Posted on 09/26/2023 10:40:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff
The next time you're in a high-stress situation and feel a wave of panic coming over you, eat an extremely sour candy.
The intense taste acts as a distraction. It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, a part of the brain that puts the brakes on an anxiety attack.
A TikTok trend that has amassed more than 23.7 million views is making waves for testing out this theory.
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How about bourbon, maybe a double sized Old Fashion instead?
Salty Chips!
Who knew they were therapeutic?
So can I use an FSA or HSA to pay for candy now?
If there’s cheaper nonaddictive solutions why go with more? Save the good stuff for fun...
How about a return to God and restoring some faith within our culture?
both salt and sour raise your stomach acid level which is excellent for your overall system. And before you say you have ‘high stomach acid’, guess again. Essentially no such thing. You have LOW stomach acid that manifests as high because it bloats your belly and opens the sphincter muscle at the top of your stomach, allowing acid to enter the esophagus
I always took a little walk....
“Hey Ridley, got any Beemans?”
Might think twice of your anxiety response includes hyperventilating though.
An expert is someone with good knowledge in a field of application. An expert proves his expertise by solving problems, i.e. actually demonstrating competence.
There are no mental health experts. There are pseudoscientific frauds who drug everyone they see and end up with more suicides and homicides than if the people “treated” were left alone. This is one of the greatest scams of our time.
I’ll just try a gin & tonic.
Not sure if it worked, need to test again!
My thoughts exactly!
From Pete Walker’s website:
What may I have been misdiagnosed with?
Renowned traumatologist, John Briere, is said to have quipped that if Complex PTSD were ever given its due – that is, if the role of dysfunctional parenting in adult psychological disorders was ever fully recognized, the DSM (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used by all mental health professionals) would shrink to the size of a thin pamphlet. It currently resembles a large dictionary. In my experience, many clients with Complex PTSD have been misdiagnosed with various anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as bipolar, narcissistic, codependent and borderline disorders. Further confusion arises in the case of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), as well as obsessive/compulsive disorder, which is sometimes more accurately described as an excessive, fixated flight response to trauma. This is also true of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and some dissociative disorders which are similarly excessive, fixated freeze responses to trauma. (See my article “A Trauma Typology”.)
https://www.pete-walker.com/fAQsComplexPTSD.html#misdiagnosed
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