Cry & Phobia

2. EMOTION
IT IS A STATE OF MENTAL EXCITEMENT
CHARACTERISED BY PHYSIOLOGICAL,
BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES & ALTERATIONS
OF FEELINGS.

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF
EMOTIONS
IN A CHILD

DISTRESS OR CRY
ANGER
FEAR
ANXIETY
PHOBIA

4. CRY

5. DISTRESS OR CRY
AT BIRTH:
PRIMARY EMOTION
PRESENT AT BIRTH
WITH VIGOROUS
BODY
EXPRESSIONS
USUALLY DUE TO
HUNGER, COLIC OR
ANY OTHER
INTERNAL CAUSE.

6. AT SIX MONTHS:
I T IS GREATLY
REPLACED BY A
MILDER
EXPRESSION OF
FUSSING OR
VOCALIZATION.

7. DURING PRESCHOOL:
IT IS SEEN LESS,
ONLY FOR REASONS
OF PHYSICAL PAIN
AS HE IS THWARTED
B Y HIS
ENVIRONMENT .

8. DURING SCHOOL
YEARS:
PRESSURE
HELPS HIM TO
OUTGROW THE
CRYING HABIT
WHICH DECREASES
RAPIDLY.AFTER
THIS TILL FIFTEEN
YEARS CRYING
OCCURS VERY
SELDOM.

9. YOUNG ADULT:
ULTIMATELY
IT BECOMES A
LIMITED QUIET
CRYING IN PRIVATE
ONLY FOR
REASONS OF GRIEF
OR OTHER
INTENSE
EMOTIONS.

10. DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRY
OBSTINATE CRY:
 SHOWS TEMPER
TANTRUM TO THWART
DENTAL TREATMENT.
LOUD, HIGH PITCHED.
SIREN LIKE WAIL.
FORM A BELLIGERENT
CRY, REPRESENTS CHILDS
EXTERNAL RESPONSE TO
ANXIETY.

11. FRIGHTENED CRY:
 ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENT OF TEARS.
CONVULSIVE BREATH-CATCHING SOBS.
THEY ARE OVER-WHELMED BY THE
SITUATION.

12. HURT CRY:
LOUD, MORE
FREQUENTLY.
FREQUENTLY
ACCOMPANIED BY A
WHIMPER.
INITIALLY CHILD
SHOWS A SINGLE
TEAR FROM THE
CORNER OF EYE &
RUNNING DOWN THE
CHILDS CHEEK
WITHOUT MAKING
ANY SOUND OR
RESISTANCE TO
TREATMENT
PROCEDURE.

13. COMPENSATORY CRY:
 NOT A CRY AT ALL.
IT IS ASOUND THAT CHILD MAKES TO
DROWN OUT THE NOISE FOR EXAMPLE A
DRILL.
CRY IS SLOW, MONOTONE.
IT IS A SORT OF COPING MECHANISM TO
UNPLEASANT AUDITORY STIMULI,
FINDING HIMSELF UNCOMFORTABLE IN
THE SITUATION.

14. PHOBIA

15. DEFINITION
A PERSISTENT, EXCESSIVE,
UNREASONABLE FEAR OF A SPECIFIC
OBJECT, ACTIVITY OR SITUATION THAT
RESULTS IN A COMPELLING DESIRE TO
AVOID THE DREADED OBJECT.

16. CHARACTERISTICS
BEING OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE
STIMULUS OR SITUATION
CANNOT BE REASONED WITH
BEING OUT VOLUNTARY CONTROL
PERSISTENT & UNADAPTABLE

17. TYPES:(BY SHELHAN)
EXOGENOUS (NON-ENDOGENOU S):
THIS IS A PSYCOLOGICALLY
AFFECTED GROUP WHO INVOLVE A
SITUATION RELATED ANTICIPATORY
ANXIETY SYMPTOMSSUCH AS :
 MOIST PALMS
FLUTTERY STOMACH
FINE HAND TREMORS
SHAKY INSIDE
RAPID HEART BEAT

18. THESE ARE SYMPTOMS WHEN NORMAL
INDIVIDUALS ARE STRESSED OR
THREATENED.MAIN CAUSE IS IN
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT.HERE THE
INDIVIDUAL CAN READILY IDENTIFY THE
ETIOLOGICAL AGENT.

19. ENDOGENOUS
 THIS ANXIETY IS PRESENT WITHOUT
ANY PROPER WARNING OR PRESENCE OF
ANY DETECTABLE STESS SITUATION.CAUSE IS
TO BE PRODUCED FROM WITHIN.IT SHOWS
SYMPTOMS LIKE:
LIGHT HEADEDNESS OR DIZZINESS
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING
PARAESTHESIA
HYPERVENTILATION
CHEST PAIN
LOSS IN CONTROL

20. OTHER CAUSES
SIMPLE PHOBIA
AN ISOLATED FEAR OF A SINGLE
OBJECT OR SITUATION LEADING TO
AVOIDANCE OF THE OBJECT OF THE
SITUATION.
IRRATIONAL & EXCESSIVE
NOT ALWAYS DISABLING.

21. SOME OF THE PHOBIAS ARE:
ACROPHOBIA - HEIGHT
AGORAPHABIA - OPEN SPACE
ARCHNOPHOBIA - SPIDER
ANTHROPOPHOBIA - PEOPLE
AQUAPHOBIA - WATER
ASTRAPHOBIA - LIGHTENING
CLAUSTROPHOBIA - CLOSED SPACE
CYNOPHOBIA - DOG
ZOOPHOBIA - ANIMALS
NYCLOPHOBIA - DARKNESS
PYROPHOBIA - FIRE
XENOPHOBIA - STRANGER

22. SITUATIONAL PHOBIA
IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS AFEAR
OF OPEN SPACE, BUT HAS WIDER
IMPLICATIONS.USUALLY REFERS TO A
CLUSTER OF COMPLAINTS.IN ADDITION
TO OPEN OR CROWDED PLACES THEY
ALSO FEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ,
BRIDGES , TUNNELS, BEING ALONE AT
HOME OR BEING AWAY FROM HOME.

23. CHARACTERISTICS:
DIZZINESS
LOSS OF BLADDER OR BOWEL CONTROL
CARDIAC DISTRESS

25. PHOBIA IN CHILDHOOD
MOST COMMON - FEAR OF ANIMALS.
USUALLY SEEN AT THE AGE OF TWO TO
FOUR YEARS & IS GONE BEFORE THE AGE
OF TEN YEARS.
ANOTHER COMMON PHOBIA IS OF
DARKNESSS, A FEAR EXPERIENCED
BETWEEN FOUR TO SIX YEARS OF
AGE.THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO
IMAGINATION OF CHILD AS TO VARIOUS
CREATURES LURKING OUT IN THE DARK.

26. SCHOOL PHOBIA: AN EXAGGERATED
FEAR OF ATTENDING SCHOOL & OCCURS
AROUND AGE OF ELEVEN TO TWELVE
YEARS.A FEAR OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
CONNECTED TO SCHOOL SUCH AS NEW
FACES & CHALLENGES, FEAR OF LEAVING
HOME.
IN TWELVE YEAR CHILD, PREVIOUS
AVERSIVE DENTAL EXPERIENCES ARE
NORE RELATED TO DENTAL PHOBIA.
AT ADOLESCENT PERIOD MOST
CHILDREN OUTGROW THEIR FEAR.
TWO PHOBIAS COMMONLY SEEN:FEAR
OF BLUSHING, FEAR OF BEING LOOKED
AT.