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Published on: September 12, 2014
Emergency, Fear, Worry and Intolerance of Emotion
Patrizia Amici1, Giuseppe Tavormina
1Cooperativa San Martino, Via Monsignor Cesare Patelli 5, Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo, Italy, dott.amici@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The emerging worry from emergency situations transforms into pervasive worry in some people, this due to its intensity, duration and intrusiveness, which significantly interferes with daily life. From the emotion of emergency, fear, through repetitive thought forms, we focus on worry. Its characteristics and underlying meta-beliefs are briefly analysed. Worrying exacerbates negative emotions and for many patients the feeling of not being able to tolerate the anxiety and anguish resulting from constant brooding. Brief hints of therapy are proposed, useful for intervening in these forms of pathological worry.
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