Managing Anxiety

Flashcards focusing on key vocabulary related to managing anxiety.

Anxiety

A feeling of uneasiness, uncertainty, and helplessness; a normal emotional response to a real or imagined threat or stressor.

Coping Mechanisms

Strategies used to decrease anxiety; can be physical, intellectual, or psychological.

Phobia

An internal fear reaction that is obsessive in nature, differing from common fears by its irrational intensity.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

A condition characterized by reliving traumatic events, accompanied by anxiety, depression, and nightmares.

Rape-Trauma Syndrome

A predictable clinical course of reactions to trauma, including fear and anguish, leading to recovery and adaptation.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

A type of therapy that helps clients understand and replace ineffective behaviors used to cope with anxiety.

Systematic Desensitization

A therapeutic technique where clients learn to cope with one anxiety-provoking stimulus at a time.

Benzodiazepines

A class of medications used to treat anxiety, associated with potential severe side effects.

Anxiety Trait

A learned component of personality that defines how an individual typically responds to anxiety.

Signal Anxiety

A learned response to an anticipated event that triggers anxiety.