Re[2]: 2 brain retraining programs that help fibromyalgia, CFS or chemical sensitivities

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Good explanation.

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A> The brain, including the amygdala, is an elastic, adaptive organ. Every day,

it is being " retrained " simply through learning, experiencing, and feeling. The

amygdala stores and retrieves emotional

A> memories. Every time an emotional experience occurs, neural networks are

created along synapses, and these get lit up like Christmas tree lights when

that experience is recalled. So if an

A> experience is to overact to stimuli--because, for istance one has PTSD--then

a path is laid down to the amygdala that gets reinforced every time one

overreacts.

A> Neural retraining is just a fancy term for accessing these pathways to

painful emotion in order to process them into less painful/ distressing memories

experiences, thereby creating new neural

A> networks, ones that bypass the emotional center of the brain.

A> It's not messing with an organ like surgery. It's marshaling what the brain

does every single day. It's not unlike using flash cards to memorize.

A> I don't know anything about Gupta but the concept of brain retraining is

nothing new. It's cognitive psychology. It's what people do every time they do

guided imagery (relaxation) CDs or use

A> prayer to ask for soothing. For you, prayer is a means to talk to God. But at

the same time, prayer does healing things to the brain.