Six Ways Developmental Trauma Shapes Adult Identity

Developmental trauma is more common than many of us realize. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 78 percent of children reported more than one traumatic experience before the age of 5. Twenty percent of children up to the age of 6 were receiving treatment for traumatic experiences, including sexual abuse, neglect, exposure to domestic violence, and traumatic loss or bereavement. 

Adults who suffer from developmental trauma may go on to develop Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or "cPTSD," which is characterized by difficulties in emotional regulation, consciousness and memory, self-perception, distorted perceptions of perpetrators of abuse, difficulties in relationships with other people, and negative effects on the meaningfulness of life.

Understanding these basic themes, which are often a result of dissociative effects on the traumatized personality, can help people recognize areas of difficulty so they can begin doing the work of recovery, repair, and personal growth.

1. Loss of childhood: "I never really had a childhood" or "I can't remember much from growing up."

2. Missing parts of oneself: "I've always felt like something was missing, but I don't know what it is."

3. Attraction to destructive relationships: "I'm the kind of person that always dates people who are bad for me." 

4. Avoidance of relationships: "I'm someone who is better off alone."

 5. ​Avoidance of oneself: "I don't like to think about myself; it only makes me feel bad."

6. Difficulty integrating emotions into one's identity: "I'm not the kind of person who has strong feelings about things."

Moving Forward

While it can be disheartening to read about the effects of developmental trauma in adulthood, and daunting to contemplate doing the work of recovery and identity formation beyond that of the traumatized self, therapeutic efforts are effective.

Recovery, grieving, and growth often take place over a longer time period than one would want, and re-connecting with oneself has many layers. Developing a sense that long-term goals are attainable and worth working toward is important, even if it doesn't feel possible or true. Working toward getting basic self-care in place is a vital first step, as is working toward feeling comfortable seeking help when trust in caregivers has been broken. Developing compassion for and patience with oneself can be difficult, but useful.

More info:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/experimentations/201707/six-ways-developmental-trauma-shapes-adult-identity

Tourette Syndrome Therapy Malaysia - Neurofeedback and Imagery Training

The Application and Efficacy of Combined Neurofeedback Therapy and Imagery Training in Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome

Two patients, aged respectively 14 and 16 years, had been treated with haloperidol and tiapride; however, this medication was ineffective and accompanied by intolerable side effects. 

In this study, the patients completed 80 sessions of neurofeedback treatment followed by imagery training. The patients were assessed with behavior rating scales both before and after the treatment as well as during follow-up examinations to evaluate the effect of the combined therapy. 

Patients showed significant improvement in motor tic and vocal tic symptoms, exemplified by a reduction in the frequency and intensity of tics, indicating that neurofeedback, together with imagery training, has a positive therapeutic effect on adolescent patients with medication-refractory Tourette syndrome.

Newmindcentre.com:
We provide both services (Clinical Neurofeedback and Imagery Training) to help for Tics Disorder and Tourette Syndrome. Text us via 0167154419 if you are interested.


Resource: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0883073813479999

(Mandarin Workshop) 安神释压之旅

工作太过忙碌？压力颇大？孩子老是不听话？人际关系冲突？

当你感到透不过气时，你的大脑或许也不知不觉中生病了。
这时免疫系统，压力与情绪问题都会找上门。

科学实证研究发现，自我催眠可以有效改善大脑状态，改善睡眠质量与安神释压。在这宁静的夜晚，为何不来学习与体验催眠释压的神奇功效呢？

你将体验到：
1）催眠安神释压密语
2）表达艺术技巧释压
3）孵梦疗法

时间：
18日9月的 （星期一）
7:30pm-9pm (7点报到)

费用：
一人RM120
两人同行共RM200

汇款方式：
1）汇款至Maybank (Koo Kian Yong) 151071282807
2) Email至[email protected] 或 Whatsapp至0167154419通知汇款时间与日期即可。

Location: 
Hypnosis Integrative Hub (HIH)
LifeCare Diagnostic Medical Centre
2-2B, 2nd Floor,
Wisma Life Care, No.5,
Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South,
59200 Kuala Lumpur.

CITYPlus FM Interview - The Career Effects of Illness (14 August 2017)

今天的采访顺利完成！
谢谢主持人们的Cue和lead。
今天谈职业病与自律神经失调问题。
Special thanks for CITYPlus FM【华丽上班族】

ADHD is a disorder of the brain? Yes according to research

Several subcortical brain structures are smaller in children and adults diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study recently published in The Lancet.

ADHD is a neurological condition that is often diagnosed in childhood, but around two-thirds of patients continue to display symptoms into adulthood. Key symptoms of ADHD include hyperactivity, inability to sustain attention and impulsive behaviour

Previous imaging studies report structural and functional brain abnormalities in patients with ADHD compared to healthy individuals. For example, studies have consistently found reduced basal ganglia volume in ADHD patients. But the number of participants in each of these studies has been too small to generalize the results to the population as a whole. Identifying brain differences in people with ADHD is crucial for increasing our understanding about the underlying mechanisms that cause the disorder and how to effectively treat it.

In the largest study of its kind to date, a team of scientists led by Martine Hoogman (Radbound University Medical Centre, The Netherlands) combined the results from multiple imaging studies in a meta-analysis consisting of 1,713 patients with ADHD and 1,529 healthy controls. The results revealed dramatic differences in the brain volume of patients with ADHD and healthy controls.

Areas of reduced brain volume included the amygdala, accumbens and hippocampus, which had not been identified in previous studies. The results also revealed similar findings to previous studies including reduced caudate and putamen volume.

ADHD is often treated with stimulants. The results of this study found that brain volume differences in ADHD patients were the same whether they had taken stimulant medication or not. The largest difference in brain volume was found in the amygdala which is important because it provides an explanation for the disruption of emotional regulation that is often seen in ADHD but is not listed in current diagnostic criteria. Hippocampus volume was reduced in ADHD patients which is interesting because there is little evidence of long-term memory deficits in ADHD. However, some studies suggest that the hippocampus plays a role in regulating emotion and motivation, which is compromised in ADHD.

Overall, the study confirms that patients with ADHD do have structural and functional brain alterations, and ADHD is therefore a disorder of the brain. The strongest differences in brain volume were found in childhood which supports current thinking that ADHD is produced by a delay in brain maturation. The results of this study will be important for improving our understanding and reducing the stigma of ADHD.

Clinical Neurofeedback Training in Malaysia
Neurofeedback is a scientifically-based treatment for a variety of problems that result from a dysregulated nervous system. There have been hundreds (or more) of research studies to prove the effectiveness of Neurofeedback in the last 45 years. Recent meta analyses document the effectiveness of Neurofeedback in the treatment of ADHD (Arns, de Ridder, Strehl, Breteler, and Coenen, 2009). In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics rated Neurofeedback/ Biofeedback is rated as a Level 1 intervention for ADHD – the same as medication. Contact us if you need help in Malaysia.

Source:

http://www.psypost.org/2017/08/large-study-identifies-differences-brains-people-diagnosed-adhd-49450

都会佳人Citta Bella | Life Magazines 生活杂志 - 2017年6月刊Bella Soul 之《关于专注力这件事》

工作与学习的表现好坏与否，都和专注力有相当的大的关系。今天我们来看看以下两位个案的生活作息如何影响其专注力与应对措施有什么。

 

CASE 1
范小姐的工作是股票交易员，每天对着起起伏伏的数据，她的心跳也跟着战战兢兢的跳。她近来发现自己的专注力越来越糟糕，甚至常常在工作时分神，导致无法做好正确的判断。因为她的专注力问题，她也开始面对资金亏损等问题。她的上司对她进行评估后发现，她的学识渊博，并不是因为学识问题导致出错连连。于是，她在上司的鼓励下咨询了我。
从她的脑电波发现，她的脑电波呈现疲累状态。除此之外，她的右脑也非常的活跃（通常这可以表示她呈现于一种不安状态）。营养心理学的检测中也发现，她大量的摄取肉类（尤其是晚上），平时也很少吃菜。这些种种因素导致她的睡眠质量很不好，也很难在工作上表现平稳。她确实对自己的要求很高，因而对自己的表现特别不安。
透过一星期一次，将近三个月的脑波反馈训练，她的右脑脑电波变得和缓了许多。不仅如此，她也透过饮食的调整，让自我的情绪也稳定了许多。她头脑不再呈现疲累状态，她的专注力时间也变长了许多。她也透过催眠治疗，发现自己不安的导因来自小时候的成长经历。于是，她很快就突破了心防，渐渐的走出了不安的状态。很令她惊奇的是，接着她的睡眠状态与情绪也变得越来越好。一天一天的过去，她也发现自己更可以更好的表现了，甚至她面对已经的消化问题也显著的改善了。透过脑电波的训练，范小姐不仅改善了自己的情绪与大脑，她似乎也放下了这么多年来压抑在心里许久的埋怨。

CASE 2
林小弟是一位十岁的孩子，他非常的好动并对身边的事物充满了好奇心。老师也因为他的好动与不合作，开始向父母投诉孩子的行为问题。林小弟一直以来都过着无忧无虑的生活，对物质欲的许久不大。这孩子最大的问题就是冲动与专注力问题。在检测后发现，他目前面对的问题也就是一般孩子会面对的问题。以头发检测的成绩看来，这孩子的抗压力也弱。于是，透过脑波反馈疗法，孩子能开始改善自己的脑电波状态。一旦大脑学习了如何专注，它就可以出现更好更安心的脑电波状态了。

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大脑的奥秘无局限，可在脑波呈现出景象便可让我们窃见其中一二，从中引出调适的方式，便可更明确地了解自身的问题所在。了解问题与解决之，自是同一依循的人生道路呢
专注力问题并不是简单的坏习惯问题，它可以是因为脑部状态不佳而造成的问题。透过身心灵与饮食等的调整，可以让我们更好的改善自己的表现能力与专注力。不要羞于求助，现代科技与科学已经可以改善你的问题了。不要再困在问题之中而哀伤了。

（所有的个案解读已经得到客户许可，名字与资料也有调整以保护当事人的隐私）

 

Review( Therapy for Tourette Syndrome Symptoms) - Mr Soo Son Case

 

Client Name: Mr S's Son

Age: Around 13 years old

Most of the time, some sounds like throat cleaning sound, sniffing, or grunting sound will come
out involuntarily by my son's mouth. He is a patient who suffered from Tics disorder (Tourette Syndrome and ADHD). 
People around my son felt annoyed with his noisy sound. It affected his daily life and he feels ashamed of it. He even get bullied by his friends in school.

To get rid of it, my son visited neurologists and ate medicines. However, it only can be controlled at the very beginning and it seems that his body started to resist it with some side effects. I even went to temples and visited monk before. He lived with this condition and suffered for 2 years until I follow Hiro Koo's brain training, finally I saw hope. 

After following the training session with Hiro Koo, his vocal tics reduced significantly, he have better self-control even without finding any distraction. Besides, My son regained his confidence and he have better mood every day. I was amazed by this technique as it is a very effective training to control my son's vocal tics. 

The advantage of this brain training technique is that this is a natural approach without any pain and side effect. I definitely will recommend to people who suffered for similar issues.

Remark: Our client's information will be kept strictly confidential all the time. All reviews and photos have been acknowledged and provided by past and current clients of Hypnosis Integrative Hub (Clinical Hypnotherapist Hiro Koo). Clients names have been changed to protect their identity.

Review (Recover from Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms) - IBS Treatment Malaysia

Client Name: Mr G

Before this, my life was inseparable from stomachache, bloated abdominal and constipation. It affected my daily life as it not only looked bad but also caused physical discomfort. Every day, I spent more hours in the toilet than normal people yet I felt uncomfortable. 

I visited many doctors and took a lot of medications. No matter how much Western medications and Chinese traditional medication I took, there was no improvement after the half year of treatment. I felt anxious and depressed, there was only one thought in my mind, “I’m dying soon”. 

However, I get rid of all these discomforts after I followed the treatment with Hiro Koo.

I learned how to reduce my stress and some useful techniques like self-hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and positive thinking. After reducing my stress, I felt more comfortable when going to the toilet. I become more positive and happy because I knew that this was not chronic and life-threatening disease, is just that there was some problem with my mental health and is curable. 

I was amazed by the treatment provided, it is very effective and very efficient that can reduce my physical discomfort within a very short period of time. In addition, the therapist is very well-experienced and patient, he explained to me clearly and help me by using his profession. I felt thankful and appreciated his hard works for giving me a new life. 

Source of picture: http://marcianolegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome-Colon-Cancer-Infographic.png

Remark: Our client's information will be kept strictly confidential all the time. All reviews and photos have been acknowledged and provided by past and current clients of Hypnosis Integrative Hub (Clinical Hypnotherapist Hiro Koo). Clients names have been changed to protect their identity.

[Corporate Health Talk] Stress Management Talk for Starbucks HQ Malaysia

We are often concern about our physical health and most of us would go for our vaccination, dental exam, eye checkups and medical check-ups regularly but how many of us go for our mental health check-up on a regular basis?

Health starts from a healthy mind and to enjoy good health and quality of life, we need to ensure that we are mentally healthy. It is recommended that we go for a psychological check-up at least once a year.
Learn to manage your stress and learn the difference between distress which can cause psychological problems and eustress which can motivate you. 

Call us to de-stress and to learn how to manage your emotional and psychological stress that affects the functioning of your mental and physical health.
√ EEG biofeedback, provide empirical charts of your stress levels.
√ Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), is an effective stress reducing tool.
√ Hypnotherapy, rewire your brain and re-align your conscious and subconscious mind.
Psychology is all about living life, call us for your mental health checkup now!

新山《内在疗愈工作坊》 - 9/7/2017

近日的<内在疗愈工作坊>写下句点。
很感恩我的合作伙伴思坊创办人林利容的用心规划与支持。
利容姐的正能量让我深深体会到助人陪伴者最需要的还是那颗爱心。

爱真的是最伟大的解药，爱中有疗愈！

最近很荣幸美国催眠与夢學權威專家，美国心理协会（APA）心理催眠前主席愿意给予技术上的帮助，让我更有信心推出接下来的工作坊。小小声的说，真的是让我太兴奋了！

Autonomic Dysfunction Treatment Malaysia

What is the autonomic nervous system?

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls several basic functions, including:

• heart rate
• body temperature
• breathing rate
• digestion
• sensation

You don’t have to think consciously about these systems for them to work. The ANS provides the connection between your brain and certain body parts, including internal organs. For instance, it connects to your heart, liver, sweat glands, skin, and even the interior muscles of your eye.

The ANS includes the sympathetic autonomic nervous system (SANS) and the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system (PANS). Most organs have nerves from both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

The SANS usually stimulates organs. For example, it increases heart rate and blood pressure when necessary. The PANS usually slows down bodily processes. For example, it reduces heart rate and blood pressure. However, the PANS stimulates digestion and the urinary system, and the SANS slows them down.

The main responsibility of the SANS is to trigger emergency responses when necessary. These fight-or-flight responses get you ready to respond to stressful situations. The PANS conserves your energy and restores tissues for ordinary functions.

Symptoms of autonomic dysfunction

Autonomic dysfunction can affect a small part of the ANS or the entire ANS. Some symptoms that may indicate the presence of an autonomic nerve disorder include:

• dizziness and fainting upon standing up, or orthostatic hypotension
• an inability to alter heart rate with exercise, or exercise intolerance
• sweating abnormalities, which could alternate between sweating too much and not sweating enough
• digestive difficulties, such as a loss of appetite, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, or difficulty swallowing
• urinary problems, such as difficulty starting urination, incontinence, and incomplete emptying of the bladder
• sexual problems in men, such as difficulty with ejaculation or maintaining an erection
• sexual problems in women, such as vaginal dryness or difficulty having an orgasm
• vision problems, such as blurry vision or an inability of the pupils to react to light quickly

You can experience any or all of these symptoms depending on the cause, and the effects may be mild to severe. Symptoms such as tremor and muscle weakness may occur due to certain types of autonomic dysfunction.

Coping and support

Finding support to help you cope with autonomic dysfunction can be just as important for improving quality of life as managing physical symptoms.

Methods for coping and improving quality of life include the following:

• Depression can occur with autonomic dysfunction. Therapy with a qualified counselor, therapist, or psychologist can help you cope.
• Ask your doctor or therapist about support groups in your area. They’re available for different conditions.
• You may find that you have more limitations than before your diagnosis. Set priorities to help you make sure you’re doing the things that are important to you.
• Accept help and support from family and friends if you need it.
• Ask for help if you need it.

What is Neurofeedback/EEG Biofeedback?

Neuro = brain & Feedback = information given back to you

Neurofeedback treats a variety of conditions in a safe and effective manner because it works at the subconscious level. It creates changes in the brain by creating new electrical activity through a process of measurement and reinforcement.* Quite simply, one is reinforced for changing their brain waves at a subconscious level through the use of computers. The brain learns to self-regulate, which calms the nervous system, reducing or eliminating symptoms. Without self-regulation, many problems of the central nervous system can result – Lack of Focus, Anxiety, Depression and Physical Symptoms, to name a few.* Neurofeedback is successfully used to treat ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Stress, Emotional Distress, Behavioral Issues, Mood Issues, Pain, Lyme, PANS/PANDAS, Headaches, Concussion, TBI and a variety of other issues. Almost any brain, regardless of its level of function (or dysfunction), can be trained to function better. These changes are lasting.

Source:

https://drroseann.com/services/neurofeedback-biofeedback/

http://www.healthline.com/health/autonomic-dysfunction

Researchers discover brain inflammation in people with OCD

A new brain imaging study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows for the first time that brain inflammation is significantly elevated - more than 30 per cent higher - in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) than in people without the condition. Published today in JAMA Psychiatry, the study provides compelling evidence for a new potential direction for treating this anxiety disorder, which can be debilitating for people who experience it.

"Our research showed a strong relationship between brain inflammation and OCD, particularly in the parts of the brain known to function differently in OCD," says Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, senior author of the study and Head of the Neuroimaging Program in Mood & Anxiety in CAMH's Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute. "This finding represents one of the biggest breakthroughs in understanding the biology of OCD, and may lead to the development of new treatments."

Inflammation or swelling is the body's response to infection or injury, and helps the body to heal. But, in some cases, this immune-system response can also be harmful, says Dr. Meyer, who holds a Canada Research Chair in the Neurochemistry of Major Depression. Dampening the harmful effects of inflammation and promoting its curative effects, through new medications or other innovative approaches, could prove to be a new way to treat OCD. In an earlier study, Dr. Meyer discovered that brain inflammation is elevated in people with depression, an illness that can go hand in hand with OCD in some people.

A novel direction for developing treatments is important, since current medications don't work for nearly one in three people with OCD. About one to two per cent of adolescents and adults have OCD, an anxiety disorder in which people have intrusive or worrisome thoughts that recur and can be hard to ignore.

The study included 20 people with OCD and a comparison group of 20 people without the disorder. Doctoral student Sophia Attwells was first author of the study. The researchers used a type of brain imaging called positron emission tomography (PET) that was adapted with special technology at CAMH to see inflammation in the brain. A chemical dye measured the activity of immune cells called microglia, which are active in inflammation, in six brain areas that play a role in OCD. In people with OCD, inflammation was 32 per cent higher on average in these regions. Inflammation was greater in some people with OCD as compared to others, which could reflect variability in the biology of the illness.

Additional investigations are under way to find low-cost blood markers and symptom measures that could identify which individuals with OCD have the greatest level of inflammation and could benefit the most from treatment targeting inflammation. Another notable finding from the current study - a connection between resisting compulsions and brain inflammation - provides one indicator. At least nine out of 10 people with OCD carry out compulsions, the actions or rituals that people do to try to reduce their obsessions. In the study, people who experienced the greatest stress or anxiety when they tried to avoid acting out their compulsions also had the highest levels of inflammation in one brain area. This stress response could also help pinpoint who may best benefit from this type of treatment.

The discovery opens different options for developing treatments. "Medications developed to target brain inflammation in other disorders could be useful in treating OCD," says Dr. Meyer. "Work needs to be done to uncover the specific factors that contribute to brain inflammation, but finding a way to reduce inflammation's harmful effects and increase its helpful effects could enable us to develop a new treatment much more quickly."

Source: 
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-brain-inflammation-people-ocd.html#jCp

How scientists are trying to unlock the mysteries of hypnosis

Nevertheless, Patterson and research partner Jensen have made considerable strides by examining the neural underpinnings of a hypnotic trance. To study hypnosis, Jensen uses electroencephalography, or EEG, which measures electricity in the brain. Our individual neurons are constantly generating electrical pulses as they transmit information from the body to the brain and around the brain itself. Occasionally, large groups of neurons will coordinate these pulses into a sort of rhythmic pattern. Picture the brain as a giant football stadium, and the pulses are like the fans doing a wave. Using sensors attached to the skull, scientists can listen for broad electrical rhythms — called oscillations — caused by wide swaths of neurons working in concert.

Keep in mind, though, that the brain isn’t a single stadium, but rather 1.2 million interlocking stadiums at once. So the EEG may pick up many different interlocking elements, and to make matters more complicated, because the sensors are on the outside of your head, only the outer parts of the brain can be measured. That makes the stadium even harder to hear. “The Rolling Stones are in town, but you don’t have a ticket,” Patterson says. “So you are standing outside the stadium. It’s very loose. You don’t know what, exactly, you’re hearing, but you can tell if they are singing a ballad or a rock song.”

Amazingly, even with all these barriers, when scientists listen to multiple places in the brain, a neurological picture of hypnosis begins to emerge. During meditation, the “stadium chant” that many parts of your brain participate is measurably slower than in daily life; during hypnosis, the chant becomes even slower — about the only way to get the brain rhythms slower than those during hypnosis would be to fall into a coma.

In the human brain, alpha waves — electric waves that pulse 8 to 12 hertz, or 8 to 12 times per second — prevail when we are relaxed or closing our eyes. Theta — 4 to 8 hertz — commonly arise when we are drowsy or lost in thought, and delta waves — 0 to 4 hertz — happen when we are asleep or in a coma. Jensen’s work suggests that theta and alpha waves may be key to pain relief. When going about our daily activities, the brain generally uses the much faster beta and gamma waves (up to 100 pulses per second). This is especially true when we’re in pain, which usually goes hand in hand with anxiety and stress. Thus, if hypnosis can trigger slower brain waves, those waves may replace the faster patterns and thus replace the perception of pain.

The implications for helping the millions of people in chronic pain might be enormous. This idea led Jensen to a fascinating study. He looked at the brains of 20 patients before and after they experienced some relief from pain through both hypnosis and meditation. He found that people who naturally had high levels of theta waves — in other words, people with naturally relaxed, slower electrical activity — experienced a great deal of pain relief from hypnosis. Meanwhile, people with busy, overactive minds benefited the most from meditation, which slowed their buzzing brains down to a crawl.

“Meditation takes care of a problem that you have. Hypnosis builds on a skill,” Jensen says animatedly. “It’s capitalization or compensation. Are you capitalizing on a strength or are you compensating for a weakness? It looks like meditation is compensating for a weakness, and hypnosis capitalizes on a strength.” Imagine pain management as a skill, like running or weight lifting. According to Jensen, hypnosis is a little like taking an already strong sprinter to the gym and pushing her to a whole new level.

If Patterson and Jensen are right, their research could back up much of what scientists have suspected for many years: Hypnosis may be an exotic brain state that directly accesses expectation and perception — a little bit like turning off all the software in your computer and accessing its basic coding (although that is a huge simplification). And while a placebo says, “Take this amazing thing and it will make you feel better” and giving you a promise for the future, a hypnotic suggestion says, “Floating along this stream, you suddenly feel better,” which is a promise for right now. Which one is better? Which one taps into your expectation more effectively and permanently? That is a question that will take much more time and experimentation to unravel.

Source:

http://ideas.ted.com/how-scientists-are-trying-to-unlock-the-mysteries-of-hypnosis/

都会佳人Citta Bella | Life Magazines 生活杂志 - 2017年4月刊Bella Soul 之《别让压力影响你》

在现今社会，我们时常被压力压得喘不了气。除了静坐，心理咨询或临床催眠疗法等服务都是解压的好方法。然而鲜少人会主动寻找心理科专业人士解压，这泰半和大众对心理专科的误解有关。其实根据不同的问题，也会有不同的选择供你去决定；这一次就让大家了解什么是脑电波反馈训练法。

疑问（一）我目前在半工半读着，时常因为课业和工作问题，导致压力颇大。真的读得很累，成绩业绩也大受影响。

建议：基本上，除了可以咨询非使用药物的心理从业员如临床催眠师、临床心理师或者心理辅导员疏解压力；你也可以考虑脑波反馈疗法训练，这是一种直接性的训练大脑的脑科学科技。当我们的大脑进入压力状态时，脑电波很容易进入Hibeta快频脑电波状态。当你意识层面进入这类脑电波频率时，你特别容易感到疲累与焦虑。这就好比说你在高速公路疯狂加油奔驰一样；长期让你的大脑呈现在Hibeta快频脑电波状态，你将会非常快速的消耗头脑里的能量波，这可能引致你的抗压力与专注力变差，严重会引起害怕焦虑等相关问题。

疑问（二）如果我的脑电波真的长期运用Hibeta快频脑电波来运作，这真的只有负面的作用吗？车子跑得快不是好事吗？大脑转得快怎么会是件坏事呢？

建议：大脑运用Hibeta快频脑电波来运作并不完全是坏事，然而前提是你有能力把这快频波给减速下来。通常脑电波反馈疗法训练可以将过激的脑电波给“减速”并把能让身心平稳的Alpha电波给训练上来。然而过多的Alpha波处于左脑前额叶也会产生情绪低落等负面效果，所以治疗师的临床判断也起着举足轻重的角色。一旦一个人学会了如何控制自己的脑电波，他的抗压力也会因此得到改善。通过改善脑电波，一个人的专注力也得以提升，可以借此改善专注力与学习能力。科学研究显示，脑波反馈疗法对专注力缺失问题有非常显著的帮助呢！

疑问（三）我听说左右脑的强度差异也会影响一个人的抗压能力，这是真的吗？右脑活跃的人比较有创意力？这是真的吗？

建议：近期的科学研究发现，创意力佳的人并不只是依靠右脑来工作。实际上，创意力好的人也会充分运用左脑和右脑的功能。科学家也发现，右脑前额叶较活跃的人，也比较容易有害怕焦虑与没有安全感等问题缠身，所以当一个人大脑长期处于不安害怕的焦虑状态里，这确确实实会引起情绪上的相关问题。当你的情绪不平稳，自然而然的也会影响自己的抗压力；这其实和大脑里的化学反应也有着直接的关系。

疑问（四）请问脑电波反馈训练真的那么神奇？或要如何知道我也适合做脑电波训练呢？

建议：脑电波反馈训练法不属于传统的心理咨询等服务，它更像是一种大脑运动技术。就好比说你去瘦身或健身前，你需要去测量体重计。你的体重计并不会评断你是否超重，而是由你的个人教练去给你意见该如何进行训练。同样的道理，脑电波反馈训练教练EEG biofeedback practitioner会为你进行脑波检测服务。你的脑波反馈教练会根据你的状况量身订造适合你的训练模式。科学研究发现，通常经过20次的训练，脑电波才会有显著的改善。这就如运动一般的道理，脑波训练也当然是做越多越有效。当你在选择你的脑电波反馈教练时，记得查询他的专业背景（如可有心理学或医学相关背景）与临床经验，一个临床经验越丰富的教练将会更有效地助你达到绝佳训练效果，脑电波训练绝对是安全、无痛以及无副作用的。

source:

http://www.cittabella.my/post/2017/May/Soul/BiofeedbackPratitioner

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