Disorder of Anxiety

Fear can be seen as a natural response to stress that can aid in certain cases. It allows people to remain alert to hazards and pay proper attention. Anxiety disorder goes beyond ordinary feelings of anxiety or nervousness, when intense apprehension and fear are involved. A sense of anxiety is a general cerebral condition that affects about 30% of human beings at some point. How the Brain Processes FearSeveral tests and experiments have been done to determine how the brain processes stimuli and how people develop fear responses. Every individual undergoes some kind of fear in his or her life. Scholars have found out that fear is established instinctively and that the amygdala part of the brain is concerned with fear control (LeDoux, 2002). During fear conditioning, sensory areas of the brain are the key circuits which get involved in controlling unconditioned and conditioned stimuli (LeDoux, 2002). Some parts of amygdala undergo plasticity in the process of learning, and the conditioned responses handle the impact of the expression. The conditioned stimulus is in a position to move from the lateral amygdala to the federal nucleus of the amygdala. The lateral amygdala is connected to the intercalated masses and basal by the amygdala both directly and indirectly. The prelimbic cortex also assists in the conditioning of fear in the brain hence putting the situation in control.An essential aspect of fear is the ability to control. Many people tend to take unfair actions and judgments while faced with emotions. Emotions are related to fear in the sense that if an individual can handle emotions, he or she can also easily deal with fear (Ohman, 2004). People with anxiety malady are not able to deal with emotions make false judgments due to quick tempers and reactions. Such people are prone to diseases which are related to fear and sometimes death. On the other hand, individuals who can appropriately deal with emotions can control fear. The brain of persons who deals with fear properly is developed to monitor any fear experienced. Younger people tend to experience more anxiety problems than adults. However, very old adults beyond 80 years also have problems with handling fear in that they their brains do not condition anxiety disorders appropriately (Ohman, 2004). Therefore, the reaction of an individual against fear depends on the level of maturity of the brainVarious researches have determined that fear can lead to behavioral variations in a person. The contribution of fear conditioning plays a significant role in determining how people handle future fears and anxiety disorders. Individuals who have been submitted to frequent fear in the past control fear easily than people who are rarely subjected to fear (Marker & Aylward, 2012). For instance, individuals who have ever heard a gunshot may have nothing to fear when he or she hears such a sound in future, but an individual who has never experienced such a band, in reality, will undergo great fear experienced a gun blast. Fear conditional by the brain then depends on the level of experiences a person has on the situations which leads to fear.

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