Hypnosis for Anxiety and Stress
Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.
- Abraham Maslow
Some degree of stress gives our life its true essence. It is the excessive stress caused by continuous mental and/or physical pressures that individuals find impossible to meet that results in negative stress and anxiety.
One of the most individualized programs, the “Stress & Anxiety Control Program," includes various therapeutic elements to teach the individual deep mental and physical relaxation.
All individuals learn new calm approaches to stress-invoking situations. They also learn to engage their parasympathetic nervous system to lower their stress hormone levels through various techniques of hypnosis, mental imagery, hypnotic relaxation, relaxation response, visualization, and mental imagery. These individuals also learn easy techniques for releasing their stressful emotions and altering their perceptions of stress. Please see hypnotic effects. Many individuals combine this program with the “Personal Issues” program.
Some degree of stress gives our life its true essence. It is the excessive stress caused by continuous mental and/or physical pressures that individuals find impossible to meet that results in negative stress and anxiety.
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Complementary and alternative therapies used in this hypnosis program may include: hypno-analysis, age regression, age progression, guided imagery, visualization, mind-body connection techniques, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), deep breathing exercises and techniques, time line therapy, selective awareness, relaxation therapy, past life therapy, and post-hypnotic suggestions.
6 sessions (hospital/home visits available)
For more information call Dr. Vlasta Domin at (623) 547-5311.
Symptoms
(symptoms for stress & anxiety overlap)
disturbed sleep / insomnia / change in appetite / weight loss or weight gain / reduced zest for life / tension, nervousness, and irritability / unexplained pains / headaches, migraines, and stomach aches / anger / feeling anxious and panicky / confusion / forgetfulness / dizziness
Researchers at Ohio State University found that the effects of stress on the immune system can lead to poor health. This finding is based on years of studies involving scientists at five universities. Stress apparently can weaken the immune system and make us more susceptible to infectious diseases, the researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Immune changes associated with psychological stress are small but important enough to have biological consequences, the researchers report. For example, stress is shown to suppress T-cell responses and lower antibody levels in patients getting vaccinations for Hepatitis B and influenza.
An interesting conclusion to this study is that researchers believe lifestyle changes that reduce stress can increase a person’s resistance to some infectious diseases. Lifestyle adjustments for better health would be such things as gaining social support and companionship, eating well, regular exercise, and getting enough sleep. The research also suggests that doctors should focus on the role stress plays in such infections and diseases as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, and cancer.
A second study on stress by Ohio State University researchers shows that wounds do not heal as rapidly in people who are stressed. The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, also shows how psychological stress can weaken a person’s health by increasing the level of some hormones in the blood. The presence of the blood hormones can slow the delivery of cytokines – which facilitate healing – to the site of an injury. These findings indicate that patients should try to be as stress- and anxiety-free as possible before undergoing surgery. The reason is that the healing process from the surgery will be faster.
These studies are important because they show how stress can affect our health. With this knowledge, we may be able to come up with interventions to lower stress and improve our well-being.
Sources: JAMA, and Archives of General Psychiatry
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