Anxiety is maintained by the same five areas described above. People who are anxious will be faced with a situation, they will have negative thoughts, feelings, behaviours and physical reactions.
Cognitive models of “Generalized Anxiety” claim that individuals experience this type of anxiety because they assume the world is a THREATENING place and that they are in DANGER. The assumptions about this vary, but they can be understood as falling into the following categories around the issues of:
- ACCEPTANCE
- COMPETENCE
- RESPONSIBILITY
- CONTROL
- THE SYMPTOMS OF
Most anxiety is maintained by avoidant behaviour.
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