Anxiety Disorders essays

Anxiety Disorders essays I found the reading on anxiety disorders to be very interesting, but also very surprising. The two documents are written by two completely different people that suffer from anxiety for different reasons. The first person, Barbara, had a fear of stairs, escalators, and putting her head in water. The second account, Sam, had a fear of snakes. Barbaras story was very intriguing to me because I never thought that someone would be fearful of using stairs. I know that a lot of people have phobias about airplanes, certain animals, etc., but I never thought that using stairs or escalators could cause someone to have an anxiety attack. I really liked the thorough explanation of what an anxiety attack feels like because it gave me a first hand insight into how she feels whenever she has an attack. It was very odd how Barbara exhibited very brave behavior in certain situations that most people would be fearful in, but she was still very afraid of stairs, escalators, and putting her head in water. After reading her story, I made the connection that her anxiety might be a result of or affected by traumatic experience from when she was younger. I do not know for sure if the traumatic experiences that happened to her are what caused her to have anxiety, but I do think it had some affect on her as an adult. I also found Sams story to be very intriguing and insightful. Unlike Barbara, Sams account focused more on the therapy aspect rather than the problem itself. Sams story was written from the view of his therapist, and I liked how I was given a point of view from two completely different sides (patient and therapist). I have known that people do have anxiety over certain animals, but I never realized that they do not have to actually see the animal to have an attack. Sam would be terrified of just seeing a picture of a snake, or thinking about snakes. I think that a lot of people tend to overlook tha...