在公共场合或开阔地带会很恐惧,想逃离。其实,这是广场恐惧症的表现。
我们来看一段相关的英文报道
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment to be dangerous, uncomfortable, or unsafe.
These situations can include wide-open spaces, uncontrollable social situations, unfamiliar places, shopping malls, airports, and bridges. The sufferers may go to great lengths to avoid those situations, in severe cases becoming unable to leave their homes or safe havens.
Common treatment options include lifestyle changes, therapy, and medications. Medications are typically recommended only if other measures are not effective.
广场恐惧症是一种焦虑症,具体表现为在特定环境下感到危险、不适或不安。
这些环境包括露天场所、不受控的社交环境、陌生的地点、大型购物中心、机场和桥梁等。广场恐惧症患者会不遗余力地避免出现在上述环境中。严重时甚至无法离开家或者安全区域。
通常可以采取以下方式来进行治疗:改变生活方式、心理疗法和药物治疗法。药物治疗法只推荐在其他两种方法无效的情况下使用。
【讲解】
文中的agoraphobia就是“广场恐惧症”的意思,这个词由agora(集会,市场)和phobia(憎恶,恐怖症)构成,-phobia在英语里很常见,因为很多表示恐惧症的单词都由它结尾,如:acrophobia(恐高症)、aquaphobia(恐水症)、hemophobia(恐血症)、xenophobia(恐外症)。
第三段中的recommend用作动词,意为“推荐,建议;劝告”,如:Can you recommend me some new books on this subject?(你能推荐一些有关这个学科的新书给我吗?) |
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