What is a stress management technique using a form of self-suggestion, wherein an individual is able to place himself or herself in an autohypnotic state by repeating and concentrating on feelings of heaviness and warmth in the extremities?
A technique in which an individual is able to place himself or herself in an autohypnotic state by repeating and concentrating on feelings of heaviness and warmth in extremities is known as Autogenic training.
Explanation:
It is a desensitization relaxation technique which is explained by German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz in which a psychophysiological determined relaxation is obtained.This technique was first published in 1932.
This technique trains a person to access his/her own physical relaxation process and uses it to provide relief in physical as well as emotional stress.
It consists of a series of six mental exercises which are utilize to elicit the bodily sensations of warmth & heaviness.This will produce the effect of producing the relaxation response which occurs as a result of physiological change.
