PSYC 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Panic Disorder, Common Cold, Dementia
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Get upset about bad past experiences as well and feel horrible about it (sense of self is extremely negative: pessimism/hopelessness: things will never get better, everything will get worse, pessimistic view on the future, the world, themselves. Hopelessness is a strong indicator of suicide: reduction in motivation: person loses drive/motivation to start tasks, finish tasks, work, going to therapy. >don"t have capacity to feel good (cid:523)even momentarily(cid:524) -> don"t laugh at jokes/find things in some animals) special light treatment that triggers melatonin production affects melatonin in brain -> seasonal affective symptoms. Pdm depressive disorders psychodynamic is interested in what lies beneath the symptoms rejection, lonely, unlovable, difficulty tolerating delay dependency, interpersonal world, relational things. Introjective emotions harsh, punitive, beating self up, unrelenting self- criticism, self related: anaclitc emotions feelings of helplessness, fears of abandonment, feelings of. Insatiable neediness (need to be taken care of, others to make decisions (cause they feel helpless) and/or demanding hostility (pushing everyone away)
