Agoraphobia And Anxiety

This specific phobia can lead to the person experience of an intense fear when not being able to break out of a populated area (Barlow & Mavissakalian, pp 4). This causes people having to evade open and heavily crowed environments with little possibilities to exit over their massive fear of going through a panic attack. Therefore, today there are signs in many rides at themed parks that warn people of the closed areas. This specific category of phobias causes the person to fear traveling on bus or even waiting in a line. This phobia can also lead to being dependent of someone because they are too afraid to go outside of their homes. Barlow & Mavissakalian (1981 pp 4-5), implicated that the clinical picture painted is consistent and consists or fears of going out to public places and open and crowded places, fears of walking alone or using any means or public transportation, and fears of being alone at home. Agoraphobia is the most disabling of all phobias and usually begins in early adolescence.

A society where we decide between two generalizations of nature vs nurture. OCD, and Anxiety has been the highest peaking disorders of America. With these two diploma tics taking place scientists often, ponder on how we can decrease the rate of these disorder among the globe. In order to do so, we must focus on if these disorders are among natured based disorders or nurture based disorders. As a result, we could all come to a conclusion that they could be either or but the controversial issue to solve this issue is what does it mostly consist of and based around from. With the idea of people believing that these disorders stem from nature because of DNA strains of it running in the family, I maintain that these disorders are more nurtured based

Adolescence is a difficult time period in a young person’s transition into their later stage of both physical and mental development. Mood disorders are often overlooked during this time for the brain becoming more developed; however among children, anxiety disorders seem to be the most common disorders to be experienced (Nelson; Israel, pg 112). Barlow (2002) defines anxiety as a future-oriented emotion that is characterized by the inability to be in control and predict future events that can be potentially dangerous to the individual. Anxiety shares commonalities with fear, but the difference between the two being that fear is the initial response made from a present threat, where anxiety is due to a unknown future event. A common

A phobic disorder is marked by a persistent and irrational fear of an object or situation that presents no realistic danger. Agoraphobia is an intense, irrational fear or anxiety occasioned by the prospect of having to enter certain outdoor locations or open spaces. For example, busy streets, busy stores, tunnels, bridges, public transportation and cars. Traditionally agoraphobia was solely classified as a phobic disorder. However, due to recent studies it is now also viewed as a panic disorder. Panic disorders are characterised by recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that usually occur suddenly and unexpectedly (Weiten, 1998).

As you walk the streets all around you there are individuals who may live their life in fear of the petrifying clowns that appear out of nowhere, the spine-chilling darkness that creeps in at dusk, or even the nauseating germs of others surrounding you, but what if you knew someone simply terrified of the outdoors. This may seem strange, but these individuals are constantly living in fear of the outside world away from their “Safe Zone”. From the moment they wake they fear the outside world, constantly panicking about what could happen if they venture to the outdoors. Agoraphobia affects between 5-12% of Americans (Misconceptions of Agoraphobia), and is essential to become aware of the true definition of Agoraphobia.

Panic disorder and agoraphobia are two separate disorders that often go hand in hand with each other. An individual can be diagnosed with panic disorder, but a diagnosis without agoraphobia can often take place as well. Some individuals develop symptoms of agoraphobia, but do not have the classic panic disorder symptoms, hence the reason they are both listed as separate disorders in the DSM-5. Panic disorder can be identified as “recurrent unexpected panic attacks. A panic attack is an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes, and during which time four or more physical and cognitive characteristics take place (Hooley, J. 2017, pg.188).” When dealing with panic disorder it can often become debilitating, due to the fact that the individual does not know when the onset of an attack will occur. Individuals with panic disorder more commonly develop agoraphobia as a comorbid disorder, and if left untreated, can have a difficult time even leaving their home. Agoraphobia can be defined as “the individual fears or avoids

The difference between social anxiety disorder and other disorders is that a person is capable of enjoying themselves. This is because they are not impacted as severely physically since their fear is only stimulated in the event that they will have to be

Agoraphobia is the fear of going outside and being exposed to unfamiliar places or being exposed to a place where the person had a bad experience previously. This type of phobia is more common in adults and can result in a very restrictive lifestyle, some people do not leave their houses unless going to familiar places and experience extreme fear if they go anywhere else. This type of phobia can go hand in hand with panic disorder since the fear of public spaces can be a result from previous panic attacks, creating fear and aversion to the places that reminds them of how they felt. But having agoraphobia goes beyond the fear of leaving the house, it creates stress and anxiousness regarding situations that are out of their control, fear of socializing

Because Agoraphobia was only recently recognised as a distinct disorder little is known about how it is caused, however it is noted that Chambless and Gracely explain it to be a fear of fear (fear of panic attacks and their real or imagined consequences) rather than simply a fear of public places and of being away from home (Chambless & Gracely, 1989). It should also be noted that most people with Agoraphobia will often also have other mental disorders, most frequently other anxiety disorders (Association., 2013).

     Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults. These disorders fill people's lives

Agoraphobia or “fear of the marketplace” is an anxiety disorder in which one fears any variety of situations where the feelings of embarrassment, helplessness, and the feeling of being trapped could possibly be associated. This phobia induces the phobias of claustrophobia along with monophobia, Furthermore, this disorder disables the victim for entering open spaces, crowded areas, tightly confined spaces, and drives one to be homebound. Esteemed celebrity Paula Deen experienced agoraphobia and luckily lived to tell the tale.

College represents a form of higher learning. For many, it is also a time for personal growth as we transition into adulthood. This in itself is a stressful situation as one must make drastic adjustments to a new role, environment, and demands. Stress is a major contributor to the development of mental and emotional issues (Rodgers, L., Tennison, L. 2009). Research has been done to determine the impact of depression and anxiety on university students. It has been

A behavioral approach combined with systematic desensitization and token economy can treat this twenty-six year old graduate student suffering from agoraphobia. Since agoraphobia normally resulted from an event or emotion behavioral treatment is sufficient to observe and eliminate the unwanted action. This is a good thing because the stressors that trigger the problem are usually replaced with a healthier behavior. Utilizing a pleasurable stimulus such as fresh air and sunlight as opposed to a dark house is good. Plus, adding a token economy reward system to replace negative agoraphobia symptoms for a twenty-six year old graduate student most likely lacking monetary fund’s is terrific.

Agoraphobia is the fear of the market place. This basically the fear of open spaces or being crowded. Agoraphobia is not just another name for shyness it is a social phobia. It is usually goes unrecognized and untreated. Common questions asked are what causes it and how do you treat it? I will answer these questions for you.

Everyone in their life time experiences some sort of anxiety. It is that feeling that you get when you are about to take a test or doing a presentation in front of students. But some people, like me, have something worse than just the anxious feeling you get, something called anxiety disorder. It becomes a disorder when that anxious feeling happens frequently and makes you feel uneasy and different