PSYA02H3 Lecture : Chapter 17 Lecture 2- lecture 28- class and lecture notes
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Lecture 28: hypochondriasis, excessive fear of being ill, hypochondriasis is a persistent exaggerated fear that one is suffering from a physical illness, hypochondriacs tend to interpret their physical symptoms as indicative of a serious illness. Some of these causes are more relevant to some anxiety disorders than others: stressful life events (having faced danger: ptsd, extreme stress and becomes very worried and is easy to trigger the scary situation, learned kind of anxiety. childhood adversity (parental neglect, worry, abuse: not met by parents, worrying about danger that the parents didn"t support them, constant worry, never learned to approach life as safe. attachment style (insecure attachment: no secure attachment, always worried when they try to talk to others, cannot trust people. learning mechanisms (phobia after bad experience: phobia, fear of spiders as a result of one bad experience.
