Mrs. Belshy tells her psychologist, "I cannot leave a certain region around my home without having terrible fears. I am extremely worried when I am in a car or a bus. I am afraid I will have another one of those terrifying experiences." What disorder does Mrs. Belshy probably have and what experience is she talking about?

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Jessie Rowland

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13 July, 03:12

Mrs. Belshy tells her psychologist, "I cannot leave a certain region around my home without having terrible fears. I am extremely worried when I am in a car or a bus. I am afraid I will have another one of those terrifying experiences." What disorder does Mrs. Belshy probably have and what experience is she talking about?

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Earl · Answer 1

The disorder is agoraphobia, the experience is a panic attack.

Explanation:

The fear of situations where the person believes that the environment they are in is somehow unsafe and they cannot escape it. The environment can be any place it might be anything outside a person's home.

Here, Mr. Belshy cannot leave a certain region near his house and does not want to experience the same situation in a car or bus. Hence Mr. Belshy has agoraphobia and the thing he experiences is a panic attack.