Health and Phobias

Palmtherapy has become the latest in an effort to help people who are suffering from emotional trauma and the problems that it can cause. When the connection is made to the brain through the palm and the hand, the practitioners of this new therapy believe that an end to suffering can be had.Palmtherapy works by stimulating the lines in the palm which it is believed are connected to brain functioning. These lines are also a part of a persons personality and when the proper lines are stimulated, the true potential of a person can be realized. Palmtherapy is used to help patients who are suffering from anxiety, emotional trauma, phobias, grief issues, and anger.Emotional problems can cause a great deal of disruption to your life. If you find that you are suffering from any of these problems, you should seek the help of a licensed therapist. Palmtherapy is an interesting alternative practice that should be used in conjunction with other therapies.When you are researching the uses of palmtherapy, you should pay particular attention to the information that has been gathered about the connection between the hands and the mind. When these connections are stimulated successfully, many patients have reported relief from the suffering that they have been having. All of this can be done for patients without the use of medication.Many people seek an alternative medicine for their anxiety and other mental conditions because they are looking for relief without using the chemical medications that are often prescribed by psychiatrists and other medical doctors. These medications, while they can be helpful, are often full of side effects that make the cure just as difficult to deal with as the problem. Palmtherapy offers patients a natural alternative to these medications.It is also beneficial to speak with a therapist or psychologist when you are suffering from these kind of problems. Sometimes having someone to talk to along with other treatments can be a tremendous relief for patients. People who are suffering from anxiety and stress related illnesses are often embarrassed by their condition and find it difficult to seek out professional help. Palmtherapy can offer an alternative to the traditional approach that many patients will find more comfortable.Look online for additional information about palmtherapy and the benefits that it can bring to your life. There is no need to be debilitated by your anxiety and mental conditions any longer. If you find that you are interested in giving palmtherapy a try, look for a practitioner in your area that can help you with your problems.

I’m sure you’ve heard the news already: it’s all over the blogosphere since BCC Health first broke the news. Yeah, this is about that nasal spray you sniff – and your social phobia is gone!If you haven’t heard about this “latest and greatest” social anxiety cure yet, let me regurgitate the news in brief. It all started when scientists from Zurich University found that people who inhaled the hormone called oxytocin continued to trust strangers even after they were cheated on. That discovery, they say, could lead to future treatments for social phobia. It didn’t take long for a long-sales-letter type websites to appear selling the new wonder drug:oxytocin.It has been called “the love hormone”, “the cuddle chemical”, “the mind reading hormone” and “the trust drug”.And for a reason.It’s the chemical that makes you feel what you’re feeling during an orgasm. It is also produced during labor and it’s responsible for the unique and unbreakable mother-child bond. When your brain is releasing oxytocin, you feel loved, relaxed and more open to trust – not only friends and lovers, but also strangers.The Zurich University’s study has found that oxytocin has a very specific effect in social situations: it seems to diminish fears. Lead researcher Dr Thomas Baumgartner thinks that a lack of oxytocin is at least one of the causes for the fear experienced by social phobics.Brain scans show that oxytocin can lower activity in the amygdala – a region of brain that is responsible for feelings of fear and apprehension – and which is overactive in social phobics. So, yes – it’s true: a sniff of oxytocin could improve readiness to engage in social interactions for people who suffer from social anxiety disorder by simply making them less fearful.Then again, there are other things you can sniff to increase your confidence in social situations… Lots and lots of people who don’t have social phobia consume alcohol for the same reason.The problem is, such substances are indiscriminate in their effects: uncritical trust can be just as damaging as irrational avoidance.Will this new drug heal us or kill us…?