PSYC 4240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Panic Attack, Panic Disorder, Sympathetic Nervous System
24 May 2016
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Future oriented mood state ( how is this date going to go? ) Described with a negative affect; takes away from good experience. Somatic symptoms of tensions like sweating and heavy breathing. Worried about future and bad things that can come from it. Present oriented mood state ( there"s a snake here ) Activation of the sympathetic nervous system (happens instantly) Anxiety and fear are normal emotions we experience. Psychological disorders: excessive and persistent symptoms of anxiety and fear. Avoidance and escapist tendencies start adding dysfunction into your life. There is clinically significant distress in your life. A rapid onset of intense fear with physiological and psychological symptoms. Physiological: heartrate, sweating, nausea (feels like you"re dying or having a heart attack) Expected: you"re expecting that certain stimuli will cause an attack ( obvious cue or trigger ) connected more to phobias. Unexpected: happens in a situation where you"re not expecting and stimuli ( devoid of clear cue or trigger )
