There’s no greater skill to easing anxiety and physical tension, than learning to relax. It sounds silly, perhaps, to think of relaxing as a skill, but think about how many times you’ve said or heard someone else say, “relax,” “calm down,” “settle down,” or “chill out.” And, if you’re on the receiving end of that comment, it’s not as easy as it seems.
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I tried a form of feedback called Brainwave Optimization when my memory suddenly ceased to recall my desired words. It worked amazingly well. Not only did my memory return, but I became less reactionary, slept better and stopped eating compulsively. I keep the effects going by using meditation. I wish I found this when I was 10 instead of 55!
Our body is indeed smart enough to tell us how to slow down.
I found your advice about Biofeedback training to be very helpful to my Life Coach work (see http://www.online-counseling-dr.com/Recent_Breakthroughs.html). Thanks for the article’s references: they provide good research supported tools; your article has advanced me in the art and science of stress management.
Cheers,
Dr. Joe
The most helpful program I took to help fight stress was mindfulness. I learned a tool that taught me how to relax the body and the mind. It seems that I never relaxed and that I was doing to much and my mind was always racing. I was always stressed and didn’t really understand what it meant to my well being. But relaxing also involves lifestyle changes that reduce stress. If you are constantly running around with no time for yourself you will be stressed. It a discipline and a process.
Biofeedback has been around for many years but for whatever reason is not the dominant form of relaxation technique.
Historically only doctors could buy the devices and that has changed.
I wonder if that will make it mainstream.
Thanks for the great app suggestions, Dr. Deibler. I am going to check these out over the next few days. My favorite way to decompress is by watching a movie, or zoning out on some live TV. Unfortunately, I travel all over for my job at DISH, so I am rarely home to relax as I wish. Thankfully I have DISH Anywhere on my phone, so I can stream from my DVR or zone out on my local news, even half way around the world.