The Mickel Therapy Clinic, Auckland, Mickel Therapy - Effective Treatment for Anxiety and Depression
Natural Solutions for Anxiety & Stress
Stress and Anxiety - is there a difference?
Anxiety
Anxiety is an unpleasant, emotional state of high energy that involves a complex combination of emotions that include fear, apprehension and worry. It is a physiological state with its own range of symptoms including altered breathing patterns, tightness in the diaphragm / abdomen, and tense muscles. Left unresolved it can build up to anxiety attacks and panic attacks. more about anxiety
StressWhilst most people usually think that external factors are the cause of their stress, these factors are actually often only the trigger for the internal stress response. Stress is an internal response to either external or internal stressors. Stress is a signal from the body that it is not happy with something, and a sign that something needs to need to be done in order that the body no longer feel 'stressed'. When the body is in a state of stress, this will be symptomatic of the fact that the autonomic nervous system is in the 'sympathetic nervous response'. This is the 'fight-flight' or emergency response of the body, which is the natural state for it to go into in times of real emergency. |
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Unfortunatley, many people are constantly living in this stressed state, which is highly detremental to our health. Living in a perpetual state of stress over-taxes the delicate internal organs, eventually exhausting them or building up to illness.
Very importantly, the body cannot heal or carry out routine repairs when it is in a state of stress. Therefore it is critical that we learn how to move our body out of this state as soon as possible. Chronic stress is the foundation for many other diseases, so if you want to avoid becoming ill, learn how to de-stress! more about stress
How can Mickel Therapy help with Anxiety?
From a Mickel Therapy perspective anxiety is a symptom as opposed to an emotion, and is a sign that a 'pot' load of depressed emotions are overflowing in their attempt to be heard.
Mickel Therapy can help to deal with Anxiety by giving you the tools to deal effectively with the pot of repressed emotions that are building up to become a physiological state of anxiety inside the body. Once you deal with the underlying emotions, the anxiety drops away of its own accord.
How can Mickel Therapy help with Stress?
From a Mickel Therapy perspective stress indicates that the body is in the 'fight-flight' response. Interestingly, it will be found that ANYONE with symptoms of insomnia, irritable bowel, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia etc will have an underlying state of stress in their body.
If you are coming to the clinic to learn how to de-stress, you will learn exactly how stress is created in the body, and what it is in YOUR life that is creating YOUR symptoms. You will then be given a set of tools to put into practice so that your body no longer needs to create stress.
As your symptoms reduce, you will go through the 'stress' layer and come out the other side into the 'parasympathetic' (relaxation) response. Thus we train our bodies to be relaxed and to live from this state. Yes, it is possible!
The good news is that:
- You get to understand exactly what is going on inside your body
- You get given your own personal set of tools to reduce stress
- You get to be in control of your own health so that you no longer need to rely on others
STRESS - Read more about stress and how you can eradicate stress from your life
ANXIETY - Read more about how anxiety is a symptom rather than an emotion