PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Panic Attack
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Knowing that you were born to one day die trying to find purpose in life. We feel un balanced at times, but it"s amazing how we are able to stay stable most of the time. Disroders when person has bodily health problems but have no physiological basis. Person"s life revolves around seeing multiple doctors. Hypochondriasis if hear about a disease, they feel the symptoms. Seems like an attention seeking behaviour, but might be a mental disorder. Mind is not able to handle something person goes psychologically blind. Person actually becomes blind, they have no idea what is actually happening. Periods of acute terror lasting form minutes to hours. Happens b/c amygdala amygdala senses a threat is overactive in people with anxiety disorders. Feel a threat but can"t actually see the threat. People feel like they are about to die. Person can"t see the threat they want to be able to get out of that situation.
