MEDITATION FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS TREATMENT
Meditation has been the subject of research since the late 1960s and is now being used in many treatments in conjunction with conventional medical practices. It is being used to improve the quality of life for people who have cancer, AIDS or high blood pressure, and to help people who have an addiction to narcotics. Meditation also reduces anxiety levels in anxiety disorders. One study showed ‘significant reductions in anxiety and depression’ and that it is effective in panic disorder with or without agoraphobia and generalised anxiety disorder (Kabat-Zinn 1992).
If we have the ability to dissociate, we will find meditation quite easy, because we are already accessing various states of consciousness. We can use meditation as an ‘exposure’ technique to become more familiar with altered states. The more familiar we become with them, the more we will lose our fear of them.
Our recovery depends upon our ability to bring down and keep down our anxiety level. Recovery means having to change some of our previous ways of dealing with certain aspects of our life. Becoming disciplined in a relaxation technique is an important step in our overall commitment to recovery.
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March 10, 2010
Meditation For Anxiety Disorders Treatment
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