CAS PS 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jerry Schemmel, Virtual Reality, Psychopathology
13 Mar 2017
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Got a degree, got a job, bought a house. Starts crying when in a controlled setting. Says she feels light butterflies sweating out of body experience (horrible stomach pain) Out of body experience makes her do things that she cannot control. Once tried to open the door of the plane. Tried everything to help (drugs, alcohol, hypnosis) Afraid of her symptoms plane like most people would assume on the plane- not afraid of being killed on the. Fear that i cannot stop this when i choose to stop it . Being sealed in large metal tube with other people. Gives patients the experience of flying without leaving the ground. Start with targeting feelings that frighten her. Beverly doesn"t like the feeling of something else being able to control her. Next, she must target those feelings in a controlled setting ( interoceptive body. Spinning in a chair has biggest effect on her. But doesn"t get out of the chair = progress.
