PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Autonomic Nervous System, Anxiety Disorder, Dsm-5
11 Feb 2020
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Where we become too sensitive false alarm versus the real thing. We don"t want people to get rid of anxiety entirely as it is important. Normal and adaptive response, we want fear to trigger when we see a dinosaur for example. We don"t want the fear system in an individual to stop working. It becomes probablamatic when the system does not down regular and turn off or interfere with people"s function. Sense that one cannot predict or control upcoming events. They cannot control what will happen: evolutionary perspective. We should be afraid of certain things. We also have threats that are not physical in nature but threaten our status and also threats that are purely imagined. For example, a nightmare feel fear as it may have felt very real. We can also struggle with the experience with the dear of itself. Amygdala is what triggers the thinking and fear.
