Question

Mr. Santo has not left his home for 10 years for fear of having a panic attack. When he does think of leaving his home, he begins to hyperventilate, shake, and experience chest pains. Mr. Santo has the symptoms of_________.

Answer 1

Agoraphobia

Explanation:

Agoraphobia is a psychological situation of fear in which a person feels panic attacks and avoid such places or situations where an individual feel anxiety. In this situation, the person feels trapped in a situation where the individual feel could die. In this situation person fear from the situation or anticipated situation which includes enclosed spaces, crowd, to travel in buses, etc.

Symptoms:

• Leaving home alone

• Crowd or waiting line

• Enclosed spaces such as movie theater, elevator, etc.

Thus in the above statement, Mr. Santo was suffering from agoraphobia due to fear of panic attack left his home last 10 years.