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Ch. 4: Anxiety, Trauma- and Stressor-Related, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Anxiety is a mood state characterized by marked negative affect and bodily symptoms of tension in which a person apprehensively anticipates future danger or misfortune. Anxiety may involve feelings, behaviors, and physiological responses (Durand et al., 2017). Fear is the emotion of immediate alarm reaction to present danger or life-threatening emergencies (Durand et al., 2017). Panic Attack is an abrupt experience of intense fear or discomfort accompanied by several physical symptoms, such as dizziness or heart palpitations (Durand et al., 2017). The similarities between anxiety, fear, and panic attacks are alarming emotions, a perception of negativity, a sense of danger, and biological, behavioral, or physiological responses to a threatening situation (Durand et al., 2017).
The differences are timing and the varying types of biological, behavioral, or physiological responses. For instance, Anxiety is a mood state focused on future events of failure or a catastrophe happening to an individual, which may be accompanied by a headache or excessive worrying (Durand et al., 2017). Meanwhile, fear is a present oriented emotion towards an emergency that may cause a fight or flight response to escape the situation, which is the biological and behavioral reaction of most humans. Finally, a panic attack is an unexpected physiological reaction like dizziness, trembling, loss of control, or heart palpitations when there is not a present danger, which can be triggered by anxiety (Durand et al., 2017). Fear appears to be the root of anxiety and panic attacks whether it revolves around the future or sudden onset of intense physical discomfort.
References
Durand, V. M., Barlow, D. H., & Hoffmann, S. G. (2017). Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Research in Psychopathology. In Essentials of Abnormal Psychology (8th ed. (pp. 117-166). Cengage Learning.
