Almost everyone faces stressful situations throughout their lives, ranging from minor annoyances like traffic jams to hearing devastating news. When our emotions overwhelm our nervous system, our blood becomes flooded with chemicals that prepare us for fight or flight. Although the reaction is necessary for our defence, if constantly activated, it can wear our bodies down and take a toll on our emotional and physical health. Relaxation technique is any method, process procedure or activity that helps a person to relax; to attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of pain, anxiety, stress or anger. Relaxation training is an important tool in behavioral medicine. Relaxation training produces a response which when activated causes the heart rate to slow down, breath rate to decrease, blood pressure to drop, muscles to relax and blood flow to the brain increases. Apart from the calming physical effects, the relaxation response also increases energy and foc...
Class of 2022 - Graduate Entry Medical Programme, University of Ghana, Legon