Anxiety and stress

Anxiety, reflexology and stress management

Generalized anxiety disorder (or GAD) is characterized by excessive, wide anxiety and worry about everyday life events with no obvious reasons for worry. People with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder tend to always expect disaster and can't stop worrying about health, money, family, work, or school. In people with GAD, the worry often is unrealistic or out of proportion for the situation. Daily life becomes a constant state of worry, fear, and dread. Eventually, the anxiety so dominates the person's thinking that it interferes with daily functioning, including work, school, social activities, and relationships. It is very diffused in developed countries. It is mainly a psychoogical theme, reflexology is not the only solution (the easy "solution") but may give a large help in relaxing and keeping body systems balanced.

STRESS and reflexology

According to some Chinese and Duke University Medical Center studies reflexology improves body reactions to stress, expecially circulation and heart.

Some reserahces about effects of reflexology on PTSD (post traumatic stress disorders) showed a reduction in medication by about 50% (Meier Teichman, PhD (Clinical Psychologist and Head of Tel Aviv's University's Bob Shapell School of Social Work) and Scmuel Zaidel, "Experimental Treatment in Reflexology with Severe, Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorders," Institute of Human Ecology)

Stress, anxiety, panic attacks

Moving from stress, ansxiety arises. When the anxiety level is usually high, in some circumstances (traumas, etc.) and also owing to some individual physiological factors, panic attacks may suddenly come. The best solution for panick is a mixed approach (if it is possible avoiding pharmacological substances if not specifically required by the specialist as first aid).

PTSD diffusion
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders have unluckily a growing diffusion (natural disasters, urban violence, gender violence, wars, accidents, ect.) and WHO is engaged in solving the problem of the interventions and of the cost of them. Reflexological treatment may help in alleviating these disorders.