PTSD Therapy - The Old and the New

The Old

Exposure Therapy Exposure therapy identifies the cognitions, emotions and physiological arousal that accompany a fear-inducing stimulus, and attempts to break the pattern of escape that strengthens the fear response through measured exposure to progressively stronger stimuli until it becomes habit. The technique involves the creation of a program of steadily escalating steps or challenges that theoretically cancel out phobic behavior. A method that is rather powerful but dangerous and emotionally taxing.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Some CBT therapies are more oriented towards predominantly cognitive interventions while some are more behaviorally oriented.In cognitive oriented therapies, the objective is typically to identify and monitor thoughts, assumptions, beliefs and behaviors that are related and accompanied to debilitating negative emotions and to identify those which are dysfunctional, inaccurate, or simply unhelpful. This is done in an effort to replace or transcend them with more realistic and useful ones. While effective, the time commitment involved does nothing for the quality of life of the victim until completed, if ever. Not to mention the costs of long term care with a therapist or psychologist.

Drugs Adivan, Buspar, Celexa, Effexor, Inositol, Klonopin, Paxil, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Xanax and Zoloft. All these names you already know. If you ever want to really find out what is wrong with drug therapy (that subject is far beyond the scope of this article), just ask a doctor about the side effects of these drugs. Expensive and unproven. Covers up symptoms, but nothing for the root causes of PTSD or anxiety or phobias.

The New New therapies (some say they are cures but that is up to the individual really) can relieve and totally free you form your phobias, fears and anxiety in ONLY DAYS IF NOT JUST MINUTES.That is right. Because all these things happen on a subconscious level (you never said to yourself "I want to have PTSD") these newly discovered methods go right at the source of the problem and use the same subconscious techniques of the mind to make them all go away. This new therapy is called IMAGINATION CREATION and is part of a brand new system called Accelerated Personal Breakthrough Technology that was developed at the University of California.