Social anxiety disorder is a condition where the individual feels high anxiety in social situations due to fears that they will be negatively judged by others feel bad about themselves or embarrassment. The disorder varies from person to person so the individual fears can be specific or can be more general. For example‚ a specific fear could be eating in public and a more general fear could be messing up in front of other people. This disorder makes individuals judge themselves and feel as if they
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Sleeping problems and disorders When you sleep‚ you pass through five stages of sleep‚ stages 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 and REM sleep. Stage one is the lightest sleep. During this stage you can be awaked easily. Muscle activity slows during this stage. Stage 2 is where the eye movement stops and the brain waves are slower. In stage 3 slow brain waves called delta waves begin to appear‚ with smaller yet faster waves. By stage 4 these waves appear more often‚ and it is quite difficult to wake someone during this
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A psychological disorder is defined as a disorder of the mind involving thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and emotions that cause either self or others significant distress. Significant distress can mean the person is unable to function‚ meet personal needs on their own‚ or are a danger to themselves or others.( Brogaard ). There are a number of ways in which psychological disorders can be treated‚ they treatments range from insight‚ behavior‚ cognitive‚ group and biological therapies. Within my case study‚
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Unit 14 Physiological disorders Task1 P1 and P2 Physiological Disorder | Panic Disorder | Bipolar Disorder | Cause of Disorder | The causes of panic attacks and panic disorder are not so easy to understand.Normally the tendency to have panic attacks runs in families.This is always connected to the one of the major event of a person in his life graduating from college and entering the workplace‚ getting married‚ and having a baby. Severe stress‚ such as the death of a loved one‚ divorce‚ or job
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Walking down the hallway I remember experiencing the familiar feeling of anxiety drip down my spine‚ feeling the outside world getting larger‚ and myself getting smaller. I shake it off as I begin to turn and enter the dressing room door. When I enter I am welcomed by my family‚ who have been waiting to congratulate me on my first show. My eyes analyze them in order across the room. My mother‚ who used to always sing me songs when I was a child‚ not being the most excellent at it‚ but always able
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In this paragraph‚ Beck delineates that although bathroom anxiety is a condition that many people suffer through‚ it is also a common social insecurity that many others feel because they consider entering a public bathroom an unwilling relinquish of privacy. I personally related to the behaviors that Beck listed as I myself perform them when in a public restroom‚ such as “leaving space at urinals.” It is especially interesting to me that these behaviors have become ubiquitous throughout modern society
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Performance anxiety is a difficult thing to handle for many pupils and an important discussion that educators often deliver. The article determines a model of music performance anxiety (MPA) based on working memory and attentional processes. This model is an easy-to-understand (and easy-to-communicate) for students of all ages. It is then used to arrange methods for performance anxiety to lessen‚ describing how each method work. This article also provides practical exercises to help students understand
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction Anxiety is a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness‚ fear‚ apprehension‚ and worrying. These disorders affect how we feel and behave‚ and they can manifest real physical symptoms. Mild anxiety is vague and unsettling‚ while severe anxiety can be extremely debilitating‚ having a serious impact on daily life. People often experience a general state of worry or fear before confronting something challenging such as a test‚ examination
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5.5 Worries‚ Anxieties‚ Fear and Regret When I look back on all these worries‚ I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life‚ most of which had never happened. – Winston Churchill (1874-1965)‚ the British Prime Minister during World War II. Since the biblical times‚ man has been warned against worrying too much. We suffer from worrying well before worry starts or never starts. There is always ‘what-if’ in routine human life; there is
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Mood disorders such as major depression‚ dysthymia‚ bipolar disorder‚ and cyclothymia are common and very treatable forms of psychiatric problems. Depression is one of the most common conditions encountered in medical practice and affects up to 25 percent of women and 12 percent of men. Untreated depression can persist for two years or longer. Sixty percent of patients who receive treatment and recover will experience a recurrence of depression within three years. Fortunately‚ most episodes of major
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