PSYB32H3 Chapter 6: PSYB32 Chapter 6
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Fear and avoidance of objects or situations that do not present any real danger. Recurrent panic attacks involving a sudden onset of physiological symptoms, such as dizziness, raid heart rate, and trembling, accompanied by terror and feelings of impending doom; sometimes accompanied by agoraphobia, a fear of being in public places. The experience of uncontrollable thoughts, impulses, or images (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours or mental acts (compulsions) Aftermath of a traumatic experience in which the person experiences increased arousal, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, and anxiety in recalling the event. Low self-esteem: each separate disorder has comorbidities in common with the other (ex. Fear of snakes/ heights are equivalent in the means by which they are acquired, in how they might be reduced, and so on. Pa-leng- fear of the cold (china)- worries loss of body heat may be life threatening: ex.
