NSG-322 TOPIC 4- ANXIETY, SOMATIC AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NSG 322
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NSG 322
What is anxiety? Feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty or dread that results from a real/perceived threat, it's a universal human emotion
What emotions are associated with anxiety? - Vague sense of dread related to an unspecified/unknown danger - Affects us at a deeper level
Physiologi...
NSG-322 TOPIC 4- ANXIETY, SOMATIC
AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDERS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is anxiety? ✅Feeling of apprehension, uneasiness, uncertainty or dread that
results from a real/perceived threat, it's a universal human emotion
What emotions are associated with anxiety? ✅- Vague sense of dread related to an
unspecified/unknown danger
- Affects us at a deeper level
Physiological effect of anxiety ✅Invades the central core of personality and erodes
feelings of self-esteem and personal worth
What can anxiety provide for us in a positive way? ✅Energy needed to carry out tasks
involved in living and striving towards goals
How can anxiety motivate us? ✅- It allows us to make and survive changes
- Prompts constructive behaviors like studying for an exam, being on time, prep and
work
What are the levels of anxiety? ✅Mild, moderate, severe, and panic
Mild anxiety ✅Normal and allows individuals to perceive reality in a sharp focus
What does a person go through when they are experiencing mild anxiety? ✅Sees,
hears, grasps more information, and problem solving are more effective during mild
anxiety
Severe anxiety ✅perceptual field becomes greatly reduced and may focus on 1
particular detail or many scattered details. Doesn't know what's going on in environment
around them even when someone points it out
Clinical manifestations of severe anxiety ✅dazed and confused
Somatic symptoms of severe anxiety ✅- headache
- nausea
- dizziness
- insomnia
- trembling
- pounding heart
When a person has severe anxiety, what do they sense is coming? ✅They are
hyperventilating and have a sense of an impending doom/dread.
Panic Anxiety ✅- most extreme level of anxiety and results in markedly dysregulated
behavior
- unable to process what's going on in their environment and may lose touch with reality
What happens to someone's physical behavior during panic anxiety? ✅It may become:
- erratic
- uncoordinated
- impulsive
Acute panic may lead to? ✅Exhaustion
Defense mechanisms ✅automatic coping styles that protect people from anxiety and
maintain self-image by blocking feelings, conflicts, and memories; coping mechanisms
, Adaptive use of defense mechanism ✅helps people to lower their levels of anxiety and
achieve their goals in acceptable ways
Maladaptive use of defense mechanism ✅occurs when one or several are used to
excess, particularly immature defenses
How does one know if the defense mechanism they're using is adaptive or
maladaptive? ✅It's determined by the frequency, intensity, and duration of use.
Altruism ✅largely unconscious motivation to feel caring and concern for others and act
for the well-being of others
Adaptive use of altruism ✅Woman anonymously donates to her colleague's Gofundme
campaign
Maladaptive use of altruism ✅A neighbor compulsively rescues cats and kittens to the
detriment of the animals' and his own health and safety
Compensation ✅counterbalance perceived deficiencies by emphasizing strengths
Adaptive use of compensation ✅A shorter-than-average man becomes assertively
verbal and excels in business
Maladaptive use of compensation ✅A woman drinks alcohol when self-esteem is low
to temporarily ease her discomfort.
Conversion ✅unconscious transformation of anxiety into a physical symptom with no
organic cause
Adaptive use of conversion ✅No example. Almost always a pathological defense.
(adaptive)
Maladaptive use of conversion ✅A man becomes blind after seeing his wife enter a
hotel room with another man
Denial ✅escaping unpleasant, anxiety-causing thoughts, feelings, wishes, or needs by
ignoring their existence
Adaptive use of denial ✅A man reacts to the death of a loved one by saying, "No, i
don't believe you" to initially protect himself from the overwhelming news.
Maladaptive use of denial ✅A woman who lost her husband 3 years ago keeps his
clothes hanging in the closet and talks about him in the present tense.
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