Guest guest Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Yoga's Role in the Treatment of Extreme Anxiety ; Anixety Attacks ; Panic Disorders ; Phobias ; Anxiety disorder ; " Automatic and involuntary circulation of psychic contents is at the root of all human misery. Automation gives us a sensation of imprisonment in our own mental cages. It robs us of the freedom to think, feel and choose. We feel that we are bound and driven to act. " Shivaram Karikal Introduction Our habitual responses to the world around us are often the source of our suffering; we go through the same reactions time and time again, apparently unable to change. For people who experience extreme Anxiety states, such as phobic anxiety, life is indeed a cage; they are unable to act freely, hedged about by terrors which, while they appear to be externally caused, most often come from within the mind. These people often despair, avoiding the situations which trigger the anxiety, and even coming to rely on the anxiety to secure the support and energy of others. According to western therapists, fear is 'a normal physical response to an external threat', an 'appropriate' response to a really imminent danger, while anxiety is a fear reaction without a clear or 'sensible' cause, an 'inappropriate' response. Anxiety can be 'free-floating' – chronic and not attached to any specific situation or object – or phobic – attached to a particular object or situation. Anxiety states are also related to so called 'neurotic' disorders, psychosis and schizophrenia, and to organic brain syndromes. They are closely related to depression, which is often the 'flip side' of anxiety, a result of the imbalance caused in the endocrine and autonomic nervous system by the overuse and exhaustion of the 'flight' responses....... Read Full Article Herehttp://yoga2ayurveda4healing.googlepages.com/yoga-cure-extreme- anxiety Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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