26/05/2024
THE MANIPULATIVE TRIAL TIME OF OkONKWO OKOYE , SEASON ONE;
A 16years old OKONWO OKOYE ,native of Amagu and a student of ALEX EKWEME Federal university Ndufu Aliki ,Ikwo local government Area of Ebonyi state was referred to my anxiety disorder hospital after increasing episodes of fainting.About 2 years earlier,in his biology class,the teacher showed a movie of a frog dissection to illustrate various points about anatomy.This was a particular graphic film,with clear images of blood,tissue,and muscle.About half through,okonkwo okoye felt bit lightheaded and left the room.but the images did not leave him.He continued to be bothered by them and occasionally felt slightly queasy.He began to avoid situations and places such as Eke Amagu market where he might see blood from butcher.He stopped looking at magazines and newspapers that might have gory pictures of blood.Based on this,he found it difficult to look at raw meat because it brought the feared images to his mind.Eventually,anything his friends or parents said that evoked an image of blood or injury caused okonkwo okoye to feel lightheaded. it got so bad that if one of his friends exclaimed,” cut it out “ he felt faint.Beginning about 3 months before his visit to the hospital,okonkwo okoye actually fainted when he unavoidably encountered something bloody.HIS family physician mr OROGWU EVOGU could not find anything wrong with him, nor could several other physicians.by the time he was referred to my hospital he was fainting seven to fifteen times a week Often in class. Clearly, this was problematic for him and disruptive in school; each time he fainted, the other students flocked around him,trying to help, and class was interrupted.Because no one could find anything wrong with him,the vice chancellor finally concluded that he was being manipulative and suspended him from school,even though he was an honor student.okonkwo okoye was suffering from what we now called blood injury injection phobia. His reaction was quite severe,thereby meeting the criteria for phobia,a psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. But many people have similar reactions that are not as severe when they receive an injection or see someone who is injured, whether blood is visible or not and were not suspended from school just like Okonkwo okoye,
Upon the above “SEASON ONE “ Story of Okonkwo okoye ,
what is Your thought and Advice?
Articled by DR ALOBU FRIDAY
WATCH OUT FOR SEASON TWO
