Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Using biofeedback to directly target the physiological systems that support the symptoms such as muscle tension biofeedback for tension-type headache.  

Social support has beneficial health and well-being effects independent of the level of stress.  

Illness results from environmental stressors having an adverse impact on an individual’s most vulnerable biological systems.  

Holding grudges, brooding, and discussing one’s anger repetitiously in a way that magnifies animosity.  

Blaming others for one’s anger and expressing self-justification and desire for vindication.  

A theory that mantra meditation achieves its beneficial effects by counterconditioning disturbing thoughts and images that drift in and out of consciousness.  

A destructive interaction pattern identified by Gottman and Gottman in which demands from one party ultimately lead to withdrawal and stonewalling from the other party.  

Strategies like progressive relaxation, autogenics, and guided imagery that one can employ to reduce diffuse physiological arousal.  

A mindfulness practice of becoming less reactive to one’s inner experiences because the mind’s activity is observed and the thoughts are seen as outside the center of the self.