PSYO 2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Exposure Therapy, Norepinephrine, Limbic System
14 Jan 2016
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This emergency is called the flight or fight response. Panic attack: an abrupt experience of intense fear or acute discomfort, accompanied by physical symptoms that usually include heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and, possibly dizziness: panic attacks are situationally bound, unexpected, and situationally predisposed. Situationally bound (cued) panic attacks occur in specific situations you may be afraid of, but not anywhere else. E. g. , if you"re scared of heights you will experience a panic attack when in high places. Unexpected (uncued) panic attacks occurs when you have no idea when or where the next attack will occur. Situationally predisposed panic attack is between the previous two types. You are more likely to, but will not inevitably, have an attack where you have had one before. E. g. , depleted levels of gaba are associated with increased anxiety, but the relationship is not quite direct.
