...Introduction What is League of Legends? League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). A MOBA is a genre of games that are strictly PvP or player vs. player which has strategic and teamwork based elements. MOBAs usually take place in an enclosed map or arena where teams battle for supremacy over objectives using an array of characters. Now enough about what is a MOBA. Let's talk about League of Legends. Body First I will explain the core concepts of a standard game of League of Legends. First you queue into matchmaking and once a game is found a lobby is put together in which the players are split into two teams of five and put into Champion Select where, as described, players start to select "Champions". "Champions" are characters that you play in the game that have 4 active abilities and a passive ability as well as different play styles. There are 6 main play styles or roles which include Tank, Fighter, Assassin, Mage, Marksman, and Support. There are also 4 positions that a Champion can fall into such as top lane, middle lane, bottom lane which consists of two champions, and jungle. After each player has selected a Champion the players are then transported to a magical arena called Summoner's Rift. Summoner's Rift consists of three lanes and a jungle as I previously stated. Top lane is usually played by Fighter or Tanks, Mid Lane has Assassins or Mages, Bot lane is a duo lane that has a pair played by a Marksman and a Support, and Jungle can be played...
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...In the article “A longitudinal, Genetically Informative, Study of Associations Between Anxiety Sensitivity, Anxiety and Depression”, the authors Zavos, Rijsdijk and Eley examine the direction of effects between anxiety sensitivity and anxiety, anxiety sensitivity and depression and anxiety and depression as well as the influences of heredity and environment through the development of adolescents. Based on previous theories, the authors expected to find a bidirectional relationship between anxiety sensitivity and anxiety and a predictive factor of anxiety sensitivity in regards to depression. Also, they expected to find that environmental influences are time sensitive whereas genetic factors are more stable through time. In preparation and guidance for this study, the authors reviewed several other studies focusing on the direction on influence and correlative representativeness of anxiety sensitivity, anxiety and depression. It was previously found in a majority of studies, that anxiety preceeds depression but it was very unclear of whether or not depression predicts anxiety sensitivity. Several studies also showed that anxiety sensitivity explains variance in anxiety as unrelated to trait anxiety. In regards to heredity and environmental factors, genetic factors were shown to contribute more towards the stability of symptoms over time and environmental factors were shown to be responsible for change. For this study, data from the G1219 study, which is a longitudinal study...
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...Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and everyday living. It is hardwired into our brain and is our bodies’ normal response to “fight or flight”, which prepares us to act in the event of danger. It also prepares us to act in uncertain situations, trouble, or feeling unprepared. It is normal to feel certain anxiousness when these situations arise. However, when everyday life events cause a person to become increasingly anxious or have panic attacks, which interfere with daily living, a person may have an anxiety disorder (Active Minds, 2015). Anxiety disorders are the most common of all mental illnesses and affect 25 percent of all teens and 30 percent of all teen girls (Elements Behavioral Health). Research indicates that over the last 50-70 years the rates of anxiety among teenagers and young adults in America have been steadily increasing (Bass, 2015). This article has information on the rise in teen anxiety, statistics, and the possible causes for the rise in anxiety. Teens Now and Then It appears in nearly every research article read that teens today are experiencing greater anxiety than the teens of 20, 30, 40 years ago. In fact, rates of anxiety and depression among young adults were far lower even during the Great Depression, during WWII, the Cold War, and the 60’s and 70’s than they are for teens today (Bass, 2015). The results are almost startling and alarming. Some statistics find that five to eight times as many high school and college students meet...
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...Dealing with anxiety is like going through a whirlwind of your own thoughts. They crowd your mind leaving little or no room for rationalized focused thoughts. It creates unwanted behaviors that take over our lives. Making you uncommunicative, antsy, controlling, or just nervous all of the time. Everything is Worst Case Scenario even if your rational brain knows everything will be fine. It can feel like a huge cluster of negativity hanging over you. No matter how severe or what part of your life anxiety controls it takes a toll on your everyday life. The two S’s or Social interactions and your school life are all controlled by over analyzation and thoughts of ‘what ifs’ creating stresses and struggles throughout life whether at home, school,...
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...impacts anxiety in women? The topic of my Indivisual Research is Health and I have chosen to focus specifically on Anxiety and the physical effects it has on a womans health. I have chosen this topic because I feel Being a girl I feel that women should be aware of this so that they can learn to overcome such problems. What is also an issue is that many people suffering with anxiety treat it as a normal thin when in reality its something worse. People don’t seem to realize they have nxiety and don’t take it seriously therefore they don’t feel the need to visit a doctor and get help, this worsens the anxiety and creates more problems in the long run. Women are twice as likely to have an anxiety...
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...experienced some sort of anxiety feeling before an important event, such as an important exam, going on the 1st date, going on the roller coaster for the 1st time, and etc. during their lifetime. When this anxiety start to be an overwhelming thought in a person’s mind and causes nightmares, fears, and panic attacks, it becomes an illness, called anxiety disorder. It is the fear, apprehension, and often the expectation of unspecified danger. It is considered a normal natural response used everyday to figure out whether a situation is dangerous or not. How to differentiate a normal anxiety form an abnormal disorder: The intensity of the anxiety; whether or not the anxiety matches the circumstance. The length of the anxiety is inappropriate to what is causing the anxiety. Adequately respond to make a decision in what to do in that our body has alarm us to some danger. Anxiety is a total normal thing and is experienced daily. But when you have consistent anxiety you should start to worry. Anxiety is a reaction to stressful situations that helps rather than hinders daily functions. If we didn’t have anxiety we wouldn’t be motivated to do certain things in life that could be a good accomplishment or help us out. Anxiety Disorder is defined as the occurrence of anxiety without obvious external cause, intruding on daily functioning. Now I will discuss Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is the experience of long-term anxiety with no explanation. Symptoms...
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...What are Anxiety Disorders? A cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom. Anxiety disorders are the most common of emotional disorders and affect more than 25 million Americans. Many forms and symptoms may include: • Overwhelming feelings of panic and fear • Uncontrollable obsessive thoughts • Painful, intrusive memories • Recurring nightmares • Physical symptoms such as feeling sick to your stomach, “butterflies” in your stomach, heart pounding, startling easily, and muscle tension Anxiety disorders differ from normal feelings of nervousness. Untreated anxiety disorders can push people into avoiding situations that trigger or worsen their symptoms. People with anxiety disorders are likely to suffer from depression, and they also may abuse alcohol and other drugs in an effort to gain relief from their symptoms. Job performance, school work, and personal relationships can also suffer. Types of Anxiety Disorders Panic disorder People with this condition have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning. Other symptoms of a panic attack include sweating, chest pain, palpitations (irregular heartbeats), and a feeling of choking, which may make the person feel like he or she is having a heart attack or "going crazy." Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) People with OCD are plagued by constant thoughts or fears that cause them to perform certain rituals or...
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...Since the 1950’s anxiety has skyrocketed for teenagers. A study by The Atlantic says that about 8 percent of students today suffer from some type of anxiety disorder. This is a major issue that needs to be solved in able to have all students perform at their highest potential; teenagers should not have to worry about their anxiety. Anxiety has been affecting students for the past decades. Today more students are experiencing more home and family issues and it has not been helping when schools throughout the years have been more challenging. The Atlantic states, “Schools are more challenging, the stakes are higher, and pressure is alive and well.” Today in schools there is a lot more information because of the upswing in technology. Students become more stressed because of the high-performance expectations today in schools and sports today. Students stress over getting the right grade, especially in high school when students are competing to be in a top-tier college or university. The number of tests such as the ACT and the SAT causes stress in students, even more with students toggling with sports, extracurricular activities, or family...
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...period of time. 2. More worrying days than not. 3. Now interfering with work. 4. Friends and family are complaining and notice severe changes in his personality. 5. The worrying is now affecting his health in negative ways. B. I have a positive outlook for Donald’s treatment. Even though the anxiety has been affecting him for years, he has been dealing with it on his own. Without medication or counseling, so treatment should not be outrageous, or debilitating. II. Diagnostic Impressions A. Donald’s disorder would be categorized under anxiety disorders. I believe he has generalized anxiety disorder. I give this diagnosis because, the anxiety has been lasting over 6 months, he does not have control over the anxiety, and he is anxious or worried all of, or most of the time. These are all classic symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. For the diagnosis, I considered depressive disorder. Even though the symptoms are similar, they are not the same. He does have recurrent thoughts of death, but they are for other people not him, he does not think about dying, he worries about things happening to his loved ones. Also he may be unable to perform his duties at work as assigned, but he does manage to get up and go to work, and has been able to keep his job year, after year. His depression is due to the fact, he worries all of the time. B. At this time, from the information I was provided, I think that the only diagnosis in this case is the generalized anxiety disorder...
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...worry surpass “normality”? Generalized anxiety disorder is defined as persistent, unrealistic distress that occurs more days than not, for at least six months (Nutter, Jr, MD, 2014). Children, and more commonly, adolescents, around the world suffer from untreated generalized anxiety disorder. The reason for this is that some of the symptoms of this disorder can be easily confused with “normal” actions that a child or adolescent may part take in daily. A child or adolescent may develop anxiety from pressure to do well in school, or meet parental and societal expectations; the disorder is developed around the desire for perfectionism. According to Child Mind Institute (2017), some of the common symptoms...
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...suffers from social anxiety disorder. This patient has asked me to help her identify what her symptoms are and how it could affect her in the future. After research on this specific disorder here is what I have found. Social anxiety disorder affects your emotions and behavior. It can also cause significant physical symptoms. Some of the emotional and behavioral signs may include intense fear of interacting with strangers, feared of being judged, worrying about embarrassing yourself, fear of looking anxious, anxiety disrupts your daily routine, fear of being the center of attention and lack of eye contact. Physical signs of this disorder may include blushing, sweating, trembling, fast heartbeat, upset stomach, nausea, shaky voice, muscle tension, and confusion. When you have social anxiety disorder, you realize that your anxiety or fear is out of proportion to the situation. Yet you're so worried about developing social anxiety disorder symptoms that you avoid situations that may trigger them. This type of worrying creates a vicious cycle that can make symptoms worse. You should see your doctor or mental health provider if you are in fear or if you tend to avoid interactions with people because you are afraid of being embarrassed, worry or panic. If this type of anxiety disrupts your everyday life, you may have social anxiety disorder or another type of mental health condition that requires treatment to get better. Social anxiety disorder symptoms can change over time. They may flare...
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...may just be shy or have social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety could be mistaken for shyness very easily and the way people behave towards each other. Shyness has many different faces and different meanings to other people. Shyness can be known for a personality trait (Smith). Some people tend to think that shyness is just a phase and it only occurs during early childhood years. Others may mistake shyness as social anxiety or vice versa. Shyness and social phobia do have similar qualities; however shyness is not as extreme as social anxiety (Smith). As a parent, my mother was concerned about me when I was younger and went through the shyness phase. She was concerned that I may have social anxiety because I was so shy. After going to my pediatrician for any annual checkups, they discovered that it was just me being shy. My mom was one of the people who thought being shy was a good quality. Many people...
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...GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder Everyone feels anxious from time to time, like when you’re running late or interviewing for a job. Most of us worry to some extent, and sometimes worry can be useful. It helps us plan for the future, make sure that we’re prepared for that test, or double check that we’ve thought of everything before we head home for holidays. However people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), feel some anxiety or worry almost constantly. They often anticipate disaster or have exaggerated worries about a wide range of issues, from their health to their families to their daily responsibilities. Yet even when they recognize that the worrying is excessive it is very hard to control. Specific anxiety disorders are complicated by panic attacks or other features that are featured that are the focus of the anxiety. In GAD, the focus is, generalized to the events of everyday life. For that reason we consider GAD first. Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least six months, about a number of events or activities such as work or school performance, further more, it must be very difficult to turn off or control the worry process. This is what distinguishes pathological worrying from the normal kind we all experience from time to time as we get ready for an upcoming event or challenge. Most of us worry for a time but can set the problem aside and go on the other task, even if the upcoming challenge is a big one...
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...Darlene Gil Winters 11:15-12:30 12/02/14 Anxiety Disorder For a huge amount of people, anxiety is a normal response to occasional stress. It’s a normal emotion that everyone experiences at certain points in their lives. Many people feel anxious or nervous when faced with any type of problems. Could be at work, school, before taking an exam, etc. Anxiety disorders however, are different. They can cause such distress that interferes with a person’s ability to live a normal life. Anxiety disorders are the most common psychological disorders in the United States. About 27.6 million people in the U.S. are suffering from different types of anxiety disorder. There are four different types of anxiety disorders: phobia, generalized anxiety disorder,...
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...Generalized Anxiety Disorder: What it is, how it works, and what treatments are available My mother is the only person who always understands how I’m feeling, and she knows just what to say to ease my suffering. As a kid it seemed like I was just a little more sensitive and cautious than the other kids, but either way I still would tend to feel like I didn’t belong some days. When I was fourteen I visited a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD); at the time I had no idea what the words she was saying to me even meant. That was the day that my mother revealed to me that she also suffers from GAD. It is difficult for people without anxiety disorders to understand how constant the anxious feelings really are and that they can escalate to become much more severe than any normal anxiety. I’ve been knowingly living with GAD for four years now and I have many questions about it that have yet to be answered. Considering my mother and I both suffer from this disorder, I want to know if it could possibly be genetic or if I was simple conditioned to it from observing her. I also am curious about what happens in the brain of someone who suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and how it causes the symptoms. Most importantly I want to find information on possible treatments that would not only allow me to deal with my anxiety in a way that will better my life, but also I need to know how I can help my mother because seeing her deal with this disorder and...
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