Posted by Hugh on June 27, 2022, at 14:38:35
In reply to Re: What have you found helpful for GAD? » Hugh, posted by SLS on June 26, 2022, at 18:11:10
Hi Scott,
Neurofeedback is used to treat depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, social anxiety, addictions, insomnia, schizophrenia, autism, eating disorders, epilepsy.
When I started doing neurofeedback, I'd been ruminating about a former girlfriend many times a day for over a year. After about ten neurofeedback sessions, I was surprised to realize that I was rarely thinking about my former girlfriend anymore.
Neurofeedback helped to lessen my anxiety. For years, whenever I went to a restaurant or bar, I would tear up my paper napkin into little bits. I hated this habit, and tried many times to stop it, but I couldn't. (After Heath Ledger's death, I read that he had this same habit.) I haven't done this since trying neurofeedback.
I used to feel extremely self-conscious whenever I was in a public place -- the mall, the grocery store, Walmart, walking down a busy street, sitting in a movie theater -- until the lights went down. Neurofeedback wiped this out.
A wonderful book about neurofeedback is A Symphony in the Brain by Jim Robbins.
There are several thousand neurofeedback clinicians in the US, practicing a number of different protocols. Some of the newer protocols, which I haven't tried, are Infra-low Frequency (ILF) neurofeedback and Infra-slow Fluctuation (ISF) training.
https://www.neuroregulation.org/article/view/14296
http://www.brainm.com/software/pubs/brainavatar/NCFall13-smith.pdf
The neurofeedback clinician I admire most of all is Peter Van Deusen. Through serendipity, he developed what he calls Whole-Brain Training.
https://brain-trainer.com/about/whole-brain-training-plan/
Van Deusen has taught his training techniques to over 400 neurofeedback clinicians.
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