Lesson 7 - Anxiety

Question 1

What does the anxious person fear?

Answer 1

The loss of control

Question 2

How much of the population shows signs of anxiety?

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

What are the different varieties of anxiety?

Answer 3

1. ) Free floating anxiety - unformulated uneasiness
2. ) Agitation - a behavioral activity (ex. rocking)
3. ) Panic: ego functioning becoming disorganized

Question 4

What are the differences between anxiety and depression?

Answer 4

Anxiety - more of a sense of inadequency
– Future is uncertain, no sense of control

Depression - more of a sense of worthlessness

• • feels helpless (worthless)
• • unable to change (hopeless, pessimistic)
• • has lost control

Question 5

What are some symptoms of anxiety?

Answer 5

Nausea, chest pains, back pain, irritability, focus on the future, vague and hard to define, source of anxiety is vague, an internal threat

Question 6

What are some symptoms of fear?

Answer 6

Immediate, specific, the source is known, has an idea of what needs to be done, an external threat

Question 7

What are some defense mechanism to anxiety?

Answer 7

1. ) Denial
2. ) Rationalization: used to justify unacceptable attitudes
3. ) Reaction formation: adoption of an attitude opposite of one’s true impulses
4. ) Intellectualization: avoidance of anxiety by making it cognitive; thought instead of feeling
5. ) Projection: Placement of anxiety on someone or something else
6. ) Panic Disorder: