Agoraphobias

Valeria Oceguera

Psychology 181

Professor Berry

April 28th, 2017

Psychological Disorders/ Abnormal Psychology

Most people have experienced some of the theories of psychology without them noticing, throughout their lives. This can include either a disorder, a theory, or a way of acting when others around or when something is seen as a threat, but one topic I relate to the most that was covered in psychology this semester are panic attacks, agoraphobia and phobias. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder and it is when someone fears to have a panic attack while in public, at home, and fear not being able to escape the situation and be able to receive help. Agoraphobia can lead to a panic attack, a panic attack is when a person experiences a period of

The first time I saw a mouse I was walking into the kitchen and I could not go into the kitchen for two days, I don’t understand where I got my fear of mice, my mother and brother don’t fear mice, my mother and brother can take a mouse out when they land on the trap and see a mouse but I can’t. The second time I saw the mouse I had a panic attack, I was studying for one of my finals in the dining room and I saw a mouse come across the floor fast and I jumped on the dining table. I started screaming, my head was aching and I couldn’t stop shaking, I was home alone that day and I waited on top of the dining table till my brother and mother came home. I did not want to get off the dining table until my mother and brother got home, I could not get off the table and by being on top of the table I thought that the mouse would not be able to come near me. My mother has always told me that I have nothing to fear about mice that they won't do anything to me, but I can't see them and to this day I fear to see a mouse because I know I will have the same