Anxious disorders are still some of the most common mental disorders. WHO claims that in 2019, it affected 301 million people, or about 1 of 4 people suffering from anxious treatment disorders. According to the study article “Panic attack related to psychophysiological and cognitive mechanisms and the influence of diving”, anxiety was explained not only as a state, but also as a physical and cognitive state that attracts the mechanisms of stress of the body, especially during panic.
What is anxiety
Increased state of excitement, attracting both your mind and body. Usually goes with:
- Racing thoughts
- Shortness of breath
- Feeling of fear
- Increasing the pulse
- During this attack, your sympathetic nervous system overcomes, and this overrining leads;
- Pulse increase (tachycardia)
- Rapid breathing (hyperventilation)
- Increased sensitivity to carbon dioxide (which causes more performance of breathing with -with panic)
Although there are many other different methods that people use anxiety, but this new technique is checked by the results, and this is called the technique of “reflex immersion”
How The technique of lowering the reflex function
Anxiety can make the heart knocking, narrowing your breasts and race on the mind. In the midst of such situations, to rest becomes almost impossible. However, there is one very strong natural reflex that can help: Mammal’s reflex. This is your body switch and amazing that it is easy to run.
What is the technique?
Diving reflex is one of the body’s protective mechanisms that starts when your face splashed with cold water when you hold your breath. It is shared by the United States and other mammals such as dolphins and seals. The purpose of the reflex is to preserve the oxygen and the screen required by the organ from the damage when the body believes it is under water. But here’s a surprise: causing a lowering reflex not only helps in survival with underwater water, but also relaxes your nervous system.
Why is it effective for anxiety?
When we are concerned, our body reacts as if in danger, though nothing is received; Our heart begins to knock, the breath becomes fast and small, and everything looks more intense than it is. The diving reflex has the effect of this switch. If your face meets cold water and you refuse to breathe, your body gets a message to slow down the speed. Your palpitations slows down, breathing calms down, and for a few seconds you feel a little more focused. It’s like a built -in emergency brake for your hassle.Based on research published in Frontiers in Psychology, 2021, the use of cold immersion and respiratory retention will alleviate the above symptoms and calm the physiological activation of subjects.
How to use it in practice
That’s what you can do at home:Fill the bowl with cold waterAdd the ice if you like. The goal is to cool the face as soon as possible.Hold your breath and immerse it in his faceFirst you can feel that it is impossible to breathe, but start it gently. Especially covering the forehead, eyes and nose. Try to hold your breath about 15-30 seconds.Lift your face and breatheCome, breathe normally and repeat if necessary. Even one round can calm the pulse and mind.Refusal: This is not anxiety medication and is not a replacement for medical advice. Always get the doctor’s approval before you take any new technique.
