Degree of Fear
The degree offear varies in different people and in different situations. Some people actually like to step inside a cage with a chair and whip to teach lions tricks. Lion tamers probably experience some fear, whereas most of us would be terrified. Hence, we do not go into cages. Instead, we go to the
circus or the zoo. This is considered normal behavior.
There is a range of dangerous situations, as well as a range of fear responses.
We accept our fear response when it is in proportion to the degree
ofdanger in the situation. But when the fear response is out ofproportion to
the amount ofdanger, we label it abnormal, in short, a phobia. While fear is
normal and a phobia is abnormal, they are both on the same continuum;
they differ in degree, not in kind .
ANXIETY
Anxiety has the same four components as fear but with one crucial difference:
the cognitive component of fear is the expectation of a clear and specific
danger, whereas the cognitive component of anxiety is the expectation of a much more diffuse danger. of a much more diffuse danger. "Something terrible might happen!"
Note...is the essential thought in a panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder,
whereas in phobic and post-traumatic stress disorders the typical expectation
might be,"A dog might bite me" or "There are clouds in the sky; it
might flood again." The somatic component of anxiety is the same as that of
fear: the elements of the emergency reaction. The emotional elements of
anxiety are also the same as those of fear: dread, terror, apprehension, a
lump in the pit of the stomach. Finally, the behavioral components of anxiety
are also the same as those of fear: flight or fight is elicited. But the object
that the afflicted individual should escape or avoid, or against which he
should aggress, is shapeless.
We now turn to the specific disorders themselves. First, we will examine
the two fear disorders: phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Then, we will discuss the two anxiety disorders: panic disorder and generalized anxiety
disorder. We begin with the phobias.
PHOBIA (see next page).
The degree offear varies in different people and in different situations. Some people actually like to step inside a cage with a chair and whip to teach lions tricks. Lion tamers probably experience some fear, whereas most of us would be terrified. Hence, we do not go into cages. Instead, we go to the
circus or the zoo. This is considered normal behavior.
There is a range of dangerous situations, as well as a range of fear responses.
We accept our fear response when it is in proportion to the degree
ofdanger in the situation. But when the fear response is out ofproportion to
the amount ofdanger, we label it abnormal, in short, a phobia. While fear is
normal and a phobia is abnormal, they are both on the same continuum;
they differ in degree, not in kind .
ANXIETY
Anxiety has the same four components as fear but with one crucial difference:
the cognitive component of fear is the expectation of a clear and specific
danger, whereas the cognitive component of anxiety is the expectation of a much more diffuse danger. of a much more diffuse danger. "Something terrible might happen!"
Note...is the essential thought in a panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder,
whereas in phobic and post-traumatic stress disorders the typical expectation
might be,"A dog might bite me" or "There are clouds in the sky; it
might flood again." The somatic component of anxiety is the same as that of
fear: the elements of the emergency reaction. The emotional elements of
anxiety are also the same as those of fear: dread, terror, apprehension, a
lump in the pit of the stomach. Finally, the behavioral components of anxiety
are also the same as those of fear: flight or fight is elicited. But the object
that the afflicted individual should escape or avoid, or against which he
should aggress, is shapeless.
We now turn to the specific disorders themselves. First, we will examine
the two fear disorders: phobia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Then, we will discuss the two anxiety disorders: panic disorder and generalized anxiety
disorder. We begin with the phobias.
PHOBIA (see next page).
Treating Social Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety Treatment
Treating Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia Treatment
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Generalized Anxiety Treatment
Treating Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia Treatment
More at:
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Of course you know the treatment method I recommend!
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Notes:
Responding is explained by the harmful event actually occurs and the subject runs out of it.
For example, the child while being beaten up by his schoolmates will run
out of the alley ifgiven the chance. Similarly, a rat will jump across a hurdle
to escape from and terminate an electric shock. In contrast, in avoidance
responding, the subject will leave before the harmful event occurs. A signal
will herald the bad event: the alley is a signal that some bullies might await
the child, just as a tone might signal shock to a rat. The child will run out of
the alley and take another route home, even ifno bullies are beating him up.
Responding to the tone, a rat will avoid the shock before it comes on,
thereby preventing the shock from occurring at all. The signal, because of its
previous pairing with shock (in early trials, in which the subject failed to
make the avoidance response, shock occurred), produces fear, and the subject
responds during the signal to remove itself from fear.
Responding is explained by the harmful event actually occurs and the subject runs out of it.
For example, the child while being beaten up by his schoolmates will run
out of the alley ifgiven the chance. Similarly, a rat will jump across a hurdle
to escape from and terminate an electric shock. In contrast, in avoidance
responding, the subject will leave before the harmful event occurs. A signal
will herald the bad event: the alley is a signal that some bullies might await
the child, just as a tone might signal shock to a rat. The child will run out of
the alley and take another route home, even ifno bullies are beating him up.
Responding to the tone, a rat will avoid the shock before it comes on,
thereby preventing the shock from occurring at all. The signal, because of its
previous pairing with shock (in early trials, in which the subject failed to
make the avoidance response, shock occurred), produces fear, and the subject
responds during the signal to remove itself from fear.