Question

Raphael was outside the parking garage when, out of nowhere, he suddenly felt overwhelming fear. raphael noticed that his fear increased, he started to feel out of control, and the intensity of the feelings seemed to reach a peak and then pass within a few minutes. this is an example of

a.phobic disorder. panic attack. generalized anxiety disorder. posttraumatic stress disorder.

Answer 1

The answer is B. What Raphael experienced when he started to feel an overwhelming fear seems to be a panic attack.

A panic attack is an abrupt onset of intense fear; what characterises a panic attack is that the symptoms reach a peak within minutes and then begin to subside, just as it happened to Raphael.

The rest of the possible answers, phobic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder are conditions that the person experiences throughout prolonged periods of time, months or even years.

Answer 2

Raphael's reaction to the situation seems to be as a result of a. A phobic disorder. Phobic disorders are characterized by feelings of overwhelming and uncontrollable fear and a feeling of losing or being out of control. A panic attack has symptoms of sweating, chills, elevated heart rate and a difficulty breathing of catching ones breath.