凭空出现的情绪?

午后天晴，喝了柠檬茶的我感觉好清爽。这情绪来自什么呢？
事实上，这可归咎自咖啡因（茶里有咖啡因）和血糖（蜜糖是高升糖食品）指数对情绪带来的变化。

我们常常不理解自己情绪的来源而懊恼不已，甚至不能够接受自己出现“不该有”的情绪。
事实上原生家庭问题，儿时因素，不理智想法，情景联结和条件反应或生理基因等因素都可衍生出种种情绪。情绪并不是凭空出现的。
许多时候，搞清为何有该情绪并不是最重要的。
权衡怎样处理之并带来良好生活品质或许更为实际。

[PurelyB] Mindful Topic: Emotional Support for Motherhood (Written by Hiro Koo)

Friday, 02 October 2015 | Written by Koo Kian Yong

“I am so worried about my baby! I don’t know whether I can be a good mother,” a pregnant lady told her husband. Indeed, the process of pregnancy can be stressful and it is one of the major life changing events. 

It is quite difficult for the gentlemen to understand the feelings throughout the whole pregnancy process - they might feel some differences but not as strong and direct as one who is pregnant. Thus, conflict between husband and wife is always an issue during pregnancy. Due to hormone secretion and body image changes, a pregnant woman can easily encounter problems with mood swings.

Mothers-to-be may need to overcome quite a number of problems such as changes in quality and quantity of sleep as well as anxiety issues. Research shows that people with sleep deprivation have higher chances of enhanced impulsivity to negative stimuli (Anderson & Platten, 2010) or even other issues related to memory deprivation and executive functioning (Fortier-Brochu, Beaulieu-Bonneau, Ivers, & Morin, 2010). Thus, a pregnant woman without good sleep may think irrationally and tend to be disorganised.

Emotional support is very important during this stage. Hence, as an intimate partner or close friends and family, we would need to provide sufficient emotional support throughout the whole pregnancy process. Some issues that most pregnant women may encounter are further discussed below.

Fear and Anxiety

Anxiety is a common issue that most pregnant women need to overcome. She may worry about the condition of her baby, her husband, her competency to be a mother, the labour and delivery procedure, her work status, any unresolved tasks and more. People who tend to think too much ahead are more likely to experience anxious feelings. However, it is quite difficult to control our thoughts. In fact, the more you try to restrict yourself from having certain thoughts, you will end up thinking it over and over again. For example, when one says, “Don’t think of an elephant”, your brain will definitely receive this command and process it before setting a filter in front, where you will then end up with a big fat elephant on your mind.  

What we can do is to merely live in the present and enjoy the moment.  Self-hypnosis is a proven technique to reduce pain intensity and to cope with anxiety. Hence, a pregnant woman should equip herself with a personalised self-hypnosis method from a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist registered with the Association of Hypnotherapy Practitioner Malaysia (AHPM). 

Sleep Issue

How well do you sleep? Or how often do you sleep? People with anxiety problems can never fall asleep easily. When you worry excessively and are anxious, your fast brainwaves become dominant which leads to sleep problems, where you would spend lesser time in sleep even when you feel tired. If your slow brainwaves activities cannot increase during bedtime, it may even lead to bad sleep quality. People who lack sleep might experience depression (Watson et al., 2014). Sleep deprivation also can lead to memory problems (Fortier-Brochu, Beaulieu-Bonneau, Ivers, & Morin, 2010), irrational thoughts, impulsivity and problems coping with stress (Anderson & Platten, 2010). You will then become more vulnerable to stressors. Hypnotherapy has been proven to help sleep-related issues and increase the amount and duration of slow wave sleep effectively (Cordi, Schlarb, & Rasch, 2014). Hence, seeing a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist is essential to assure better sleep quality and quantity throughout your pregnancy.     

Mood Swings

Quite a number of pregnant women experience mood swings which can be very apparent to those around them. She may tend to act irrationally when it comes to decision-making or planning. Additionally, her mood swings might affect those around her. Emotional support by providing an attentive listening ear and showing empathy is what she needs at this point. A pregnant woman usually needs someone who is able to provide non-judgmental support. A good listener could be anyone, such as close friends, siblings, family, partner or even a counsellor or psychologist. 

A scientifically-proven, safe, and non-invasive method, known as the “Brain Traner”, is found to overcome mood swings effectively. It can enhance the functions of the different parts of the brain. In this case, by training the prefrontal lobe area (near our forehead), logical and analytical thinking as well as mood regulation functions can be significantly improved. Research also found that EEG biofeedback therapy (brain trainer) showed better improvement, compared to a group using psychotherapy, in mood-related issues (Linden, 2014). The gaming component of brain trainer proves a lot more interesting than conventional psychotherapy as they can objectively monitor changes in their own brainwaves throughout the training course. 

Body Image

For the first time mother, changes in her appearance may lead to different thoughts, while some are refreshing and new, some other thoughts may be stressful. For example, one could have lower self-esteem and become more suspicious. This is linked closely to one’s perceived level of attractiveness and worries about appearance. In this case, one should turn to one’s partner for positive affirmation. On the other hand, working up a weight-loss plan together with your partner might be another good idea to get a sense of security and support. Enrolling in a Hypno-Band weight loss programme may help to work both the mind and body, which is a long-term solution to weight problems. You could also approach a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist who could help in weight loss. 

Reference:

• Anderson, C., & Platten, C. R. (2010). Sleep deprivation lowers inhibition and enhances impulsivity to negative stimuli. Behavioural Brain Research, 217(2), 463 – 466. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2010.09.020
• Cordi, M. J., Schlarb, A. A., & Rasch, B. (2014). Deepening sleep by hypnotic suggestion. Sleep, 37(6), 1143-1152. doi: 10.5665/sleep.3778
• Fortier-Brochu, É., Beaulieu-Bonneau, S., Ivers, H., & Morin, C. M. (2010). Insomnia and daytime cognitive performance: A meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews , 16(1) , 83 – 94. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2011.03.008
• Linden, D. E. J. (2014). Neurofeedback and networks of depression. Dialogues in Clinical
• Neuroscience, 16(1), 103–112. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984886/pdf/DialoguesClinNeurosci-16-103.pdf
• Watson, N. F., Harden, K. P., Buchwald, D., Vitiello, M. V., Pack, A. I., Strachan, E., & Goldberg, J. (2014). Sleep Duration and Depressive Symptoms: A Gene-Environment Interaction. Sleep, 37(2), 351–358. doi:10.5665/sleep.3412

All retrieved from:

https://www.purelyb.com/be-well/get-informed/mindful-topic-emotional-support-for-motherhood

[Review] Ataxia Alternative Treatment Malaysia - C Case

C - Speech and language difficulties, short attention span, temper tantrums and ataxia in a 10 years old. 

Parents summary of ongoing treatment. 

My 10 years old boy was diagnosed as Ataxic kid (balance and co-ordination problems).
He was poor in coordination, feel easily, spoke slow, moved slow.
Some positive results gained after 20 EEG biofeedback therapy with Hiro Koo.
Today, he doesn't fall everyday, better behaved and improved in study.
I am amazed by these changes in my boy which I had been hoping for and never achieved through other conventional therapy.

- Mother of C

What is Ataxia?

Ataxia describes a lack of muscle control during voluntary movements, such as walking or picking up objects. A sign of an underlying condition, ataxia can affect movement, speech, eye movement and swallowing.

Persistent ataxia usually results from damage to your cerebellum — the part of your brain that controls muscle coordination. Many conditions can cause ataxia, including alcohol abuse, stroke, tumor, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. An inherited defective gene also can cause ataxia.

Treatment for ataxia depends on the cause. Adaptive devices, such as walkers or canes, might help you maintain your independence. Physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy also might help.

Ataxia Treatment

By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD

Ataxia has no cure. There are no medications that can specifically treat and cure the symptoms of ataxias. However, medications may ease the symptoms by treating the underlying condition that causes the ataxia.

The aim of treatment of ataxia is to improve the quality of life though patient education and provision of aids and devices to maintain self sufficiency and independence for as long as possible.

Ataxias due to underlying causes may be treated by treating these underlying causes that include stroke, a low vitamin E level or exposure to a toxic drug or chemical.

Treatment also revolves around managing the co-existing conditions such as muscle cramps, stiffness, tremor, spasticity as well as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders etc.

Ataxia is managed by a team of specialists in different fields. This is called the multi-disciplinary team.

A usual team of specialists who treat ataxias include a neurologist (one who specializes in diseases of the brain and nervous system), an ophthalmologist or eye specialist, a urologist who treats problems like urinary incontinence in these patients, a cardiologist or heart specialist who deals with cardiomyopathy in ataxia patients, a physiotherapist, a speech and language therapist, a psychologist, an occupational therapist, a social worker, diet advisor and a specialist neurology nurse.

A geneticist or a genetic counsellor may be part of the team dealing with hereditary ataxias.

Sources:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ataxia/basics/causes/con-20030428

http://www.news-medical.net/health/Ataxia-Treatment.aspx



Remark: Our client's information will be kept strictly confidential all the time. All reviews have been acknowledged and provided by past and current clients of Spectrum of Life proactive healthcare centre (Clinical Hypnotherapist Hiro Koo). Clients names have been changed to protect their identity. 

Letting Go Of Emotional Pain With Self-Hypnosis

“Letting go is the willingness to change your beliefs in order to bring more peace and joy into your life instead of holding onto beliefs that bring pain and suffering…”
― Hal Tipper

That's right!

Everything that has a beginning, has an ending. 

However, are you aware that every ending is a new beginning?

No matter how good or bad it may have been in the past.

It's time to bury those negative thoughts.

And let's not forget to plant a positive seed of thought in your mind and nurture it carefully.

As a clinical hypnotherapist, I will guide you to plant the positive seed in your mind and your processed thoughts will turn to fertilizer.

We all scream for ice cream in hot day. Quite simply, because it makes us feel good. 

As if you can't let go, you may not be aware but it's for a reason.

I believe that a good pair of shoes can serve you for many years and you can walk a thousand miles in a good mental health status.

Emotion, a key factor related to happiness.

With clinical hypnotherapy you can change your emotional state.

As I work on your emotional factors, your subconscious mind.

 

It's indeed exciting to get to know how the subconscious mind works, isn't it?

I am one of the few certified biofeedback specialists in Asia.

Biofeedback is a new method for individual behavior therapy and is scientifically proven.

Let your brain teach itself to work more efficiently through brain biofeedback.

I can assist you to see your brainwave during your clinical hypnotherapy session. 

The first of its kind in Malaysia!

Contact me now for more info about self-hypnosis.

ECP THERAPY? Yes, heart surgery is not your only option!

What is ECP ?

ECP therapy is a safe, non-invasive, outpatient treatment option for people suffering from ischemic heart diseases such as angina and with either systolic or diastolic heart failure. ECP® has helped hundreds of thousands of patients around the world. Clinical studies show over 75% of patients benefit from ECP Therapy with sustained improvement up to three years post-treatment. While an individual is undergoing ECP, pneumatic cuffs are applied on the legs and are connected to a computer that monitors the heart rate and rhythm. The cuffs are timed to inflate and deflate based on the individual’s electrocardiogram. The cuffs inflate at the beginning of diastole and deflate at the beginning of systole. Since it increases pressure in the aorta while the heart is relaxing (during diastole) ECP increases blood flow into the coronary arteries, which serves to mechanically open up semi-blocked coronary arteries

ECP THERAPY ADVANTAGES

• Non- invasive, painless and inexpensive compared to a surgery u 
• No recovery time, after the session, the client can carry on with work 
• Does not have any side effects compared to after a surgery
• Increase Energy and Stamina u Improve Alertness 
• Improve Sex Life 
• Increase Cardiac Output 
• Improve Ventricular Function 
• Increase Coronary Perfusion Pressure 
• Improve Oxygen Consumption (VO2) 
• Increases Circulation u Recruits and Develops New Collaterals 
• Retrograde Arterial Flow Increases Endothelial Function 
• Reduces Circulating Inflammatory Markers and Arterial Stiffness 
• Cardiac Remodeling 
• Decrease Workload on Your Heart 
• Reduces High Blood Pressure 
• Reduce Leg Pain and Shortness of Breath 
• Reduce Symptoms Angina and Ischemic Heart Disease 
• Regression of Atherosclerosis

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM ECP? 

Those who suffer:

• Chronic stable angina 
• Not keen to go for bypass surgery 
• Poor circulation 
• Prevention not to get blockage because of diabetes 
• Coronary atherosclerosis 
• Diabetes 
• Renal failure
• Pulmonary disease 

Here’s the Million Dollar Question 

Is surgery my only option? 

Dr. John Kirklin, a heart surgeon at Mayo Clinic, USA, has this to say: 

“Surgery is always second best. If you can do something else, it’s better.” 

Here at Spectrum of Life (SOL) , you do have an option to do something else for your aching heart and circulatory system: the External Counter Pulsation (ECP) therapy. 

For starters, ECP is truly non- invasive — 100% no needles and pricking.

ECP Therapy + Clinical Hypnotherapy = Better quality of life
Stress management techniques could reduce deaths and disability from heart attacks according to BBC News. At Spectrum of Life (SOL) Proactive Healthcare Centre, our clinical hypnotherapy service + ECP therapy will help you improve the quality of your life. Free consultation is still available, come to SOL and talk with me (Mr.Koo) now.

Interested?  

Contact us now

Your biography becomes your biology

It is not pain that hurts us most. Emotional traumas play a very large role in creating chronic illnesses. I feel good to help my clients feel better, regain their health and fitness!

Our language is filled with expressions of how emotion affects the body: tension and stress gives me a knot in my stomach, overwhelming sadness makes me feel all choked up, a difficult person is a pain in the neck.

More seriously, a recent study showed that sudden emotional shock can cause heart attacks even in healthy people. Called “broken heart syndrome,” these heart attacks were related to the loss of a loved one, fear of an event or activity, or sudden accidents. Notably, most of the sufferers were women.

How does a fleeting feeling have lasting health effects? Research on this is still in its infancy, but there are at least four paths we already know about.

First is the general effect of stress, which triggers the adrenals to produce cortisol and adrenaline. Cortisol is very helpful in small doses (as part of the fight or flight response) but sustained high cortisol levels (the result of unremitting stress) have very destructive effects on the body, including weight gain, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, suppression of immune function and acceleration of aging. For more on cortisol, read our articles on adrenal fatigue.

Second is the effect of unresolved emotional issues on systemic inflammation. Medical research has recently implicated inflammation as a contributing factor in a host of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. For more on systemic inflammation, read our informative articles.

Third is the effect of emotions on particular organs. Many alternative practitioners attribute illness in a specific organ to a specific cause. While this is controversial in Western medicine, it has been well documented in medical literature that “Type A” personalities have much higher rates of heart disease, and that women who suffered childhood sexual abuse have higher rates of dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain. The mechanism of action may be peptide chains formed as part of the biochemistry of emotion that bind to receptor sites in specific organs, a concept pioneered by the renowned biochemist Dr. Candace Pert. We believe many more links will be discovered as research in this area continues.

Fourth is the effect of emotions on behavior. The ACE Study revealed a cause and effect link between adverse childhood experience and negative health habits like drinking, smoking, overeating, and sexual promiscuity. The authors recognized these negative habits as self-medication for unresolved emotional pain. But over time the suppression of all that pain through these self-destructive habits has terrible consequences.

All retrieved from http://www.womentowomen.com/emotions-anxiety-mood/how-emotional-experience-determines-your-health/


上述文章阐述了情绪压力如何影响生理疾病。
事实的确如此，情绪压力是许多流行病的导因。
心脏病，胃病，忧郁症等等都和情绪压力有很大的关系。
我所工作的保健中心能检测顾客的生理状况。
我发现许多拥有情绪问题的顾客，肠胃心脏等都有一些状况。
有者甚至因为情绪问题，导致生理出了许多严重情况。
然而当情绪压力得到舒缓和改善时，他们的气色和生理状况也真的跟着好转起来。
所以你说生理和心理两者有关联不？