cases, they may last an hour. People who have these panic attacks may see some or all of the following symptoms: Fear of losing contr...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Traumatic Stress Disorder
2,009 wordsMental Health: A Look Into Anxiety Disorders Anxiety and fear are often thought of as the same thing, but are actually somewhat different. Fear is thought of as a response to the presence or imminence of danger. Anxiety, on the other hand, can be looked at as a response that was created through learning or life experiences. Anxiety disorders are very common and may eventually turn every day tasks into unbearable and overwhelming activities. General symptoms of anxiety disorders can include the f...
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Conditioned Stimulus Panic Attacks
1,273 wordsA phobic disorder is marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger. Agoraphobia is an intense, irrational fear or anxiety occasioned by the prospect of having to enter certain outdoor locations or open spaces. For example, busy streets, busy stores, tunnels, bridges, public transportation and cars. Traditionally agoraphobia was solely classified as a phobic disorder. However, due to recent studies it is now also viewed as a panic disorder....
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Thing Or Situation Phobic Reactions Phobia
645 wordsPhobia The word Phobia itself runs a quiver thru the nerves of many people. The best synonym of phobia is fear. Fear in simpler form is an emotional reaction to something that seems dangerous. It is normal that people fear those things which they would feel unsafe or doubtful. As it was said by H. P. Lovecraft, The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. A fear can be healthy if it cautions people to stay safe or away from those things that could bring some kind of danger to them. But a...
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Mental Illness Safe Place
457 wordsMental Illness Mental illness is a disorder that is characterized by disturbances in a person s thought, emotions, or behavior. Mental illness refers to a wide variety of disorders, ranging from those that cause mild distress to those that impair a person s ability to function in daily life. Many have tried to figure out the reasons for mental illnesses. All of these reasons have been looked at and thought of for thousands of years. The biological perspective views mental illness as a bodily pro...
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Psychological Disorders Social Phobia
472 wordsMost people have a phobia or fear of something, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); about four to five percent of Americans (at least 7. 2 million people) experience a clinically significant phobia. To be able to actually treat a phobia, a person must have to understand it. The kinds of phobias, symptoms, and treatments can all be related in the world of phobias. There are many different phobias within the human population such as Social, Agoraphobia, and Acrophobia. Soc...
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American Psychiatric Association Panic Disorder
2,949 wordsThe Panic Disorder Panic Disorder The defining characteristics of panic disorder as given by the American Psychiatric Association consist of the following four criterions: The person has experienced repeated unexpected episodes of panic attacks. At least one of these panic attacks must have been followed by persistent worries lasting approximately a month or more regarding the fear of the consequences of the attack, or a specific change in the persons lifestyle due to the experience. During the ...
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Panic Attacks Panic Disorder
738 wordsPANIC DISORDER An anxiety disorder in which the individual has sudden and in explicable episodes of terror and feelings of impending doom accompanied by physiological symptoms of fear. A person who suffers from panic disorder lives each day in a state of high tension. He feels vaguely uneasy or apprehensive much of the time and tends to overreact even to mild stresses. An inability to relax, disturbed sleep, fatigue, headache, dizziness and rapid heart rate are the most common physical complaint...
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Today Society Irrational Fear
449 wordsWhat is phobia? Phobia Phobia What is phobia? Phobia is described as an extreme, irrational fear of a specific object or situation. It is also classified as a type of anxiety disorder, since anxiety is the chief symptom experienced by the sufferer. Phobias are thought to be learned emotional responses. It is generally held that phobias occur when fear produced by an original threatening situation that is transferred to other similar situations, with the original fear often repressed or forgotten...
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Social Phobia Public Places
259 wordsDo you ever fear objects, public places, or embarrassment? If so, you may have a certain type of phobia. A phobia is an intense and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. Three major types of phobias that psychiatrists recognize are simple phobia, agoraphobia, and social phobia. The first type of phobia psychiatrists identify is simple phobia, which is the fear of specific objects or situations. For instance, someone who is scared of animals, such as dogs, cats, or spiders...
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Anxiety Disorders Social Phobia
560 wordsThe book Phobias by Judy Monroe gives a very good definition of phobias, discussing every subject behind them, different types of phobias, and what is done to treat them. A phobia is an irrational, abnormal, or exaggerated fear. With phobias, the emotional and physical reactions are intensified. Phobics become abnormally terrified of threat of danger. Their bodies will react to fear in various ways such as sweating, shaking or trembling, or quick, shallow breathing. The National Institutes of Me...
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Males And Females Anxiety Disorder
668 wordsAnxiety Disorders Anxiety is a feeling of tension associated with a sense of threat of danger when the source of the danger is not known. In comparison, fear is a feeling of tension that is associated with a known source of danger. I believe it is normal for us to have some mild anxiety present in our daily lives. Everyday that I can think of I have some kind of anxiety though out that day. Anxiety warns us and enables us to get ready for the? fight or flight? response. However, heightened anxie...
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