Posted by HoldenYosarian on March 7, 2005, at 23:16:25
In reply to Re: Please help me..meditation CD caused bad react » HoldenYosarian, posted by jasmineneroli on March 4, 2005, at 1:11:48
> Hey Holden,
> Sorry for the delay in response, but I've been busy AND stressed!!!
> Thanks a lot for your response.
> To answer your questions: 1) No, I don't panic when alone and at rest, I like to be alone. I feel very much on "display" in my "public persona" and it's a relief to be at home (or driving). I feel I need to be here to "re-charge".
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> When I'm at home though, I'm either constantly thinking of the next task, brain goes a mile or minute. Or I'm in a sort of semi-coma! I can sit and not realize I've been doing nothing, just aimless thoughts, for about an hour!
> 2) The CD is a "holosync" CD. First in a series. It has sounds, supposedly in the inaudible range, fed stereophonically (headphones a requirement) into each ear. Different sound in each one and different tempo or beat. These are "buried" under sounds of rain or waterfalls, rivers and dripping water. One part of the CD also has deep chimes, like buddhist bells, that I find very irritating to listen to. The premise behind these are that your brain tries to integrate the inaudible sounds to link left and right brain activity. Once you are able to think with both sides of the brain, you can apparently process events, information, stimuli much more efficiently. Therefore you are able to (almost unconsciously) deal with issues causing anxiety and distress, in a healthy way. One that doesn't keep spiralling into adrenalin-type fight or flight responses.
> It's aim is induce a state of theta brain waves. Most relaxed state, and most creatively open state, problem solving.
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> You are right, I do have a lot of issues to deal with, that are in a state of flux, and I feel out of control. But they're really nothing out of the ordinary, when I compare myself to other's plights. There are a few things I never want to deal with, I guess. I'm not good at letting go.
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> Since posting, I tried the non-chime track again. This time on a day I wasn't anxious already. I still got the butterflies and trembles, and I was aware of the vibrating pulses etc in each ear, but I actually didn't get as strong a response that time. And afterwards I felt alright.
> I asked my husband to listen to it and he could only hear the water and some "electrical buzzing" (which I also hear), but not the low booming pulses and the little taps. Some of the taps I heard in my right ear actually startled me!!
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> BTW, I didn't know anything about the CD content or sounds etc. when I listened to them. It was only afterwards, when I researched the manufacturer, that I found out.
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> I think I'm very sound sensitive in a certain decibel range?????? Haven't used them again.
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> What do you think?
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> Thanks for your interest.
> Regards, Jas
>Jas,
Don't worry about the time of your response...as if you needed something else to worry about. Those of us with conditions involving anxiety/OCD etc would be worried and stressed WITHOUT the incidental material/situational stress involved in everyday life. I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, actually. I'm busy and stressed myself, at the moment, you see. A response to your own is on its way, but I don't want to short-shrift it out of necessity to hurry through it, though---just wanted to drop a line to let you know I'm still here and interested, and that my response is pending. In the meantime, remember:
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." Louis L'Amour
more soon,
Holdenyosarian
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