{"id":12450,"date":"2020-02-27T23:53:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T23:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namhs.com\/?p=12450"},"modified":"2023-06-27T22:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T22:15:05","slug":"healing-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namhs.com\/healing-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Healing Modern Anxieties in a Shifting World<\/h3>\n<p>There is a lot of <a title=\"Anxiety Treatment Services\" href=\"https:\/\/namhs.com\/how-can-we-help-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anxiety<\/a> in the world right now. We are in the middle of an election year, and things like threats of pandemic and global warming bring about feelings of fear in many people. No matter where you fall on these issues, many people are worried.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Social media, politics, and the fast-paced nature of modern life have divided us. We love our fences. We live in our \u201chouse bubbles,\u201d and we drive in our \u201ccar bubbles,\u201d and a large portion of our day we sit in our \u201coffice bubbles.\u201d I even see some of my patients via Telehealth from my office\u2014I can \u201cvirtually\u201d go anywhere in the world from my office. Because of our modern conveniences, there is less and less of a need to venture out into the world. But what are the ramifications of this trend toward isolation? For one, people can feel unmoored and disconnected. Another effect is further isolation: we easily retreat into echo chambers where we only hear thoughts and opinions that are just like our own.<\/p>\n<p>I recently heard about an amazing way that doctors are treating severe stutterers. It\u2019s called \u201cdelayed auditory feedback.\u201d The way it works is that the doctor places a device resembling a hearing aid into the ears of the stutterer. When the person speaks, the device picks up the sound of their voice and plays it back in their ear simultaneously and at a slightly different frequency and tone. According to the researchers, this creates what they call \u201cthe choral effect.\u201d The brain is tricked into thinking that the person is speaking along with someone else. Research has shown that when people who stutter sing or speak in unison with others, their speech is more fluid and in some cases the stammering goes away completely.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12467\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12467\" src=\"https:\/\/namhs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2-27-blog-3.jpg\" alt=\"Social Anxiety Therapy\" width=\"350\" height=\"175\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Social Anxiety can make you want to retreat, but we can help you find ways to reconnect with people and heal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stigma of a speech impediment can be crippling for those that suffer from it and alters the way they go about their normal lives. Many are isolated and choose careers that don\u2019t require them to interact with others. It is exhausting and frustrating to get stuck on a syllable and not be able to get past it.<\/p>\n<p>In an article in USA Today they reported that Cris Muirhead of Searcy, Ark. (who suffers from severe stuttering) would try and tell the waiter at a restaurant his order, but after several minutes of trying to get his order from his mind to his lips, he would often give up and end up eating something he did not want to eat. He now wears a hearing aide, and his stuttering has virtually disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>It is not fun to feel stuck. We get trapped in our own minds and are unable to break through. Human beings can talk themselves into anything. Without other voices in our lives, it becomes easy to stutter through life. I think that is why it is so important to stay connected with others. Hearing voices that are tuned to a slightly different frequency gives perspective and at times can make your own voice more fluid.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not necessary to be swept up in fear and worry. The \u201cchoral effect\u201d can help us feel anchored even in a world that\u2019s unpredictable and shifting. We need each other. I need your voice in my life, and you need mine. The \u201cchoral effect\u201d that will be created by our interaction may help us feel less alone with our stuttering lives.<\/p>\n<p>In order to heal, we have to find ways to reconnect with people. One of the benefits of <a title=\"Therapy &amp; Counseling Services\" href=\"https:\/\/namhs.com\/therapy-psychiatric-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">therapy<\/a> is that it is a relationship that is nonjudgmental. It\u2019s a caring environment and a space where people can come into healing, find peace with themselves, hear another\u2019s voice, and have their voice be heard.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=&#8221;We&#8217;re Here to Help You&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; add_button=&#8221;right&#8221; btn_title=&#8221;Contact Us&#8221; btn_style=&#8221;custom&#8221; btn_custom_background=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; btn_custom_text=&#8221;#013659&#8243; btn_align=&#8221;right&#8221; btn_i_align=&#8221;right&#8221; btn_i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-caret-right&#8221; btn_add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; btn_link=&#8221;url:%2Fcontact%2F|title:Contact%20North%20American%20Mental%20Health%20Services|target:%20_blank|&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#0b9652&#8243; custom_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;]\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">If you or a loved one need help managing life\u2019s challenges, contact us.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Healing Modern Anxieties in a Shifting World There is a lot of anxiety in the world right now. We are in the middle of an election year, and things like threats of pandemic and global warming bring about feelings of fear in many people. 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