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Talk:Anxiety suppression

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Possible non-drug methods

Meditation[1]

Nature imagery[2]

Sensory deprivation[3]

Relevant for an anxiety suppression analysis

Defensive neural circuit flexibility is a key aspect for functional behavior. Fear extinction does not erase fear memories, rather it's a new form of learning. Extinction training creates extinction-specific-networks that inhibit memory-activated-threat-networks.

Hyperventilation increases panic attacks[1]

Also I keep seeing Vim Hoff method referenced as a breathing technique -Graham (talk) 00:44, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

References

  1. Chen, K. W., Berger, C. C., Manheimer, E., Forde, D., Magidson, J., Dachman, L., & Lejuez, C. W. (2012). Meditative therapies for reducing anxiety: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials. Depression and anxiety, 29(7), 545-562. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fda.21964
  2. Nguyen, J., & Brymer, E. (2018). Nature-Based Guided Imagery as an Intervention for State Anxiety. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1858. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpsyg.2018.01858
  3. Feinstein, J. S., Khalsa, S. S., Yeh, H. W., Wohlrab, C., Simmons, W. K., Stein, M. B., & Paulus, M. P. (2018). Examining the short-term anxiolytic and antidepressant effect of Floatation-REST. PloS one, 13(2), e0190292. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0190292
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