Body Sensations and Emotions

2021 ◽  
pp. 279-314
Author(s):  
Ferenc Köteles
Keyword(s):  
Body Sensations

Body Sensations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferenc Köteles
Keyword(s):  
Body Sensations

scholarly journals Fear of body symptoms and sensations in patients with panic disorders and patients with somatic diseases

2009 ◽  
Vol 137 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 659-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Latas ◽  
Danilo Obradovic ◽  
Marina Pantic
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
General Population ◽  
Panic Disorder ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
The Body ◽  
Panic Attacks ◽  
Somatic Illness ◽  
History Of ◽  
Body Sensations ◽  
High Level

Introduction. A cognitive model of aetiology of panic disorder assumes that people who experience frequent panic attacks have tendencies to catastrophically interpret normal and benign somatic sensations - as signs of serious illness. This arise the question: is this cognition specific for patients with panic disorder and in what intensity it is present in patients with serious somatic illness and in healthy subjects. Objective. The aim of the study was to ascertain the differences in the frequency and intensity of 'catastrophic' cognitions related to body sensations, and to ascertain the differences in the frequency and intensity of anxiety caused by different body sensations all related to three groups of subjects: a sample of patients with panic disorder, a sample of patients with history of myocardial infarction and a sample of healthy control subjects from general population. Methods. Three samples are observed in the study: A) 53 patients with the diagnosis of panic disorder; B) 25 patients with history of myocardial infarction; and C) 47 healthy controls from general population. The catastrophic cognitions were assessed by the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire (ACQ) and the Body Sensations Questionnaire (BSQ). These questionnaires assess the catastrophic thoughts associated with panic and agoraphobia (ACQ) and the fear of body sensations (BSQ). All study subjects answered questionnaires items, and the scores of the answers were compared among the groups. Results. The results of the study suggest that: 1) There is no statistical difference in the tendency to catastrophically interpret body sensations and therefore to induce anxiety in the samples of healthy general population and patients with history of myocardial infarction; 2) The patients with panic disorder have a statistically significantly more intensive tendency to catastrophically interpret benign somatic symptoms and therefore to induce a high level of anxiety in comparison to the sample of patients with the history of serious somatic illness (myocardial infarction) and the sample of healthy general population. Conclusion. The tendency to catastrophically interpret benign somatic symptoms and therefore to induce a high level of anxiety in patients with panic disorder, confirms the cognitive aetiology model of panic disorder and suggests that it should be the focus of prophylactic and therapeutic management of patients with panic disorder.

The Contribution of Experiential Avoidance and Anxiety Sensitivity in the Prediction of Health Anxiety

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Wheaton ◽  
Noah C. Berman ◽  
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Emotional Avoidance ◽  
Body Sensations

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to a fear of arousal-related body sensations based on beliefs that such sensations are dangerous. Experiential (emotional) avoidance (EA) involves an unwillingness to endure upsetting emotions, thoughts, memories, and other private experiences. As both of these constructs are thought to be predictive of health anxiety, the present study examined their relative contribution in the prediction of health anxiety symptoms. A large sample of nontreatment-seeking participants completed measures of AS, EA, and health anxiety. An analogue sample of participants with clinical levels of health anxiety endorsed more AS and EA relative those with less health anxiety. Within the analogue sample, both AS and EA predicted health anxiety symptoms. However, whereas AS (specifically, the physical concerns domain) uniquely predicted health anxiety, EA did not contribute significantly over and above the contributions of AS. Results are also discussed in terms of the conceptualization and treatment of health anxiety.

Body sensations of higher and lower anxiety sensitive speakers anticipating a public presentation

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Addison ◽  
Jaime Ayala ◽  
Mark Hunter ◽  
Ralph R. Behnke ◽  
Chris R. Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Body Sensations

The Cakras in Transpersonal Psychotherapy

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
John Prendergast
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Personal Transformation ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
The Body ◽  
Kundalini Yoga ◽  
Subtle Body ◽  
Indian Tradition ◽  
Transpersonal Psychotherapy ◽  
Body Sensations ◽  
Tantra Yoga

The Indian tradition of Tantra-Yoga and Kundalini-Yoga describes seven major cakras ("discs/wheels"): subtle energy centers in the body that govern different domains of human experience ranging from physical survival to spiritual illumination. After twenty years of direct personal and clinical experience with the cakras, I have come to believe that they offer a remarkable conceptual and perceptual map of the psychospiritual process and play a vital, though often unrecognized, role in psychotherapy. It appears to me that psychotherapy knowingly or unknowingly involves the cakras and that awareness of them facilitates the process of personal transformation,allowing clients to gradually open to their transpersonal depths. In this article I will demonstrate the relevance of the cakras to the practice oftranspersonal psychotherapy and offer some suggestions as to how therapists and clients can consciously work with them. Using the cakrasrequires an ability to focus on subtle body sensations and to understand their meaning, a capacity that many therapists and clients already have. Knowledge of and experience with the cakras help to bridge psychology and spirituality,enriching our understanding of transpersonal psychotherapy and helping to ground it in the body.

Assessment of fear of fear in agoraphobics: The Body Sensations Questionnaire and the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire.

1984 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1090-1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne L. Chambless ◽  
G. Craig Caputo ◽  
Priscilla Bright ◽  
Richard Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Body Sensations
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