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Anxiety And Tension - Natural Techniques To Overcome Them So You Can Relax |
Written by Alan B. Densky, CH
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
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More than ever, scientific investigations are attesting the fundamental role played by stress in triggering or aggravating several psychological and somatic afflictions. A cover story in a 1983 issue of Time Magazine described stress as "The Epidemic of the Eighties." It also said that stress is a major health problem. And there is no doubt whatsoever that our world has become even more complex and stressful over the past 25 years since that article was published. Numerous surveys indicate that most adults perceive themselves as being subject to a great deal of stress. Authorities in this domain estimate that around 75 to 90 percent of the visits to primary care physicians are related to stress. Most people claim their stress is primarily due to their job. Stress levels have also increased in children as well as the senior population because of several reasons including: Peer pressures that often push people to everything from smoking to alcoholism and drug abuse; the wearing away of religion and family values; growing crime rates; threats to personal safety; and last but not least social isolation and loneliness. Stress is a factor of conditions such as diabetes, ulcers, low back and neck pain, hypertension, strokes and heart attacks. This is due to the increased sympathetic nervous system activity along with the release of cortisol, adrenaline, and other hormones. Chronic stress has been associated with impaired immune system resistance. Stress can cause anxiety, depression, and its different impacts on the body's organs. The following definition for "stress" can be found in the American Heritage Dictionary: "To subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain" "Tension" is defined as follows: "Mental, emotional, or nervous strain" It defines "anxiety" as follows: "A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties" And the following is the definition of "depression": "The condition of feeling sad or despondent" "Clinical depression" is defined as follows: "A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, sleeplessness and insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death." We can be sure of one thing, our mind is the main source of our feelings of stress, anxiety and depression. We could also say that, what we think about, and our attitudes and points of view about our experiences dictate our feelings. So if we can learn to modify our thoughts, attitudes, and points of view, then we can eliminate our feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression and attain a better state of being. Since the beginning of time, people have searched for methods that would allow them to dissipate stress. With the pharmaceutical industry there seems to be a pill for everything. And to that end the industry has created a large line of sedatives from Valium to Xanax. If you choose to use these pills for relief, please be sure to be aware of the side-effects by reading the fine print, which commonly are, among others, addiction and dependency. Unfortunately, these types of drugs try to cure the symptoms, rather than the cause. So if one stops taking them, the symptoms can return. A smarter method to get rid of tension, stress, anxiety, and depression is to work on its actual cause, which as I said before, is most often our thought processes. Here is some good news. The heart of hypnosis is relaxation. The AMA accepted hypnosis in 1958 as an effective way to cure stress and stress related symptoms. However unlike pills, there are definitely no bad side effects. Hypnosis is the Alpha level of consciousness. It's the daydream like temporary psychological mindset which we experience as we are just about to fall asleep in the evening. And we experience it once more when we wake up again. There are several different ways that we can guide ourselves into this state of tranquility, from progressive relaxation to visual imagery to listening to hypnosis CD's. Once in a hypnotic state, we are able to communicate with our unconscious mind, which is the center of our emotions. And it becomes easier to acknowledge new ideas and points of view which can help us to dissipate anxiety, or even avoid it in the first place. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), which is a modern kind of hypnotherapy, has several wonderful methods for getting rid of stress. Maybe the most effective technique is called the "swish" pattern - or the "flash" pattern. When you use this method, your unconscious will automatically use negative, stress producing mental images, to create tranquilizing mental images. Otherwise stated, what usually makes you feel stress will now trigger relaxation! TO SUM UP Our thoughts can activate depression, anxiety and tension. So by changing our attitude and the way we feel about our situation and what we've experienced, we can dissipate these feelings at the source. Hypnosis and NLP are natural tools that make it possible to change our attitude and point of view to easily dissipate the source of our negative feelings. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
About The Author:
Alan B. Densky is an NGH certified hypnotherapist. He offers a complete line of stress reduction NLP CDs, and advanced anxiety elimination CDs through his Neuro-VISION hypnosis website. You can visit his video hypnosis blog, and download a free MP3.
Alan B. Densky is an NGH certified hypnotherapist. He offers a complete line of stress reduction NLP CDs, and advanced anxiety elimination CDs through his Neuro-VISION hypnosis website. You can visit his video hypnosis blog, and download a free MP3. | Comments On This Article: |
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