EMDR Therapy | Agoraphobia | Digestive Disorders

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EMDR Therapy Agoraphobia Digestive Disorders
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Synopsis

1. EMDR Therapy
2. What is EMDR Therapy and How Does it Work?
3. AGORAPHOBIA
4. Signs Of Potential Agoraphobia
5. Major Causes Of The Digestive Disorders
6. Commonly Known Digestive Disorders

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EMDR Therapy

• EMDR stands for eye movement desensitization and
  reprocessing. It is a form of psychotherapy that
  relies on eye movements to help reprogram the
  brain. Francine Shapiro developed EMDR therapy
  in 1989. She noticed that while she recalled a
  stressful thought, her eyes moved involuntarily.
  When she brought the movements under voluntary
  control, she became less anxious.
• Stressful events are known to adversely affect
  many people. EMDR is based on the theory that
  persistent, prolonged reactions to trauma are due
  to partially or entirely unprocessed memories.
  EMDR is believed to be related to the Rapid Eye
  Movement (REM) that occurs during deep sleep.
  Through a similar process to REM sleep, EMDR is
  thought to release and assist in the processing
  of traumatic memories. It is believed to help
  alleviate trauma symptoms and is often used to
  treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. EMDR has
  also been used to treat panic attacks, phobias,
  stress, and addiction.
• People often believe emotional trauma takes a
  long time to resolve. EMDR therapists believe
  the mind can heal from trauma much as the body
  recovers from injury. When the body is injured
  it will recover if something remains in the
  wound, or re-injury occurs, the wound wont heal.
  Healing can happen, once the blockage is removed
  from the wound. Practitioners believe EMDR is
  the instrument that can clear the blockage from a
  mental injury.
• EMDR patients are first asked to recall a
  traumatic event or image. Next, the practitioner
  performs different kinds of sensory input, such
  as hand tapping or side-to-side eye movements
  during part of the session. The EMDR therapist
  pinpoints a memory to serve as a starting point
  and continues performing therapy through eye
  movements and other sensory strategies.

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What is EMDR Therapy and How Does it Work?

• Stage 1
• The first stage of EMDR consists of the
  therapists assessment of the clients history.
  A therapist must know about their clients past
  in order to properly assist with EMDR therapy.
  Uncovering past childhood traumas, repressed
  memories, and other emotional distress can be
  utilized in the formation of a treatment plan.
• Stage 2
• This phase of EMDR therapy ensures that the
  client understands and has the ability to
  practice stress-relieving techniques so that the
  patient can access these techniques during an
  EMDR session. Maintaining a balance between
  accessing traumatic memories and relieving stress
  is crucial for this process.
• Stages 3-6
• In the assessing stage 3, the patient must focus
  on an image or picture of the event. Secondly,
  the patient identifies a negative belief,
  regardless if the belief is true or not.

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What is EMDR Therapy and How Does it Work?

• Thirdly, the patient chooses a positive belief to
  counteract the negative one. Eye movements,
  taps, tones, and feelings are employed during
  these phases in order to bring the client closer
  to the positive belief and therefore the closure
  stage.
• Stage 7
• The closure stages goal is to leave the patient
  feeling more positive and physically and
  emotionally better than before the session began.
  The therapist will then instruct and guide the
  patient in using a journal to log thoughts,
  feelings, and any problems or experiences in
  between visits to the office. The journal
  logging also allows for a patient to have control
  and learn techniques on handling stressors and
  emotions.
• Stage 8
• This finals stage begins at the start of the
  following meeting between patient and therapist.
  The patient will inform the therapist of any
  progress or problems experienced since the
  previous session.

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AGORAPHOBIA

• Agoraphobia is defined as an anxiety-related
  disease that keeps the affected people away from
  the circumstances and the areas that are likely
  to make them have a trapped, helpless, panicked,
  embarrassed, and a scared feeling.
• Major Symptoms That Arises Due to Agoraphobia
• Agoraphobia can be detected if the person is
  always anxious, is always estranged from other
  people, fears to be in an area that is not easy
  to escape from, fears to lose control in a place
  that is public, fears to be alone in a situation
  that is social, and finally he or she fears to
  leave their home for a long period of time.
• Agoraphobia is mostly accompanied by panic
  attacks that come with a number of severe
  symptoms that are physical. These symptoms are
  like pain in the patients chest, a heart that is
  racing, a breath that occurs for a short period
  of time, dizziness effects, trembling effects,
  choking effects, sweating effects, flashes that
  are hot, and chills effects.

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AGORAPHOBIA

• Agoraphobia makes patients have an experience of
  panic-related attacks every time they are in a
  situation that is stressful or one that is not
  comfortable. This is what activates the fear that
  arises as a result of being in an uncomfortable
  situation.
• Causes of Agoraphobia
• Agoraphobia has no exact cause. However, there
  are factors that can contribute most to
  developing agoraphobia. Examples of them are
  depression effects, claustrophobia effects,
  social phobia affects, a generalized type of
  anxiety-related disorder, history pertaining of
  abuse of sex or physical abuse, a problem arising
  from substance abuse, and finally a family
  history that is related to agoraphobia.

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Signs Of Potential Agoraphobia

• Signs of potential agoraphobia
• The avoidance social situations in free time and
  in the workplace
• The complete avoidance of situations that may
  cause embarrassment
• These feelings last more than 6 months
• The realization that the anxiety is greater than
  the situation at hand
• Making excuses to avoid what is believed to be
  potentially disabling situations
• If a person experiences these feelings for more
  than 6 months than a consultation of a medical
  professional or doctor may be needed. If these
  symptoms are severely hindering day-to-day life,
  such as jobs, relationships with friends and
  family, and generally leaving the house, then
  agoraphobia could be present.

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Major Causes Of The Digestive Disorders

• Allergy To Some Foods And Intolerance To Food
• Digestive disorders are caused by some foods that
  mainly lead to allergic reactions like the
  swelling of the lips, swelling of the mouth and
  also swelling in the back side of the throat.
  These are also in a position of causing vomiting
  issues and nausea effects.
• A Diet That Is Poor
• Digestive disorders are also caused by the highly
  fatty diet, foods that are sugary, low fiber
  foods, and foods that are fried. These diets
  cause slow passing of stool via the large
  intestine. Also, failure to take adequate can
  lead to constipation that causes digestive
  disorders.
• Infection By The Bacteria
• Digestive disorders can be caused as a result of
  the viral infection, bacterial infection and
  parasite infection. A person will realize that
  he/she has been infected of all the three if
  there signs of acute diarrhea. However, they can
  be treated using antibiotics apart from a viral
  infection.

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Major Causes Of The Digestive Disorders

• Inflammation Diseases
• Digestive disorders can arise due to the harming
  of the body tissues involving some parts of the
  digestive system by the immune system. There are
  diseases due to the autoimmune that leads to the
  problems that affect the gastrointestinal.
• Causes That Are Structural
• Digestive disorders are caused by some
  abnormalities in the digestive system that are
  structural. These are likely to hamper the normal
  functioning of the digestive system. A good
  example is an ulcer situated in the lining of the
  intestines or the stomach.
• Causes That Are Genetic
• Digestive disorders like type 1 of diabetes,
  cancer of the colon, a disorder of the Crohns,
  liver disorder and much more are said to be
  genetic.
• Choices That Are Made In Ones Life
• Digestive disorders can be caused by a persons
  choice in life. These choice are like having
  stress in each and every time, avoiding
  exercises, and many more. Thus, it is seen that a
  persons way of living is likely to affect
  him/her in one way or another.

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Commonly Known Digestive Disorders

• Celiac Disorder
• Digestive disorders that affect the small
  intestine are identified as celiac. This type of
  disorder interferes with the normal way through
  which the nutrients are absorbed from the meal.
  Those patients affected by the celiac disorder
  are said to be gluten sensitive whereby gluten is
  one form of protein that is mainly found in the
  foods like wheat and others. The commonly
  observed symptoms by the people affected by the
  celiac disorder are fatigue, loss of weight,
  diarrhea, pain in the abdomen, bloating in the
  abdomen, anxiety, seizures, and many more.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Digestive disorders that arise as a result of the
  changes that affect the normal working of GI
  tract are identified as irritable bowel syndrome.
  This kind of disorder is currently affecting
  approximately 17 of the adult in the whole
  world whereby twice a number of women as compared
  to men are affected by this same disorder. The
  commonly observed symptoms by the people affected
  by this kind of disorder are the pain in the
  abdomen, bowel habits start to change and also
  cramping signs are observed.

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Commonly Known Digestive Disorders

• Gastroesophageal Reflux
• Digestive disorders that make the lower part of
  the esophageal sphincter to become weak or to
  relax when it is not required to, are identified
  as gastroesophageal reflux diseases. This type of
  disorder makes the contents of the stomach to
  changes their destinations to the esophagus where
  they trigger the heartburn. The commonly observed
  symptoms include wheezing, feel of pain when
  swallowing something, vomiting, feeling pain in
  the chest, nausea, having a bad breath, a cough
  that is dry and chronic, and a sore throat.
• Inflammatory Bowel
• Digestive disorders that arise as a result of the
  combination of the genetics, human immune system
  that is faulty and the environmental factors, are
  referred to as inflammatory bowel diseases.
  These type of disorder has been recorded to be
  affecting a large number of people. This disorder
  is the one that gives a pathway to the diseases
  like the ulcerative colitis disorder and the
  Crohn disease. The associated symptoms are
  diarrhea that is persistent, bleeding of the
  rectal, constipation and pain in the abdomen.

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Thank You

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