How Does Agoraphobia Work? - Russian TV Report: Mi-24 helicopters patrolling the area around the Russian air base in Syria

How Does Agoraphobia Work?




Hey there. This is BrainStuff, and I'm Josh
Clark, and this is the BrainStuff where I
explain to you what agoraphobia is.
So, you know those people out there who say
they're not afraid of anything? Those people
are phonies. Because we shall all know fear
when the time comes for us to kneel before
the, say, buzzing chainsaw.
There are normal fears and there are abnormal
fears, and we call abnormal fears andquot;phobias.andquot;
And phobias are different from normal fears,
in that they evoke a really pronounced response
in the person suffering that fear. So much
so that it makes it difficult for them to
live their life normally. And, the other thing
about phobias is that they're unreasonable,
as far fear goes.
For example, it's perfectly reasonable to
be afraid of men in ski masks wielding shotguns.
That's a normal fear. Being afraid of party
balloons is kind of an unreasonable fear.
Some phobias are extremely specific, almost
exquisitely so. For example, cremnophobia
is a fear of cliffs or shear dropoffs (which
I kind of get, actually). And then there's
scriptophobia, which is a fear of writing
in public. And then there's phobias that are
the opposite of exquisitely specific. They're
maddeningly vague. And they tend to make diagnosing
them really really difficult. And probably
chief among these very vague phobias is what's
called agoraphobia.
I'll bet you have heard of agoraphobia before,
but I will also go double-or-nothin' that
what you heard is wrong. Agoraphobia is not
a fear of crowds, it's not a fear of wide
open spaces, it's not a fear of being closed
in. In fact, it's none of those things, but
it can involve all of those things.
Allow me to explain.
The definition of agoraphobia is andquot;a fear of
being in a situation or a place where you
may experience panic - or some other kind
of debilitating episode, like public incontinence
- and as a result, will feel trapped, helpless,
or embarrassed. This may be the queen-mother
of all phobias.
Now, there's criteria to an agoraphobia diagnosis.
You have to have at least two or more of the
following fears: You have to be afraid of
enclosed spaces, like, for example, movie
theaters. You have to be afraid of open spaces,
like a parking lot or a beach. You have to
be afraid of standing in line, or being in
a crowd. You have to be afraid of being outside
of your house, without help. And you have
to be afraid of using shared transportation
of any kind.
And there's criteria to these criteria. You
have to experience panic-like symptoms (things
like shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea,
trembling, that kind of stuff) for at least
6 months. And you have to basically experience
these kind of symptoms every time you're presented
with the situation or the place that strikes
this fear in your heart. And, perhaps most
troubling at all, this has to all impact your
life so much that you're not capable of living
it normally.
That last part is particularly saddening because
as much of 1/3 (or more) of people with agoraphobia
are housebound and unable to work. And that
number may be even higher. That's because
agoraphobia is notoriously difficult to diagnose.
For example: is the patient afraid of flying
because they're aviophobic (they have a fear
of flying) or is it because they're afraid
of being on an airplane, cut off from help,
and being afraid of either panicking or some
other horrible situation, and feeling embarrassed,
or helpless, or trapped as a result (which
would make it agoraphobia)? You can see how
this would confuse the diagnostician.
Because the basis, typically, of agoraphobia,
is a fear of having a panic attack, it very
often develops out of a panic disorder that
already exists. Take, for instance, having
a panic attack in an elevator. Well, you will
learn very quickly to avoid those hanging
boxes of death. And as a result, you will
develop agoraphobia at the thought of being
in an elevator trapped, cut off from help,
and experiencing some sort of horrible episode.
There is, however, reason for hope. It turns
out that medications in conjunction with cognitive
behavioral therapy can work wonders for people
with agoraphobia. So, if you or someone you
know is suffering from agoraphobia, seek help,
because there is help.
If you have agoraphobia or someone you know
or love does, let us know about it in the
comments section below. And while you're down
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Russian TV Report: Mi-24 helicopters patrolling the area around the Russian air base in Syria




While pilots of fighter jets are attacking bases of ISIS, here on airport, main actors are pilots of helicopters!
Professional pilots are performing their tasks on extremely low altitude in speed of 250 Km/h often only 10 meters over ground!
Military operations of Russia Federation in Syria
would not be possible without cover.
Here, this cover is guaranteed by attack helicopter MI-24.
As you can see one of them is leaving on flight mission!
Order and security here in the airbase is provided by several dozen helicopters, by MI-24 also Mi -8.
All helicopters are equiped by nightvision which allows to quantify possible danger in any day and night time from distance of few hundred meters!
Patrol group is able start mission in less than 10 minutes!
Vasilij Kutchuzof
Ivan Martianov
TV Channel ZVEZDA, Syria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywFSvU73mX0