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Is there a need for a stress management book for black people?
There are plenty of books on stress management. They should be good enough for everyone no matter what color right? Stress is stress and how to reduce the negative effects should be the same for everyone, you would think.
There are a lot of differences in our backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and environments. Some of these have nothing to do with the color of our skin and some do.
Neurofeedback training has been shown to be effective for helping people with conditions like ADHD, insomnia, anxiety, seizures, and brain injuries. Clients usually visit a neurofeedback professional 1-3 times per week for a series of anywhere from 10-30 or even more sessions.
Some people have asked about devices that they can use themselves at home. It is not something that I would decide on lightly. Neurofeedback providers are cautioned to be careful when working with clients even if they are trained and experienced. It would make sense that an untrained layperson should be even more careful when working on their own brain or the brain of a family member. Not that they are invasively working on the brain as with surgery. They are rather working on the brain through training changes in the electrical impulses that allow the neurons to communicate and make things happen in the brain. This is very important stuff and you don’t want to make mistakes with it if you can avoid doing so.
Brain injuries can be caused in many different ways. Whether they are diagnosed or not can depend on how severe they are, where they happen, who is around when they happen, and whether the injured person seeks medical care. Some of the sources of brain injuries include car accidents, sports injuries, slip and falls, physical fights and assaults among other things. When the brain is injured the electrical activity and function of the brain is affected. Neurofeedback training is a way to help to normalize the electrical activity of the brain which in turn helps improve function.
Neurofeedback training is available from many providers in some parts of New York but still is not widely available in other parts of the state. Manhattan has several providers. There are some in Westchester County and others in Long Island and Queens. They are much more rare in other areas like Upstate New York.
Devices for measuring and giving Neurofeedback Equipment of EEG brainwave activity is not new. Some have been available commercially since the 1970s. The first one that I was introduced to was housed in a wooden box and had an analog meter, a training frequency selector for Alpha, Theta, or Beta, a threshold setting, and audio feedback – very simple. It did not interface with a computer and there was no data storage or report available. This was around 1985. Since then much has changed. Those devices began to be interfaced with computers for better feedback and the added capabilities of data storage and reports.
The state of Texas has played an important role in neurofeedback. Several of the important early pioneers have come from or done much of their work in Texas. Neurofeedback began to become popular once the ADHD and substance abuse protocols became popular following research by Joel Lubar on ADHD and Eugene Peniston and Paul Kulkosky on substance abuse and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, PTSD.
In my last article I talked about how we can use our breathing to help us relax. Here is the link my blog page where that article is if you missed it: https://biofeedbackinternational.com/blog/
Here I will talk about another powerful relaxation tool that you can use with or without any physical tools. Muscle relaxation is another tool you can use to quickly and easily relax.
The brain is truly an amazing organ that science is uncovering new information about every day.
Our brains are involved in virtually every function of our bodies both conscious and unconscious. To move our arms, stand, dance, speak, or remember we actively use our brains. Digestion, breathing, pulse rate, blood pressure, and blinking are things that we don’t even have to think about. Our brains take care of regulating these functions.
