feared social or performance situation(s) interferes significantly with the individual’s normal routine‚ occupational or academic functioning‚ or social activities or relationships. Individual may also exhibit marked distress about having the phobia. The fear or avoidance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (drug of abuse or medication) or a general medical condition. It is not better accounted for by another mental disorder such as panic disorder with or without agoraphobia
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Topic: How Analytic is CAT? Select one Analytic Model and discuss and evaluate what contribution it offers to CAT‚ where it differs from CAT and how CAT reinterprets and integrates it into CAT theory and practice Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) CAT 1 Cognitive Analytic Therapy Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) works on reflecting with the client how she/he can understand why things went wrong in the past‚ and how client can be guided so that things will not go wrong in the
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Dictation by Fear As the Twin Towers fell to the ground‚ mass chaos spread throughout the United States. Among many other overwhelming feelings‚ many Americans were left in question and accusations. The motives of the terrorists were unknown and many Americans’ fear overtook a sense of logic. With fear fueling the minds of many Americans‚ many began to take illogical and unjustified actions. A stereotype developed amongst the Muslim society‚ which has still shrugged them from American society
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Fear of Hurting Others Throughout the play‚ The Crucible‚ there are many different fears that are present‚ but the most common would be the fear of hurting others. The whole hysteria is spreading community wide and it is making neighbors who have known each other for years‚ turn on each other. The overall fear of witchcraft has spread furiously through the town of Salem; because of this the fear of hurting other citizens has also spread. The epidemic is controlling how people go about living
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world‚ from a six-year old child to an eighty-year old man‚ has something to fear. Fear can be very difficult to handle at times. Although fears might also change throughout a lifetime‚ most people do remain scared of something. I am no different. Fear is dangerous because it limits the hero’s confidence‚ and without a confidence no one will believe in you so you wouldn’t be considered a hero to society. Fear is a predominantly a dangerous monster because takes all the hero’s confidence
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The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss is a great book for children when they have nothing better to do‚ or they just want to read. This book keeps young readers engaged by the countless rhymes and surprises that are thrown into the book. Yet‚ it is more than just a children’s book. It contains important themes for young readers to understand. In fact‚ it shares several themes with another well-known children’s novel‚ William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. One theme that the two have in common is that when
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Phobia comes from the Greek word ‘phóbos’ meaning morbid fear (wikipedia). But what exactly is a phobia? The direct denotation of a phobia is “a persistent‚ irrational fear of a specific object‚ activity‚ or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it” (dictionary). A phobia falls under the category of an anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is often “a harmful chronic condition‚ which can be present from an early age or begin suddenly after a triggering event. They are prone to flare
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Donner 12-3-12 Fear Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” This means that most people don’t conquer their fears‚ but rather let their fears conquer them. It is important for people to accept fate and move on to face and conquer their fears. Fear is a part of everyone’s lives‚ and fear can exist for any totally diverse reasons. Such as‚ the fear of death‚ or something more miniscule such as the fear of heights‚ or the fear of the dark. These
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Valentina Sarria Bio 210 Professor: Matthew Geddis Indoor Cats vs. Outdoor Cats Abstract This research paper is about indoor cats and outdoor cats and their vast differences. From social behavior to life expectancy‚ these two types of cats are extremely different and through first hand observation of my indoor cats to outdoor street cats‚ I have written this report. Introduction Many people assume that cats are all alike‚ however‚ this is far from the truth. Throughout this
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describe what people feel when they are suffering from a phobia. A phobia is an intense‚ ridiculous amount of fear of something or a situation that is far from what really could happen. Phobias affect people of all ages. The National Institute of Mental Health has stated that 5.1%-12.5% of all American’s encounter some sort of phobia. They are the most common psychiatric illness among women of all ages and men over 25. When someone has a phobia‚ they start to feel panic‚ dread‚ or anxious when
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