KORKU: SEBEPLERİ, SONUÇLARI VE BAŞETME YOLLARI

Yıl 1998, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2, 9 - 16, 01.06.1998

Tülin Gençöz

https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000068

Öz

Korku kişinin kendi düşüncelerinin sebep olduğu
bir duygudur. Bu düşüncelerin içeriğinde "tehlike"
olduğu için korku reaksiyonu verilir. Bu nedenle
aynı durumla karşılaşan değişik kişiler, farklı düşünceleri
neticesinde farklı reaksiyonlar verebilirler.
Ancak çoğu zaman korkuyu yaşayan kişiler
bunun kendi düşüncelerinden kaynaklandığını bilmedikleri
için etkili bir çözüm üretme yoluna gitmezler
ve çaresizlik yaşayarak, korkularını kriz boyutlarına
taşıyabilirler. Yaşanan bu krizler de
kaçınma davranışlarını arttırarak hayattan zevk
alma potansiyelini azaltırlar. Öte yandan, korku
hissini yaratan ortamdaki düşüncelerini sorgulayan
ve bu ortamdan kaçmayan kişiler, bu duygularını
yenmeleri sonucunda hem önemli beceriler kazanırlar
hem de kendilerine olan güven ve yeterlilik
hislerinin artması gibi anlamlı gelişmeler gösterirler.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Korku, kaygı bozukluğu, kaçma, kaçınma, başetme yolları.

Fear: Causes, Consequences, and Ways ofCoping

Öz

Fear is an emotion that is a product of one's
own thoughts. Due to the fact that the content of these thoughts includes "danger", fear reaction is
exhibited. Thus, different individuals who are exposed
to similar situations may give different reactions
as a result of their differences in thought. On
the other hand, since usually people in fear do not
know that their reactions are caused by their own
thoughts, they do not look for an efficient coping
style and consequently crisis is experienced, accompanied
by feelings of helplessness. The experienced
crisis may increase the number of avoidant
acts and lead to a deprivation in the obtained
pleasure in life. On the other side, those people
who question their thoughts that are developed in
fear evoking situation and who do not escape from
these situations may reduce their fear, and in due
course they gain some important skills and show
significant improvements like increasing their selfesteem
and self-efficacy.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Fear, anxiety disorders, escape, avoidance, ways of coping.

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