Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives certain environments as dangerous or uncomfortable‚ often due to the environment’s vast openness or crowdedness. These situations include‚ but are not limited to‚ wide-open spaces‚ as well as uncontrollable social situations such as the possibility of being met in shopping malls‚ airports‚ and on bridges. Agoraphobia is defined within the DSM-IV TR as a subset of panic disorder‚ involving the fear
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Agoraphobia Agoraphobia is a type of panic disorder‚ which is though to affect between 1 and 7 percent of the population. This phobia accounts for roughly 60% of people suffering from phobias. This disorder is the fear of being somewhere hard to escape‚ or where help cannot reach you‚ when panic strikes. For instance someone with agoraphobia may fear a very crowded party‚ or a vast empty area. Someone having a panic attack in a certain situation generally causes agoraphobia. After having the
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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. Panic
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Paula Deen suffers with agoraphobia Have you ever wondered if someone with a mental disorder is as easily accepted into social life as someone who is not a sufferer? Those that suffer from any sort of mental disorder are often stereotyped as bizarre and violent. Many are ignorant to how false these stereotypes really are. In fact many who are affected aren’t always distinguishable from those who are not mentally disturbed. For instance‚ there are many famous Americans who suffer from mental
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choose to cope with their symptoms in many different ways such as substance abuse‚ medication‚ and/or therapy. When working with trauma there are many diverse forms of treatment. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR] is one form of treatment that appears to be effective. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is a treatment used in psychotherapy to alleviate distress associated with trauma (Shapiro‚ 1991). During EMDR clients reprocess information while focusing on external stimuli
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feel anxious‚ nervous‚ embarassed‚ judged‚ or fearful of offending other people. Whereas‚ agoraphobia cause patients to fear an indefinite situation‚ like taking public transportation‚ residing in open or enclosed areas‚ being in a large crowd on a hot summer day and standing in a long line. The anxiety is created by fear that there’s no way out or try to find help when an episode occurs. People with agoraphobia get it after having one or more panic attacks‚ causing them to fear having to experience
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apprehension are all just a few words to describe the diagnosis of agoraphobia. The diagnosis of agoraphobia falls underneath the umbrella of anxiety disorders. Individuals with agoraphobia all experience the thoughts and feelings of extreme fear when it comes to going to places that might cause them to be/get embarrassed or feel threatened and helpless; causing them to avoid those places or situations. People who have agoraphobia are afraid of common daily activities‚ such as being in an open space
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support considering the stigma that comes with any mental disorder. It’s important for these individuals to know that the attacks they are experiencing are legitimate issues that can be treated by medication and other treatment (Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia). Like many mental diseases and disorders‚ panic disorder usually occurs alongside another disorder such as depression or anxiety and in extreme cases may be linked to things such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or other traumas from earlier life
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Anxiety is characterized as an emotion of general uneasiness that can be affiliated with an object‚ situation‚ or not correlated to anything specific. Anxiety is a normal emotion felt by everyone however anxiety disorders are much more severe. Normal anxiety stimulates one to make a rational response to a situation or object‚ while abnormal anxiety irrationalizes a situation and does not dissipate when danger is gone. Anxiety disorders create a continuous interference in a person’s ability to lead
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Child Anxiety Many people believe that the events which take place in ones childhood do not effect their adulthood‚ but scientific studies show that it actually does effect ones adulthood. I have been through certain situations in my life which have effected my ability to grow completely. These experiences define childhood anxiety. Childhood anxiety is panic attacks experienced by children due to various reasons. Other symptoms may include heart burns‚ cold sweats‚ and nightmares. For example
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