Aspen Heart Hypnotherapy and Integrative Counseling, LLC

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04/28/2023

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04/26/2023

Over 115 million adults are dealing with chronic illnesses like cancer, fibromyalgia, heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, and others. Chronic illness is not only tough on the body, it’s tough on the brain. There’s often a great deal of stress that accompanies managing a chronic illness, and that stress can further exacerbate the condition by compromising our immune system, throwing hormones and chemicals out of balance, and depleting energy reserves. The continuous stress and pain related to chronic illness can lead to the development of mental health challenges like depression and anxiety, which further impair our ability to engage in health-promoting behaviors. Evidence suggests that chronic pain can limit the hippocampus’s ability to create new neurons essential for memory and emotional processing. The hippocampus is an important part of the limbic system and plays a key role in memory consolidation and learning.
The limbic system is also strongly connected to the autonomic nervous system, which is made up of sympathetic (arousal) and parasympathetic (relaxing) systems. Chronic illness can increase sympathetic responses and inhibit parasympathetic responses, interfering with the body’s homeostatic processes.
Both neurofeedback and neurostimulation can be used to restore healthy brainwave activity, calm over-active regions, and improve communication across the brain. Biofeedback is a great tool for learning how to gain more control over our physiological responses like muscle tension, breathing, heart rate, and surface temperature. It can also help to reduce pain and increase tolerance of physiological stimuli.

04/26/2023

Thanks to Topher Kearby

04/26/2023

Optimal mental health requires attention, care, and support over a lifetime. Whether you have a diagnosed disorder or not, we all must work continually to achieve a balanced mindset – it is just part of the human condition. The benefits of prioritizing and maintaining mental health are many – increased self-awareness and confidence, healthier relationships, more energy and focus. Make your mental health a priority!

04/24/2023

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