Compare And Contrast Cacioppo And Feberg

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Cacioppo and Freberg provided many different forms of psychological disorders. Psychological disorders are literally behavior that is not typical, usual, or regular. After reading about the psychological disorders I was able to obtain the knowledge of the different types and severity. Which can range from normal, mild, moderate, less severe, and more severe. While are have the effects of an individual emotions, cognitions, and behaviors. Once the abnormal behavior is sighted it is then classified as a type of abnormal behavior, such as the characteristics. As some behaviors may include but are not to be limited to hearing voices that others cannot hear. This particular behavior reminds of the case of Phineas Gage that was discussed by Cacioppo …show more content…

I have always known that an individual can have a panic attack, but never knew it was a such thing as panic disorder. And just by your having panic attacks does not guarantee you to have a panic disorder. My father has panic attacks, although I have never witness him having one he often tells me about them. After reading about the psychological disorders this does have me intrigued as to why panic attacks even occur in the first place. I can recall him having one a few years back and he said he was just breathing very heavily, heart pounding, shaking, and unable to stop crying. He also stated that it is a very scary moment when he has them. During the attacks he try to remain calm and take slow deep breathes until it passes by. I asked do he remember what caused them or lead it on and he stated, no. That after having a couple that he recognizes the feeling before it comes along. It was also discovered that my father has depression due to a numerous health issues and being a cancer survivor. Around the time he was diagnosed on top of the other health issues he was prescribed depression medication to cope with all the severe changes he was facing. This had me realize even when you talk to someone on a daily or weekly basis you truly really never know what one is facing on the inside. His treatments are the depression medication to help him relax. Which is also used when being diagnosed with panic disorders.

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