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Page 1: Brain - Body Disconnect: Panic Attack

Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life

University of Chicago MOOC

Brain-Body Disconnect: Panic Attack

Final AssignmentAngela Wiseman13 July 2014

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This is Brooklynn*

*Or Brooke. She is my daughter

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This is Brooklynn having a Panic Attack

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I feel like my skin is going to fall off my bodyMy heart feels like it’s going to explodeThe world is melting around meI have no control of myself or my environmentI feel paralysed, like I’m having an out-of-body experienceI feel like cryingMy whole body shakesI’m nauseousI am confused and dizzyMy mind races, trying to figure out why I’m freaking outI feel angry, embarrassed and terrified

Here’s how Brooke describes her

Panic Attack

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Body is off doing “it’s own schtick” (Mason, 2014) producing “fight or flight” responses:Heart palpitationsShallow breathingTrembling/ShakingLight-headedness

Brain senses the biological changes and fear (panic) is interpreted. In the absence of clear external threat, the person having the panic attack assumes some impending internal disaster – often heart attack.

Brain and Body are not working synchronously

What’s going on inside of Brooke?

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Parts of Brooke’s Nervous System involved in the Panic Attack:

Also, Spinal Cord at T1 connected to airway/lungs

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I have been able to share information on panic attack from the course with Brooklynn. This has furthered our understanding and encouraged deeper dialogue between us

I am able to see the neurobiological connections in newspaper articles, documentaries and personal anecdotes of friends

How this course has impacted me

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1. Wiseman, Brooklynn. 2014. Personal interview.2. Mason, Peggy. 2014. Understanding the Brain: The

Neurobiology of Everyday Life: Unit 10 course materials, Professor video lectures.

3. Lewson, Simon. 11 July 2014. Special to the Globe & Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/brain-power-two-books-delve-into-the-wild-world-of-mental-matters/article19567247.

4. Autonomic Nervous System Graphic. 2014. Camosun College. Online Psych 110 Lecture Notes. http://tonks.disted.camosun.bc.ca/courses/psyc110/biopsyc/ANS.gif

References

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/brain-power-two-books-delve-into-the-wild-world-of-mental-matters/article19567247
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/brain-power-two-books-delve-into-the-wild-world-of-mental-matters/article19567247
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/brain-power-two-books-delve-into-the-wild-world-of-mental-matters/article19567247
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/brain-power-two-books-delve-into-the-wild-world-of-mental-matters/article19567247
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/brain-power-two-books-delve-into-the-wild-world-of-mental-matters/article19567247

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