…these findings include promising new ways for you to “tune in” to the body and alter your perception of its interoceptive signals – techniques that may help treat a host of mental health problems.

"It is only by listening to the heart, it seems, that we can take better care of the mind."

The Guardian

…these findings include promising new ways for you to “tune in” to the body and alter your perception of its interoceptive signals – techniques that may help treat a host of mental health problems.

"It is only by listening to the heart, it seems, that we can take better care of the mind."

The Guardian

…these findings include promising new ways for you to “tune in” to the body and alter your perception of its interoceptive signals – techniques that may help treat a host of mental health problems.

"It is only by listening to the heart, it seems, that we can take better care of the mind."

The Guardian

What happens in our brain during anxiety

Although anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder are presented in different groups, the main similarity is the core, neurobiology of the brain section amygdala and the key cognitive role for the hippocampus (Goodwin 2015).

The author states that anxiety disorder is closely associated with increased processing of threat-related stimuli and particularly increased attention to threats in the environment. These fears are learned emotional memories created by the communication of amygdala and hippocampus.

Goodwin, G.M. (2015). The overlap between anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Published online ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

The symptoms can be physically destructive and time comsuming

The symptoms can be physically destructive and time comsuming

How we intervene

This is an adaptation on Paul Ekman’s Atlas of Emotions (Ekman, Gyatso 2020). It shows how Mental Pin can change the outcome of emerging symptoms.

Instead of going for destructive symptoms of anxiety and OCDs, we intervene with the device and give the user an alternative to use an interactive fidgeting object with a calming feedback. The pulse output helps to regain interoceptive awareness - in other words, an awareness over one's inner changes. We give the user an anchor in the stressful situation when emotional reactions are not rational and escape is often not possible.

How we intervene

This is an adaptation on Paul Ekman’s Atlas of Emotions (Ekman, Gyatso 2020). It shows how Mental Pin can change the outcome of emerging symptoms.

Instead of going for destructive symptoms of anxiety and OCDs, we intervene with the device and give the user an alternative to use an interactive fidgeting object with a calming feedback. The pulse output helps to regain interoceptive awareness - in other words, an awareness over one's inner changes. We give the user an anchor in the stressful situation when emotional reactions are not rational and escape is often not possible.

How we intervene

This is an adaptation on Paul Ekman’s Atlas of Emotions (Ekman, Gyatso 2020). It shows how Mental Pin can change the outcome of emerging symptoms.

Instead of going for destructive symptoms of anxiety and OCDs, we intervene with the device and give the user an alternative to use an interactive fidgeting object with a calming feedback. The pulse output helps to regain interoceptive awareness - in other words, an awareness over one's inner changes. We give the user an anchor in the stressful situation when emotional reactions are not rational and escape is often not possible.

How we intervene

This is an adaptation on Paul Ekman’s Atlas of Emotions (Ekman, Gyatso 2020). It shows how Mental Pin can change the outcome of emerging symptoms.

Instead of going for destructive symptoms of anxiety and OCDs, we intervene with the device and give the user an alternative to use an interactive fidgeting object with a calming feedback. The pulse output helps to regain interoceptive awareness - in other words, an awareness over one's inner changes. We give the user an anchor in the stressful situation when emotional reactions are not rational and escape is often not possible.

Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT)

MABT develops the distinct interoceptive awareness capacities of identifying, accessing, and appraising internal bodily signals that are identified in physiological models as the critical components of interoception for emotion regulation. The explanatory model is that the development of these key interoceptive capacities improves sensory (physical and emotional) awareness, reduces distress, and improves regulation.

Price, C.J. and Hooven, C. (2018). Interoceptive Awareness Skills for Emotion Regulation: Theory and Approach of Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT). Published online ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

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