my son is starting neurofeedback

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has anyone had good success with neurofeedback? my friend kim suggested we try

it so i took my son, age 17, for an initial consultation and the doctor is

reasonably confident that he can be helped with repeated visits. misophonia may

be " like tourettes " in that where the condition still exists, hopefully the

reactions to the triggers will be milder in nature. instead of anger/rage,one

may be annoyed or irritated. this would be welcome at this point! i've always

believed misophonia exists because of " faulty wiring " with the brain

interpreting innocuous sounds as danger. this produces a " fight/flight " fear

response which is immediate and involuntary. this is classic fear conditioning

which gets worse as time goes by. the person gives the fear reaction too much

power by " avoiding " to spare themselves " suffering " . this situation becomes

debilitating as one withdraws from daily life. sounds then become multiplied and

visuals added by association. all these fear memories reinforce eachother and

one becomes fear conditioned. avoidance like earplugs isnt the answer. one must

" suffer " to retrain the brain. the anger reaction cant maintain its intensity

for long. anger/rage will dissipate with time and you wouldnt have given in. one

success at a time. the alternative is a life of avoidance. make sense? a good

psychologist experienced in anxiety relief and maybe fear extinction may help

get us thru this.

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> > has anyone had good success with neurofeedback? my friend kim suggested we

try it so i took my son, age 17, for an initial consultation and the doctor is

reasonably confident that he can be helped with repeated visits. misophonia may

be " like tourettes " in that where the condition still exists, hopefully the

reactions to the triggers will be milder in nature. instead of anger/rage,one

may be annoyed or irritated. this would be welcome at this point! i've always

believed misophonia exists because of " faulty wiring " with the brain

interpreting innocuous sounds as danger. this produces a " fight/flight " fear

response which is immediate and involuntary. this is classic fear conditioning

which gets worse as time goes by. the person gives the fear reaction too much

power by " avoiding " to spare themselves " suffering " . this situation becomes

debilitating as one withdraws from daily life. sounds then become multiplied and

visuals added by association. all these fear memories reinforce eachother and

one becomes fear conditioned. avoidance like earplugs isnt the answer. one must

" suffer " to retrain the brain. the anger reaction cant maintain its intensity

for long. anger/rage will dissipate with time and you wouldnt have given in. one

success at a time. the alternative is a life of avoidance. make sense? a good

psychologist experienced in anxiety relief and maybe fear extinction may help

get us thru this.

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I think you are doing the best thing for your son by trying neurofeedback. I

haven't tried it myself but I know of someone who has and they had positive

things to say about it. It can't hurt. It sounds a lot like CBT where it may

not solve the issue totally, but it may help him deal with things better.

I liked what you said about " the person gives the fear reaction too much power

by " avoiding " to spare themselves " suffering " . this situation becomes

debilitating as one withdraws from daily life. "

This is SO true. After practicing with CBT for some time, I was able to stay in

the situation much longer each time, despite the sound that was my trigger. I

took that power back! Once I did it a couple times, it was very liberating and

I felt the control come back to my side. I maybe can't control that sound, but

I can control how I act, to a certain extent, to hearing that sound. One

success turns into two, three, four, etc... It can work, if given time and a

lot of time and energy. It won't happen overnight, but if you stick with it,

only good can come from it.

I wish your son luck!

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> has anyone had good success with neurofeedback? my friend kim suggested we try

it so i took my son, age 17, for an initial consultation and the doctor is

reasonably confident that he can be helped with repeated visits. misophonia may

be " like tourettes " in that where the condition still exists, hopefully the

reactions to the triggers will be milder in nature. instead of anger/rage,one

may be annoyed or irritated. this would be welcome at this point! i've always

believed misophonia exists because of " faulty wiring " with the brain

interpreting innocuous sounds as danger. this produces a " fight/flight " fear

response which is immediate and involuntary. this is classic fear conditioning

which gets worse as time goes by. the person gives the fear reaction too much

power by " avoiding " to spare themselves " suffering " . this situation becomes

debilitating as one withdraws from daily life. sounds then become multiplied and

visuals added by association. all these fear memories reinforce eachother and

one becomes fear conditioned. avoidance like earplugs isnt the answer. one must

" suffer " to retrain the brain. the anger reaction cant maintain its intensity

for long. anger/rage will dissipate with time and you wouldnt have given in. one

success at a time. the alternative is a life of avoidance. make sense? a good

psychologist experienced in anxiety relief and maybe fear extinction may help

get us thru this.

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I've been using this method recently, on my own. It works, but it is painful.

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>I think you have hit upon a valuable idea here. I recall that when I was going

through treatment for my noise phobia at work the therapist gave me an

assignment where I had to stand right next to the problem noises and make a note

of my anxiety levels. I was given a scale from one to ten and my task was to

notice how much the anxiety came down. It would start out at a pretty high

level, maybe, nine or so, but after a time it tended to reduce and I think the

point of the exercise was to demonstrate how one's reactions become less severe

after exposure. The big problem with this approach is having the determination

to go through exposing yourself to your triggers but it can work if pursued

properly. I think it is very important to find the right kind of support though

because left to your own devices it is can be very difficult if not impossible

to achieve success using this method.

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>> has anyone had good success with neurofeedback? my friend kim suggested we

try it so i took my son, age 17, for an initial consultation and the doctor is

reasonably confident that he can be helped with repeated visits. misophonia may

be " like tourettes " in that where the condition still exists, hopefully the

reactions to the triggers will be milder in nature. instead of anger/rage,one

may be annoyed or irritated. this would be welcome at this point! i've always

believed misophonia exists because of " faulty wiring " with the brain

interpreting innocuous sounds as danger. this produces a " fight/flight " fear

response which is immediate and involuntary. this is classic fear conditioning

which gets worse as time goes by. the person gives the fear reaction too much

power by " avoiding " to spare themselves " suffering " . this situation becomes

debilitating as one withdraws from daily life. sounds then become multiplied and

visuals added by association. all these fear memories reinforce eachother and

one becomes fear conditioned. avoidance like earplugs isnt the answer. one must

" suffer " to retrain the brain. the anger reaction cant maintain its intensity

for long. anger/rage will dissipate with time and you wouldnt have given in. one

success at a time. the alternative is a life of avoidance. make sense? a good

psychologist experienced in anxiety relief and maybe fear extinction may help

get us thru this.

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