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Recognizing the Triggers of Anxiety Panic Attacks

   Posted by: author1    in Self Improvement: Stress Management

If you suffer from an anxiety disorder, you will be very aware of the intensive sensation of all of a sudden feeling desperate, cornered or maybe sick to your stomach all concurrently. Anxiety panic attacks are common among sufferers of several anxiety disorders. If you are one of these folks, then you know only too well how out of control they make you feel and you in all probability want to put a stop to them. Read on to learn some of the symptoms of panic attacks and how to control them more effectively.

If you are a sufferer of anxiety panic attacks, it is important that you understand exactly what they are and how they occur. An attack starts out when stress and anxiety levels increase to a degree where they are unmanageable by the person who is experiencing the episode. The individual will rapidly descend into a state of panic and fear of surroundings, feeling that they are dying or having a heart attack and even going insane. In effect, the head is telling the body that it is feeling a discomfort that is probably not real. Depending on the severity of the attack, they can last anywhere up to around fifteen minutes. The experience oftentimes causes a vicious cycle where the individual dreads another attack, which simply causes the symptoms to worsen.

Experiencing an anxiety panic attack can send anyone into delirium, and folk with anxiety disorders recognize only too well how crippling they are. Instead of living your life in fear you can learn how to control them. Anxiety panic attacks ordinarily come on unexpectedly to the majority of people, but what if there was some manner you could recognize it was coming. There are particular patterns or triggers present when a person is about to have an attack. If you know these, then you could learn to prevent them. If you find yourself having an attack, then the best thing to do is to make yourself stress free and start mouthing out loud in a positive manner.

If you suffer from anxiety panic attacks, you might like to try utilizing yoga techniques. This form of stress free activity, along with others, such as Tai Chi or other structured exercises, can help relax your brain and often discourage attacks. The same is applicable to listening to music, reading a book, or even spending time with an animal or pet. These activities might be your key to getting rid of the attacks. While panic attacks might never disappear, with a little training and a few stress free skills you might be able to avoid them in many cases.

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Feb

Knowing The Benefits Of Hearing Therapy

   Posted by: author1    in Ears Hearing, Health and Fitness

The method called hearing therapy is a health-related specialty which deals with the treatment of hearing impairment, which may be the result of congenital diseases, accidents or trauma, side effects of medications as well as illness like German measles and infection.

People Who Need Hearing Therapy

Individuals who need hearing therapy may include the following:

* For those with acute or progressive hearing loss
* For the indviduals or family members that that need to comminicate effectively with people that have hearing impairment
* Individuals who are in need of instruction on the proper use of assistive-hearing devices

Those That Provide Hearing Therapy

In most cases it is the audiologist who provides hearing therapy. An audiologist is a medical professional who diagnoses and treats any form of hearing impairment or loss. Based on the diagnosis, the audiologist presents various treatment options to the individual. They can also dispense hearing aids and other assistive-hearing devices as part of any hearing therapy program that they may choose to implement for a patient. The program may also include a referral for possible surgical treatment as deemed necessary by the audiologist.

Know More About The AV Approach

The Auditory – Verbal approach is one model of hearing therapy for hearing-impaired children which has been practiced for more than 30 years. It involves the use of individualized, diagnostic sessions which uses hearing technology to acquire listening as the main avenue to develop spoken language. The A-V method is based on the principle that children with mild to moderate hearing loss can communicate through speech if they have the appropriate amplification and enough listening and language stimulation to develop their hearing potential.

What About Music Therapy

Some may consider music therapy as impractical and ineffective, however the proponents of this method stress it’s usefulness in the treatment of the hearing impaired due to the variety of frequencies and the usual intesity that is found in music, that makes it very accessible to the hearing impaired. In addition music is also very flexible and can be modified accordingly to suit the needs and tastes of each individual.

Proponents of music therapy count the following as the main benefits of music therapy in the hearing impaired:

* It can enhance auditory training and  encourage the use of residual hearing
* Enhance language  development
* Enhance communication skills
* The enhancement of pysical well-being emotions
* Enhance education through improvements in language and communication
* The promotion of self awareness, socialization and improvement of self-esteem
* Great tool for self-expression
* Promotes a sense of social responsibility

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