are many different types of mental health illnesses. In this section I am going to be explaining three mental health illnesses in detail. The three mental health illnesses that I have chosen to write about are; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ phobias and eating disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Definition Obsessive compulsive disorder is a mental health condition and a serious anxiety-related condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour. An obsession
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What is Trypanophobia? This phobia is a common phobia for most people out there in the world‚ what this phobia means is that people are afraid of Needles or Injections. Some people can handle needles or injections but others just can’t they get so worked up over these things that they eventually just avoid the doctors or some medical treatment or just faint. Being afraid of theses sharp objects can cause a lot of medical concerns to doctors because if something bad happens to the patient such as
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About a Pretty Sunset” “Talking shit about a pretty sunset‚” is a song that portrays an overall apathetic outlook on life. The listener can clearly hear the discontent expressed in the words sung and the execution in the music. Thoughts of suicide‚ phobia of commitment‚ lack and gain of motivation‚ fixation and illusions of a better life are all present. Through the complex breaks and climax of the song‚ tells an emotional story of revelation‚ realization and self-actualization. From the beginning
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Fear comes in many forms. One of the worst forms of having fear is having a phobia. There once was a very successful man named George Kaufman. He had a horrible in dept‚ phobia of germs. In this essay I will be using Mr. Kaufman to illustrate the seriousness of having phobias that you have to live with every second‚ of every day in your life. Phobias are a very serious disease. When you have a phobia it means that you have an extreme fear of something‚ object or situation‚
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Although you need medical care to stay healthy‚ it can be impossible to get treatment when you have a phobia surrounding hospitals. This type of phobia can be debilitating when you have an illness. Instead of getting
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particular those that constitute modern medical therapeutics.” (Source 2) Thus this essay will describe Dr. Wolpe‚ a theorist in the realm of cognitive behavior therapy. Dr. Wolpe believed that since some phobias could be‚ “learned through classical conditioning‚” (Text book pg.74) then fears and phobias are essentially learned and thus consequently can be unlearned. This is the basic concept that he uses for not only understanding the illness but also for treatment. Thus cognitive behavior therapy essentially
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Claustrophobia Lorelie Gomez PSY/211 December 1st‚ 2012 Mrs. U’Lawnda Lewis Claustrophobia Claustrophobia is a fear or panic of being in a small space which involves emotional and physical reactions to triggering situations. This phobia could have developed in an individual either as a child being trapped in a small space playing a childhood game‚ or even as a young adult whom got stuck in an elevator. When these particular events happen‚ he or she accidently trap them self into a
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engages in avoidance or escape behavior- operant behavior. A phobia is when the level of anxiety or escape behavior is severe enough to disrupt the person’s life. fears/phobias result of classical conditioning (association)- ‘dog’ =dog bite = fear of all dogs operant conditioning ( fear responses are reinforced by other’s behavior or escape behavior) - scared of school = don’t have to go to school modeling (most common) - mum is
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1) Define Fear and Phobia Fear - An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Phobia - An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something: "he had a phobia about being under water"; "a phobia of germs". 2) Give Examples of Phobias A Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. B Bibliophobia-
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"If you would not be forgotten‚ as soon as you are dead and rotten‚ either write things worth reading‚ or do things worth the writing. " - Benjamin Franklin My greatest fear is dying without being remembered by the masses. Death is the end of the worldly journey for all. From birth to death‚ every human creates their own story. We build on this story daily until we pass away. For some people‚ this life story is a boring‚ lonely tale. But for others‚ this adventure is filled with emotions
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