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STRESS METER - Galvanic skin response
Modern day stress
It is ironic that today, when technology and science have provided our society with so much, when so many of us eat better, live better, enjoy more leisure and comfort than any other people in history, we suffer from such widespread stress and tension. Unless we live protected lives as virtual hermits on some island paradise, stress is very much with us - unfortunately for many, far too much. The dangers of excessive stress to our mental and physical health are well documented, the all-too-frequent answer being a reliance on alcohol or tranquilizing drugs. Fortunately, people are seeking new ways to cope, and are making everything from active sports, to personal development programs, meditation and biofeedback training part of their everyday routines. The ability to calm down and relax deeply is a powerful antidote to the effects of stress. The problem is that although all of us are born with this ability, it's something we often have to re-learn.
Body language
When you're under extreme stress, your body copes in ways that are very noticeable. Your heart pounds, your hands perspire, muscles tense up and extra adrenaline is released. But not all stress is so extreme. Unfortunately, what really wear us down are lower levels of stress that occur constantly and that most of us accept as inevitable. Our bodies respond to this type of stress with much lower signals that mostly go unheeded. Now, biofeedback is enabling us to observe and modify these signals.
Biofeedback explained
Biofeedback is an exciting field that combines physiology and psychology. The biofeedback technique uses electronics to detect and amplify internal body activities too subtle for normal awareness. Once you are able to observe these activities, you can then learn to modify them. Because you learn immediately whether you have succeeded or not, you can gradually teach yourself to produce desired results. Listen to your skin. One of the principal ways your body reacts to tension and stress is through your skin and what scientists call galvanic skin response. This galvanic skin response, or GSR, is a reflection of variations in your sweat gland activity and pore size, both of which are controlled by the sympathetic nervous system. When you become excited, frightened or disturbed to any degree, the system activates chemical and physical changes throughout your body. Your GSR level also changes. Your skin resistance increases when you are calm and relaxed. As you tense up, your skin resistance decreases. By enabling you to hear those increases and decreases, the GSR meter can give you a new awareness of the internal state of your mind and body, and help you develop the ability to control tension and stress. Psychologists have been monitoring the electrical resistance of the skin to gauge nervous system activity for over 100 years. The GSR meter was developed together with Professor Eddie Wolff, a Clinical neuro psychologist with many years of experience in Bio feedback related products. Most important, the GSR meter is so reliable, durable, affordable and simple to use, it has brought the benefits of biofeedback training within reach of virtually everyone. Now in use around the world, the GSR meter has been well accepted by leading medical, educational, athletic and social institutions.
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