objects or situations. Specific phobias are very common. Most cases are mild and not significant enough to require treatment. The most common specific phobias are fear of animals (usually spiders‚ snakes‚ or mice)‚ flying (pterygophobia)‚ heights (acrophobia)‚ water‚ injections‚ public transportation‚ confined spaces (claustrophobia)‚ dentists (odontiatophobia)‚ storms‚ tunnels‚ and bridges. When confronting the object or situation‚ the phobic person experiences panicky feelings‚ sweating‚ avoidance
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English I 19 December 2012 The Effects of Stress on Health The term “stress” is derived from the Latin word stringere‚ or to draw tight. Stress causes blood capillaries to close‚ which restricts bleeding if a flesh wound should occur. Your pupils dilate during a stressful event much the same way they do in response to a physical attraction: to gather more visual information about a situation. Chronic stress floods the brain with powerful hormones
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breathlessness‚ dizziness‚ excessive sweating‚ nausea‚ dry mouth‚ feeling sick‚ shaking‚ heart palpitations‚ inability to speak or think clearly‚ a fear of dying‚ becoming mad or losing control‚ a sensation of detachment from reality or even an anxiety attack. Most people who are suffering from the phobia are surprised when they find out that they aren ’t alone. Ablutophobia is surprisingly common. It is caused by the mind as a protective mechanism. From some point in the past there was a traumatic event
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the most vulnerable. I do not know if I could have handled this situation any better. When both McMillen and Refenes freak out over Super Meat Boy not showing up in the Xbox Live Marketplace on the morning that it should. Or Fish having an anxiety attack that his former partner has yet to sign the appropriate paperwork that would allow him to legally show Fez at PAX East‚ it is a humbling experience to watch. Near the end of the film‚ there are some truly powerful moments. Watching Fish dealing
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I remember my first anxiety attack vividly‚ but as if I was outside of my body watching it happen and as if I was in my own body experiencing the attack. It felt like my world was crumbling around me. My chest felt as if an elephant was sitting on my chest and that there was a ball of energy and anxiety in the center of my chest. My mom’s arms were like serpents around me‚ trying to suffocate me and crush my soul into dust. I started having more and more anxiety attacks and I started to harm myself
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Leadership during a Terrorist Attack: Coping with 9/11 by Rebuilding During the terrorists attacks of 9/11 many financial industries were particularly hard hit because of where the attack occurred. Cantor Fitzgerald (CF)‚ a bond trading firm was amongst the hardest hit by the attacks. This is because when the plane hit the tower where CF was located most of CF’s employees were trapped above the initial impact. This caused CF to lose a huge number of employees and the only brother to Howard Lutnik
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try and confront the threat. Anxiety‚ on the other hand‚ would be felt without the stranger to trigger a response. Anxiety‚ in this case‚ is the worry that something might happen while one is walking home alone at night. Someone or something might attack. It is a feeling based on unknown future happenings‚ whereas fear is based on a present perceived
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The 2008 Mumbai attacks (often referred to as November 26 or 26/11) were more than 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai‚ India’s largest city‚ by terrorists[5][6] who invaded from Pakistani seawaters.[7] The attacks‚ which drew widespread global condemnation‚ began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November‚ killing 164 people and wounding at least 308.[2][8] Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus‚ the Oberoi Trident‚[9] the Taj
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In the article Deadly Barcelona attack is worst in a day of violence in Spain‚ Laura Smith-Spark discusses about a possible “terror” attack where a van plowed through crowds on the Las Ramblas avenue in the early evening of Barcelona. First‚ Smith-Spark points out that two other incidents‚ a terrorist attack in the seaside city of Cambrils and a house explosion in Alcanar were possibly connected to the van attack in Barcelona. The writer also indicates that during this occasion‚ 13 people were left
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Managing stress is a lifestyle. It is something that everyone will endure each day at some point whether they plan for it or not. People need to recognize the stressors‚ which is the potential to cause a stress reaction that are in their lives‚ and learn how to control it; so that it won’t cause a problem for them. Stress is not always a bad thing. There is good stress called ‘eustess’‚ and bad stress called ‘distress’. Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened
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