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panic disorder symptoms for psychology for beginners
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a hoodlum, it is anxiety. You are projecting the threatening situation in future and reacting to it as if it is imminent. You may note that anxiety serves a kind of adaptive function as well, because it prepares a person for fight or flight if the danger really comes. But if the person avoids the very situation that in her perception may cause the danger, and if such imagined situations are unrealistic, then the effect becomes debilitating. Thus you may distinguish between adaptive anxiety and pathological anxiety by assessing the realistic probability of the occurrence of the object of anxiety and by assessing how dysfunctional it makes the person. Before you go into learning the specific symptoms of each, you should know the common characteristics of anxiety disorders. Cognition or subjective perception of danger which may be accompanied by vivid and occasionally morbid images of the difficulties encountered. Physiological responses through activation of sympathetic nervous system. Usually it includes increased heart rate, trembling, breathing discomfort, dilated pupils, nausea etc. On the behavioural level, there is usually a tendency to avoid the dreaded situation. However, in some cases, as in Obsessive compulsive disorder and some instances of Post traumatic Stress disorder, repetitive behaviour is also observed. In this Unit, you would learn specifically about Panic attacks and Phobias. Self Assessment Questions
a hoodlum, it is anxiety. You are projecting the threatening situation in future and reacting to it as if it is imminent. You may note that anxiety serves a kind of adaptive function as well, because it prepares a person for fight or flight if the danger really comes. But if the person avoids the very situation that in her perception may cause the danger, and if such imagined situations are unrealistic, then the effect becomes debilitating. Thus you may distinguish between adaptive anxiety and pathological anxiety by assessing the realistic probability of the occurrence of the object of anxiety and by assessing how dysfunctional it makes the person. Before you go into learning the specific symptoms of each, you should know the common characteristics of anxiety disorders. Cognition or subjective perception of danger which may be accompanied by vivid and occasionally morbid images of the difficulties encountered. Physiological responses through activation of sympathetic nervous system. Usually it includes increased heart rate, trembling, breathing discomfort, dilated pupils, nausea etc. On the behavioural level, there is usually a tendency to avoid the dreaded situation. However, in some cases, as in Obsessive compulsive disorder and some instances of Post traumatic Stress disorder, repetitive behaviour is also observed. In this Unit, you would learn specifically about Panic attacks and Phobias. Self Assessment Questions