Anxiety On Jasmine
Student
Professor Mary Curby
PSYC 325-DL 1
14 February 2016
Case Study: Anxiety on Jasmine
Jasmine comes in today to discuss her anxiety issues and if she potentially could be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Jasmine is a middle-aged mother of two, married, and has a stable job. . She has a good relationship with her parents as well as her sister. She has a family history of moderate anxiety from her mother and her uncle had a history of panic. As a child she had already shown signs of separation anxiety especially from her mother.
As an adult she strived to provide for her own family in ways she hadn’t had growing up. Pressures to deliver on her mission often took over taking care of her. She often buried herself at …show more content…
work dealing with the expectation to deliver deadlines and manage official decisions. She is a person that likes to be in control. Her husband is often away on business trips so she often also takes on another full-time role of a mother/caretaker to her two growing children.
The textbook discusses that GAD is “excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not.” Typical symptoms are said to muscle tension, restlessness, sleep disturbance, and irritability.
This is represented of Jasmine because each day presents an additional stressor for her to be worried about. Jasmine's discuss her typical symptoms which include stomach discomfort, heart palpitations, some muscle tension, and symptoms of insomnia.
It seems as though Jasmine recognizes that she potentially has anxiety disorder but hasn’t quite grasp the best way to cope with her anxiety. She currently uses several coping methods but it seems as though she hasn’t found one that sticks.
She eats healthy and does yoga on occasion. However, in order for these aspects to contribute to a better lifestyle she has to make the healthy decisions consistent. This may help to relieve some of her muscle tension. During stressful situations at work she usually chooses to go walk outside to get fresh air, which promotes a positive coping strategy. It allows her to cool down and calm her nerves as to clear her head to think clearly. Although it doesn’t totally calm her down Jasmine does confined to others for help. She spoke to her husband about her worries about the presentation; she spoke to her mother about her concerns about the move, and even her sister about her stress. This shows that she is unable to control her worry despite having a good support group. On the other hand it does help in some cases such as with her parent’s move and the discussion she had about her husband’s decision to take their son bowling. By remaining calm initial she was able to talk through her worries and express herself to the other
party.
In conclusion, Jasmine does repress her anxiety in hopes that it will pass. In addition her thinking often causes her to provoke her anxiety through extreme negative scenarios. It also looks like her eldest child could potential develop an anxiety disorder as well. I suggest that she takes a different approach for her anxiety, possibly looking into cognitive behavioral therapy.
Professor Mary Curby
PSYC 325-DL 1
14 February 2016
Case Study: Anxiety on Jasmine
Jasmine comes in today to discuss her anxiety issues and if she potentially could be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Jasmine is a middle-aged mother of two, married, and has a stable job. . She has a good relationship with her parents as well as her sister. She has a family history of moderate anxiety from her mother and her uncle had a history of panic. As a child she had already shown signs of separation anxiety especially from her mother.
As an adult she strived to provide for her own family in ways she hadn’t had growing up. Pressures to deliver on her mission often took over taking care of her. She often buried herself at …show more content…
work dealing with the expectation to deliver deadlines and manage official decisions. She is a person that likes to be in control. Her husband is often away on business trips so she often also takes on another full-time role of a mother/caretaker to her two growing children.
The textbook discusses that GAD is “excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not.” Typical symptoms are said to muscle tension, restlessness, sleep disturbance, and irritability.
This is represented of Jasmine because each day presents an additional stressor for her to be worried about. Jasmine's discuss her typical symptoms which include stomach discomfort, heart palpitations, some muscle tension, and symptoms of insomnia.
It seems as though Jasmine recognizes that she potentially has anxiety disorder but hasn’t quite grasp the best way to cope with her anxiety. She currently uses several coping methods but it seems as though she hasn’t found one that sticks.
She eats healthy and does yoga on occasion. However, in order for these aspects to contribute to a better lifestyle she has to make the healthy decisions consistent. This may help to relieve some of her muscle tension. During stressful situations at work she usually chooses to go walk outside to get fresh air, which promotes a positive coping strategy. It allows her to cool down and calm her nerves as to clear her head to think clearly. Although it doesn’t totally calm her down Jasmine does confined to others for help. She spoke to her husband about her worries about the presentation; she spoke to her mother about her concerns about the move, and even her sister about her stress. This shows that she is unable to control her worry despite having a good support group. On the other hand it does help in some cases such as with her parent’s move and the discussion she had about her husband’s decision to take their son bowling. By remaining calm initial she was able to talk through her worries and express herself to the other
party.
In conclusion, Jasmine does repress her anxiety in hopes that it will pass. In addition her thinking often causes her to provoke her anxiety through extreme negative scenarios. It also looks like her eldest child could potential develop an anxiety disorder as well. I suggest that she takes a different approach for her anxiety, possibly looking into cognitive behavioral therapy.