| Anxiety is defined as a feeling of fear or uneasiness | | | | fears over a place, person, or object; and these |
| about the uncertain future especially those unpleasant | | | | irrational fears are put in question in cognitive therapy |
| ones. This may lead into the development of anxiety | | | | and cognitive behavioral therapy. If a sufferer, for |
| disorder, which is known to be one of the most | | | | instance, fears a particular place because he or she |
| dreadful disorders around. An advanced case of | | | | believes that being near to that place triggers the panic |
| irrational fear is called as anxiety disorder, or otherwise | | | | attack, the therapist will then ask him or her a question |
| called panic disorder. Anxiety disorder has a most | | | | like "how sure are you that it will trigger?", and |
| striking symptom which is a panic attack. Panic attacks | | | | oftentimes, it is only the fear of the suffer about having |
| are episodes of unexplainable surge of fear and | | | | another panic attack that causes the panic attack. |
| anxiety that brings about different physical symptoms. | | | | Behavioral: In cognitive behavioral therapy, the |
| Chest pains can be felt when panic attacks take | | | | behavioral aspect takes control of the behavior during |
| place. It is described by most sufferers as a feeling of | | | | the altered mental states. This is based on the principle |
| going crazy, heart attack, and almost fainting or dying. | | | | that behavior is being influenced heavily by emotions |
| Anxiety is considered as a mild form of fear, while an | | | | that are intense. The panic attack, for instance, may |
| anxiety disorder is usually branded as a mental | | | | give the sufferer the urge to flee the place where the |
| disorder. With psychological issues, the most obvious | | | | panic attack was triggered - this is something that |
| and effective type of treatment for anxiety disorders | | | | cognitive behavioral therapy targets to reverse. |
| is the cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT. Cognitive | | | | Basically, the concept of cognitive behavioral therapy is |
| behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a therapy session that is | | | | making the sufferer have doubts about the legitimacy |
| composed of a combination of two kinds of therapies; | | | | of the irrational fears that they feel and help them |
| behavioral and cognitive. CBT is a kind of therapy that | | | | regain consciousness to be able to control their |
| aims to make sufferers realize the flaws in their | | | | behavior. This is especially true because gradual |
| thinking process and attempts to alter the behavior in | | | | exposure is the key element of cognitive behavioral |
| the process. To make things clearer, here is what the | | | | therapy. As time goes by, cognitive behavioral therapy |
| name implies. | | | | can make the sufferer realize that there is really |
| Cognitive: This is a type of therapy that is focused on | | | | nothing to be scared of through gradual exposure to |
| the thought process of the sufferer. This therapy is | | | | the "triggers" of their panic/anxiety attacks. When |
| commonly used for managing stress, anger, and | | | | there is no fear, there would possibly be no panic |
| stress-related disorders. Anxiety disorders are irrational | | | | attacks. |