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[2] [28] Some studies indicate that perceived discrimination could contribute to increased cardiovascular risk as a result of experiencing higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure during the day [36] and higher ambulatory blood pressure at night [37] in response to discrimination. [6]
Minority stress describes high levels of stress faced by members of stigmatized minority groups. [1] It may be caused by a number of factors, including poor social support and low socioeconomic status; well understood causes of minority stress are interpersonal prejudice and discrimination.
For people experiencing the physical and mental symptoms of an anxiety disorder, stigma and negative social perception can make an individual less likely to seek treatment. [69] Prejudice that some people with mental illness turn against themselves is called self-stigma. [68] There is no explicit evidence for the exact cause of stigma towards ...
Corrigan et al. 2014 outlines three levels of stigma – public stigma that results from label avoidance, self-stigma that results from self-shame, and structural stigma. [67] Given these varying structures of stigma and a person's varying interactions with them, the avoidance for care seeking and participation behaviors may vary vastly.
Whether effects be negative or positive in nature, 'labeling' people causes a significant change in individual perception (of persons with the disease). Perhaps a mutual understanding of stigma, achieved through education, could eliminate social stigma entirely.
Remember: High-functioning anxiety isn't a real diagnosis, so if you've been clinically diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and don't feel like you're functioning well, it doesn't mean you are ...
The results of this experiment were in line with expectations. As predicted, participants in the low status condition showed higher blood pressure immediately after the status feedback, while participants in the high-status condition showed a spike in blood pressure while anticipating the second round of the task.
It’s essential to take high-functioning anxiety seriously before it leads to other conditions—and to not see overperforming as the only way to calm the physical and mental symptoms of anxiety.