Lately, I am into watching Top Chef Just Desserts. Maybe because I am a sucker for great desserts. I actually can live with just desserts.
At the start of the season for this special edition, one of the chefs’ attitude is noticeable. Seth is 33 from New York. At first, you would think that he has just an attitude. He snaps at any one who he thinks is going against him. Actually, he actually thinks that everyone is against him.
There was this one time that he broke into tears as he presents his creation to the just on a quickfire challenge.
The tension between him and the entire pack brews up. The lot is having a hard time adjusting to his breakdowns and emotional bursts.
I do not know if it is some form of a gimmick, but in the recent quickfire challenge, Seth started to mumble things as he is getting anxious about not having his cups that he will,according to him, use in the challenge. He stormed off the waiting hall and next thing they know is that siren from an ambulance broke their silence. Seth, just broke down due to anxiety attack and he is out of the game.
According to http://www.panic-anxiety.com/anxiety-attacks/, anxiety attack is a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic.
If anxiety is appropriate when a ‘real’ threat is present, Adrenalin is ‘used up’ effectively by either fleeing from or fighting the threat. When Adrenalin is not used up during an anxiety reaction when no real threat is present, it causes the body to experience and maintain a much higher level of symptoms which then escalates into an anxiety attack.
Signs and symptoms include:
• Breathlessness
• ‘Racing’ heart
• Shaking
• Dizziness
• Stomach symptoms
• Blurred vision
• ‘Pins and needles’ sensations in limbs
• Difficulty swallowing
• Chest pains
According to the said website, anxiety reactions are formed in the subconscious mind by a small organ called the Amygdala. This organ behaves like a thermostat, regulating the anxiety response. It is this organ, which perpetuates the anxiety response, which causes anxiety attacks. Under normal circumstances, the Amygdala only reacts when ‘real’ threats are present but when it becomes re-set at a higher-than-normal level of anxiety because of repeated anxiety during times of stress, for example, anxiety attacks, phobias and other anxiety disorder symptoms are formed.