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May 30, 2012, 08:53 AM
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I have bad anxiety and misophonia (sound sensitivity) and my therapist has suggested trying Neurofeedback. I really want to find something that will ease my anxiety and my sound issues, but I'm a little nervous as well.
I was hoping that maybe someone else here has tried it any could answer a few questions... I guess I don't understand exactly how it works. Do they trigger you or question you to get your brain to show a response? Do they ask a lot of personal questions - background trauma? I had a lot of childhood trauma and I haven't worked through it or dealt with it, or even told my therapist about some of it...maybe this is irrational, but I worry that neurofeedback will unlock a part of me that maybe shouldn't be unlocked. I'm not sure that makes any sense... Any advice or experiences at all would be EXTREMELY helpful and MOST appreciated!!! 
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May 30, 2012, 09:27 AM
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I don't know that much about it, but I would say neurofeedback's emphasis is more on getting you to recognize how to calm down from wherever you are, and concentrate more on how to make the calming response happen in your body when you don't have the machines telling you if you're doing it right or not. it's kind of like a lie detector, only you get to hear the results, and you are trying NOT to set off the lie detector but rather get a "good buzz", by thinking of whatever calms you, or by relaxing different muscle groups in succession. I don't believe they purposely try to rile you up - that would definitely make things harder.
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May 30, 2012, 12:04 PM
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I met with a therapist once who used the HANDLE method to help people with sensory sensitivities. She had both child and adult clients. I don't think it is neurofeedback. It seemed very gentle. If you are interested, here is the link to the HANDLE site, which has a list of practitioners:
http://www.handle.org
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May 30, 2012, 01:51 PM
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I have watched it being done by kids with ADD/ADHD; for them it was just a machine and they played games on it. . .without a keyboard!
Here's a good article: http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...neurofeedback/
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