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“Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that when dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep, our stress responses shut down, and the neurochemicals responsible for stressful feelings stop being released.”
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Studies Find How Heart Can Affect How We Feel Fear
“We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is processed and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for [anxiety disorders], and also for those, such as war veterans, who may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.”
Linked ArticleLearn Your ACE Score: Adverse Childhood Experience or “ACE”
“The more types of childhood trauma a person has – i.e., the higher the ACE score — the higher the risk for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, as well as depression, violence, being a victim of violence, and suicide.”
Linked ArticleBonghan Channels in Acupuncture
“[In 1991, Russian Researchers] found that the light-conducting ability of the human body exists only along the meridians, and can enter and exit only along the acupuncture points. This finding has been confirmed by a 1992 study in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a 2005 study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine where moxibustion and infrared thermography were used to trace meridian pathways.”
Linked ArticleThe Dissociation Capsule
“Although EMDR has achieved recognition after years of exhaustive study, the esoteric nature of most of somatically-based techniques has relegated them to the dustbin of accepted trauma therapy, despite their widespread use in many parts of the world, and the many uncontrolled studies that reflect positive results.
We may have at our disposal therapeutic techniques that ultimately promise the quality of healing trauma that we have yet to achieve.”
Linked ArticleMom Helps Actor Overcome Performance Nerves
“Her mother used to be a scriptwriter on EastEnders and is now a healer who helps Harris overcome performance nerves. ‘She does EFT, emotional freedom technique, about releasing childhood traumas impacting on your life through a process of tapping along your meridian points.’
Thanks to her mother, she was able to trace her nerves about having to give a speech back to being 17 and at school. “I had to give a speech in a sociology class and it went really badly. I had done so much research, I got overwhelmed and froze. I felt really awful… But we tapped through that and it has made me much more confident.”
Linked ArticleUnique Trauma Calls for Unique Treatments Backed by Neuroscience
“Existing treatments for PTSD include exposure-based therapy, which can be helpful for individuals who can stick with the sessions. But, as Grupe points out, this treatment requires individuals to relive the trauma, which can be both difficult and stressful. Additionally, antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs for treating PTSD can have a lot of negative side effects, and while they can reduce certain symptoms in the short-term (in particular hyperarousal), they are most useful when used alongside other forms of treatment.” …
Linked ArticleFear of Crowds and High Buildings Overcome with EFT
“After another round the SUDS went right down again, all the vividness of the event and its aftermath had gone, leaving her amazed at the speed and scale of the change.”
Linked ArticleHow Early Childhood Trauma Relates to Addiction
“A three and a half minute video in which Dr. Gabor Maté, talks about early childhood trauma and its connection to addictive behavior.”
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