Case Study: Embrace The Suk

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The YouTube video chosen for section III of the case study was from Tedx The Master School, “Embrace the Suck”, overcoming anxiety by Jonas Kolker. This video caught my attention because Kolker recalls his first experience with anxiety when he was in the third grade on his way to school. Unable to articulate his unknown feeling at the time, Kolker just attributed his feelings of anxiety as being sick. As his anxiety persists, his parents took his to see a psychiatrist and at that point he was diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Kolker sheds light on fact that anxiety can manifest at an early age and can be over looked if someone does not understand the symptoms. For younger children and many adults they may not understand why they feel the

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