[SPAM] Re: Re: help useing ACT for panic

[Guest guest]

Hi Ivor,

The side sffects tend to be permanent loss of sex drive and for

some men impotence as well, but I'm alright with that one. Some

people can't fall in love either and I think I suffer from this. Some

unfortunate people has reduced sensation on their skin and feel no

passion for anything. I do have genital numbness, but I'm very

passionate about making my own music.

Here's a video on PSSD:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9-6pmsVOe3g

Kavy

> >

> > From: kavyvinson <kavyvinsonyahoo (DOT)

> com>

> > Subject: [ACT_for_the_ Public]

> Modifying Hard and Soft Wiring

> > To: ACT_for_the_ Public@yahoogrou

> ps.com

> > Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008,

> 10:01 AM

> >

> >

> > I found this on the net.

> >

> > Can Buddhists transcend mental

> reservations?

> >

> > By Steve Connor

> > Science Editor

> >

> > Buddhists who meditate may be able

> to train their brains to feel

> > genuine happiness and control

> aggressive instincts, research has

> > shown.

> >

> > According to Owen Flanagan,

> professor of philosophy at Duke

> > University in North Carolina,

> Buddhists appear to be able to

> > stimulate the left prefrontal lobe -

> an area just behind the

> > forehead - which may be why they

> can generate positive emotions and a

> > feeling of well being.

> >

> > Writing in today's New Scientist,

> Professor Flanagan cites early

> > findings of a study by

> son, of the University of

> > Wisconsin, who used scanners to

> analyse the active regions of a

> > Buddhist's brain.

> >

> > Professor Flanagan said the

> findings are " tantalising " because the

> > left prefrontal lobes of Buddhist

> practitioners appear to " light up "

> > consistently, rather than just

> during acts of meditation.

> >

> > " This is significant, because

> persistent activity in the left

> > prefrontal lobes indicates positive

> emotions and good mood, " he

> > writes. " The first Buddhist

> practitioner studied by son showed

> > more left prefrontal lobe activity

> than anyone he had ever studied

> > before.

> >

> > " Buddhists are not born happy. It

> is not reasonable to suppose that

> > Tibetan Buddhists are born with

> a 'happiness gene'. The most

> > reasonable hypothesis is there is

> something about conscientious

> > Buddhist practice that results in

> the kind of happiness we all seek, "

> > he writes.

> >

> > Another study of Buddhists by

> scientists at the University of

> > California has also found that

> meditation might tame the amygdala,

> > the part of the brain involved with

> fear and anger.

> >

> > Professor Flanagan

> writes: " Antidepressants are currently the

> > favoured method for alleviating

> negative emotions, but no

> > antidepressant makes a person

> happy. On the other hand, Buddhist

> > meditation and mindfulness, which

> were developed 2,500 years before

> > Prozac, can lead to profound

> happiness. "

> >

> > Kavy

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> >