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Relaxation & AVS for prevent anxiety, worry & panic attacks
Stress and anxiety are common among most people because they are a natural part of the “hit, run or freeze” response that prepares the body to meet danger. It is a normal response to threatening situations that helped people survive dangers, natural disasters, and animal attacks in prehistoric times. The stress response is activated to help people survive various forms of physical and mental trauma when there is a threat or immediate danger to life.
Relaxation & AVS for prevent anxiety, worry & panic attacks
Past traumatic experiences and problems in everyday life can also trigger the stress response and make you feel anxious. Stress, worry and anxiety can become overwhelming, negatively impacting lifestyle and affecting daily well-being.
It is impossible to avoid stressful situations, but it is possible to develop effective ways of responding to sources of stress, anxiety and worry. There are specialized stress management techniques to quickly calm the mind and body.
Relaxation combined with specialized breathing and biofeedback techniques is an effective non-drug way to get rid of stress, anxiety and worry, and prevent panic attacks. Relaxation and meditation are more effective with an external influence that sets the rhythm of breathing, so AVS is widely used to increase the effectiveness of relaxation.
Amazon's Marketplace (www.amazon.com) has over 600 products in the “Anxiety-device” category under the “Health Care” subsection.
Anxiety and Stress Prevention Devices and Devices:
- Modius Stress Neuromodulation Device (www.neurovalens.com)
- Neuromodulation device sound and infrasound Sensate (www.getsensate.com)
- Apollo (www.apolloneuro.com) Vagus nerve toning sound wave vibration calming and sleep device (www.apolloneuro.com)
- Wearable tactile stimulation devices The Touch Point (www.thetouchpointsolution.com)
- Alpha-Stim cranial electrotherapy (CES) and mycortical electrotherapy (MET) devices (www.alpha-stim.com)
- Biofeedback sedation and sleep devices (www.bio-medical.com)
- GoRoga Stress Reduction Devices (www.corporate.goroga.in)
- Smartphone apps «Worry Tree», «Moodfit», «Freedom», «Alan Minnd», «HeadGear», «Calm».
Scientific articles on the effects of relaxation on overcoming stress, anxiety, worry and panic attacks:
- Antidepressants versus placebo for panic disorder in adults Irene Bighelli, Mariasole Castellazzi, Andrea Cipriani, Francesca Girlanda, Giuseppe Guaiana, Markus Koesters, Giulia Turrini, Toshi A Furukawa, Corrado Barbui, Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018; 2018(4): CD010676. Published online 2018 Apr 5. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010676.pub2 PMCID: PMC6494573
- Biobehavioral approach to distinguishing panic symptoms from medical illness Natalie C. Tunnell, Sarah E. Corner, Andres D. Roque, Juliet L. Kroll, Thomas Ritz, Alicia E. Meuret Front Psychiatry. 2024; 15: 1296569. Published online 2024 May 8. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1296569 PMCID:PMC11109415
- Panic disorder in general medical practice- A narrative review Narayana Manjunatha, Dushad Ram J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Mar; 11(3): 861–869. Published online 2022 Mar 10. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_888_21 PMCID:PMC9051703
- Psychological therapies for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in adults: a network meta‐analysis Alessandro Pompoli, Toshi A Furukawa, Hissei Imai, Aran Tajika, Orestis Efthimiou, Georgia Salanti, Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr; 2016(4): CD011004. Published online 2016 Apr 13. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011004.pub2PMCID:PMC7104662
- Panic-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in a Woman with Panic Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Larry Sandberg, Fredric Busch, Franklin Schneier, Andrew Gerber, Eve Caligor, Barbara Milrod Harv Rev Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 May 18. Published in final edited form as: Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2012 Sep-Oct; 20(5): 268–276. doi: 10.3109/10673229.2012.726527PMCID:PMC4871148
- Psychological therapies versus pharmacological interventions for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in adults Hissei Imai, Aran Tajika, Peiyao Chen, Alessandro Pompoli, Toshi A Furukawa, Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016; 2016(10): CD011170. Published online 2016 Oct 12. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011170.pub2 PMCID:PMC6457876
- Anxiety as a disorder of uncertainty: implications for understanding maladaptive anxiety, anxious avoidance, and exposure therapy Vanessa M. Brown, Rebecca Price, Alexandre Y. Dombrovski Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2024 Jun 1. Published in final edited form as: Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2023 Jun; 23(3): 844–868. Published online 2023 Mar 3. doi: 10.3758/s13415-023-01080-w PMCID:PMC10475148
- Sleep and anxiety disorders Luc Staner Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2003 Sep; 5(3): 249–258. doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2003.5.3/lstaner
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