There is documented proof that keeping stress under control, can help you prevent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or go a long way towards easing the symptoms. The gut is part of the enteric nervous system (brain) that controls autonomous motor functions including the gut – colon, small bowel, digestion etc. The autonomous functions allow the gut to react on its own to triggers such as stress, which then affects the IBS issues.
Read moreSeries (5 part) on Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis, NLP for TMJ pain and connected issues. Article 5 of 5 re the connection between fear, trauma, and TMJ disorder.
Emotional factors such as anxiety, fear, anger, and trauma, all play a significant role in the causes of TMJ disorders. This is mostly due to the fact that they may cause muscular tension in the jaw, and involuntary grinding of the teeth.
The excessive clenching of the jaw muscles, and the sliding from side to side of the joint, will cause pain which may radiate to the neck, or the surrounding muscles and tissues. This often creates various symptoms which can make a TMJ disorder sometimes difficult to diagnose.
Read moreSeries (5 part) on Hypnosis, NLP, Hypnotherapy, for TMJ pain and connected issues. Article 3 of 5 re Stress and Anxiety.
Because of the common link between stress and teeth grinding, it is easy to develop a TMJ disorder as a result. This may not happen immediately, but as time goes by, and the symptoms of anxiety are not relieved, the condition may continue unabated. Restless sleep, induced by stress, can cause you to unconsciously grind your teeth and clench your jaw. The constant wear and tear can put your jaw out of alignment and cause chronic neck pain, as well acute muscle strain.
Read moreMale Sexual Performance Anxiety (MSPA) and Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Article 3 of 3. Staying in the moment.
It is not unusual for a man who suffers from MPSA to experience issues with erectile functionality, and have mixed feelings of anger, sadness, frustration, and insecurity. These feelings need to be acknowledged and dealt with, as they can sometimes lead to clinical depression which may need medications whose side effects can make anxiety even worse.
General anxiety, of which performance anxiety is a symptom, is a psychological condition, whose triggers and traumas are lodged in the subconscious mind. However, even if you are able to remember almost every detail from your life, you cannot really recall how many of the events may have influenced you – nor how you may have been affected.
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