In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Hadden the main character‚ Christopher Boone‚ exhibits the personality trait of anxiety. In the story the anxious Christopher Boone finds a dog dead in his neighbor’s lawn. He wants to find out who the murderer is and during his investigation he finds out that his mother has not been dead for two years and that his own father killed the dog. There are many things that make him anxious such as changes in his environment‚ things
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they either consciously or unconsciously avoid situations where communication is required. (McCroskey & Richmond‚ 1979) The term communication apprehension’ was coined by James McCroskey (1976a) and is defined as "an individual’s level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons" (McCroskey‚ 1984). In the last two decades communication apprehension and related constructs‚ such as reticence and unwillingness to communicate‚ have received
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INTRODUCTION Modern time is characterized by an era of tension‚ anxiety‚ frustration owing to cut throat competition and increasing consumerism. In this era explosion of population and changing dimensions have brought a rapid change in socio-economic scenario of human life. The mutual relationship‚ principles of co-existence and tolerance have got a major setback in the days. These short-coming infused isolation and feeling of insecurity‚ direct or indirect lack of reliable warmth overprotection
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TIME‚ MY LOVE THIS IS THE DARK TIME‚ MY LOVE The theme of this poem is about a people whose dreams of a better life have been threatened by the destructive power of the ‘strange invader’. The atmosphere of the poem is one of tension‚ fear‚ anxiety. “Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious.” This is because of the presence of soldiers: “all around the land brown beetles crawl about.” Even nature is sympathetic to the cause of the people as expressed in the line “red flowers
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Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that prevents children speaking in certain social situations‚ such as school lessons or in public. However‚ they’re able to speak freely to close family and friends when nobody else is listening – for example‚ when they’re at home. It’s important to understand that when the mutism happens‚ the child is not voluntarily refusing to speak but is literally unable to speak‚ feeling frozen. In time‚ they learn to anticipate the situations that provoke mutism
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to light in recent years as it is becoming more prevalent and epidemiological studies have shown that ELS increases one’s vulnerability to subsequent stressors‚ leading to a multitude of stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood. This is not surprising as the exposure to ELS corresponds to the maturation period of several brain structures‚ including amygdala and hippocampus. Consequently‚ this interference with post-natal neuronal
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Transcript of guided discovery with a client suffering from social anxiety Goal of this section was to help the client explore the origins of their social anxiety Therapist. So now that we have a good description of the problem I think it might be useful to explore how it developed and how we can begin to move on. What do you think? Client. That sounds sensible but I’ve been like this as long as I can remember so I don’t think I know how it began. Therapist. That’s okay let’s just start
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Body-Talk: What’s Your Body Telling You? You might listen to your body when your stomach grumbles‚ signalling that you’re hungry‚ or when your head pounds because you have a headache. However‚ you might not recognize less obvious signals that offer personal insight. Once you understand how to recognize communication from your body‚ your self-awareness will grow. Your body-brain In the past scientists thought intelligence stemmed from the brain rather than being a symbiotic quality between the
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE [pic] EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Emotional intelligence is a form of intelligence relating to the emotional side of life‚ such as the ability to recognize and manage one’s own and others’ emotions‚ to motivate oneself and restrain impulses‚ and to handle interpersonal relationships effectively. Emotional intelligence is originated by Daniel Goleman‚ psychologist‚ denoting the cluster of traits/abilities relating to the emotional side of life
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Stress is defined as a state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life (ie. work‚ relationships‚ money)‚these problems can cause intense feelings and anxiety. There are four major types of stress are classified as : Eustress‚ Distress‚ Hypostress and Hypostress. Stress is commonly associated with negativity‚ but it is not always a bad thing. In essence stress is the body’s response to any changes that require taxing demands. The difference between eustress and distress is the results
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