Noreen's
PERSONAL BLOG & JOURNAL

        ARTICLE # 1 

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      Many of us worry from time to time. We fret over finances, feel anxious about job interviews, or get nervous about social gatherings. These feelings can be normal or even helpful. They may give us a boost of energy or help us focus. But for people with anxiety disorders, they can be overwhelming.

     

      Anxiety disorders affect nearly 1 in 5 American adults each year. People with these disorders have feelings of fear and uncertainty that interfere with everyday activities and last for 6 months or more. Anxiety disorders can also raise your risk for other medical problems such as heart disease, diabetes, substance abuse, and depression.

The good news is that most anxiety disorders get better with therapy. The course of treatment depends on the type of anxiety disorder. Medications, psychotherapy (“talk therapy”), or a combination of both can usually relieve troubling symptoms.

 

      “Anxiety disorders are one of the most treatable mental health problems we see,” says Dr. Daniel Pine, an NIH neuroscientist and psychiatrist. “Still, for reasons we don’t fully understand, most people who have these problems don’t get the treatments that could really help them.”

 

       One of the most common types of anxiety disorder is social anxiety disorder, or social phobia. It affects both women and men equally—a total of about 15 million U.S. adults. Without treatment, social phobia can last for years or even a lifetime. People with social phobia may worry for days or weeks before a social event. They’re often embarrassed, self-conscious, and afraid of being judged. They find it hard to talk to others. They may blush, sweat, tremble, or feel sick to their stomach when around other people.

 

SOURCE: NIH News in Health (2016) Understanding Anxiety Disorders. Retrieved from https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2016/03/understanding-anxiety-disorders

PARAPHRASE: Worrying can be overwhelming for people with anxiety disorders. This disorder affects nearly 1 in 5 American adults yearly. There are many different treatments available depending on the type of anxiety disorder you have. It is considered as one of the most treatable disorder among other mental health issues. Social phobia is one of the most common type of anxiety disorder. It can last for a lifetime of not treated. Patients with this disorder experience self- consciousness around other people.

SUMMARY: Anxiety disorders affect nearly 1 in 5 American adults each year. It is one of the most treatable mental health problems. It’s important to be aware that many different kinds of treatments are available, and people with anxiety disorders tend to have very good responses to those treatments. We all use different strategies to adjust our emotions, often without thinking about it.

DIRECT QUOTATION: According to Dr. Daniel Pine(2016), an NIH neuroscientist and psychiatrist, "Anxiety disorders are one of the most treatable mental health problems we see".

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    ARTICLE # 2 

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     Feelings of stress and anxiety are a part of life. Some levels of stress can actually be good for us, as the right kind of stress encourages us toward change and growth. However, when stress and anxiety exist for an extended period of time, they can become a burden or even a health risk. This guidebook will help you recognize and understand feelings of stress and anxiety and learn how to manage them so that they don’t become overwhelming.

 

     Stress is the body’s reaction to a challenge. Though stress is often perceived as bad, it can actually be good in some respects. The right kind of stress can sharpen the mind and reflexes. It might be able to help the body perform better, or help you escape a dangerous situation.

 

     Stress produces a physiological reaction in your body. Hormones are released, which results in physical manifestations of stress. These can include slowed digestion, shaking, tunnel vision, accelerated breathing and heart rate, dilation of pupils and flushed skin. This process is often referred to as the “fight or flight” response. That is just what it sounds like: Our bodies are poised to either run away from the stressor or stick around and fight against it.

 

SOURCE: Cohen, M.(2017). Surviving Stress and Anxiety in College & Beyond. Retrieved from https://www.learnpsychology.org/student-stress-anxiety-guide/

PARAPHRASE: Stress and anxiety are common issues in life. They can be beneficial in terms of motivating us to work harder but too much of stress and anxiety may be dangerous to the health and well being of an individual. Stress is normally thought of as something negative when in reality it can also be good for us if what we have is the right kind of stress. Stress causes a physiological reaction in the human body. There is a production of hormones which results to stress. Effects of stress include slowed digestion, shaking, tunnel vision, accelerated breathing and heart rate, dilation of pupils and flushed skin. An example of the right kind of stress is the "fight or flight" response.

SUMMARY: Stress and anxiety are common issues in life. They can be beneficial in terms of motivating us to work harder but too much of stress and anxiety may be dangerous to the health and well being of an individual. Stress is normally thought of as something negative when in reality it can also be good for us if what we have is the right kind of stress. An example of the right kind of stress is the "fight or flight" response.

DIRECT QUOTATION: According to the article, "Surviving Stress and Anxiety in College & Beyond" by Cohen, M. in 2017 is that Anxiety can actually be good for us, as the right kind of stress encourages us toward change and growth.

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  ARTICLE # 3  

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     Sometimes anxiety is easy to identify — like when a child is feeling nervous before a test at school. Other times anxiety in the classroom can look like something else entirely — an upset stomach, disruptive or angry behavior, ADHD, or even a learning disorder.

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    There are many different kinds of anxiety, which is one of the reasons it can be hard to detect in the classroom. What they all have in common, says neurologist and former teacher Ken Schuster, PsyD, is that anxiety “tends to lock up the brain,” making school hard for anxious kids.

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SOURCE: Ehmke, R.(2017). Anxiety in the Classroom. Retrieved from https://childmind.org/article/classroom-anxiety-in-children/

PARAPHRASE: Anxiety can sometimes be easy to see especially when a child is nervous while it can also be shown through other symptoms like an upset stomach, behavioral issues, ADHD or even when a student has difficulty learning. There are many types of anxiety disorders which makes it difficult to detect if a student has anxiety or not but one common denominator that they have is that they make school difficult for the kids.

SUMMARY: Anxiety can either be something as simple as a child being nervous or it can be something else entirely different. There are many different kinds of anxiety but they all have one thing in common and that is they  tend to make learning harder for the students.

DIRECT QUOTATION: According to Schuster, K., a neurologist and former teacher, "Anxiety tends to lock up the brain."

 

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