Abstract
Purpose
The Author demonstrated, that the BDORT can be used to monitor changes in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) similar to the way in which electronic biofeedback equipment is used. The polygraph-test or lie-detector test is a common application of the physiological principles involved in biofeddback psychotherapy. Arousal or stress in an autonomic ganglion or organ can also be accurately monitored using the BDORT. Based on this observation it appeared likely, that the patient’s emotional state could be monitored in the same way. Research by E. Rossi PhD and others demonstrated the “limbic-hypothalamic axis”: active, but yet unresolved psycho-emotional conflicts, which the client is often not aware of, can create arousal in the hypo-thalamus. This stimulates related pathways of the ANS which leads to detectable changes (by BDORT) in the peripheral autonomic pathways and ganglia (both parasympathetic and sympathetic) and in the organs regulated by these . In the experience of this author, stress in the ANS always causes weakening of the O-ring. “Stress” relates here to both abnormal “electrical” arousal of terminal nerve fibers or abnormal biochemical events (the appearance of pro- inflammatory or pain-sensitizing neurotransmitters, such as Substance P or abnormally elevated levels of otherwise normal neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine).
Whenever in the therapeutic dialogue a patient’s consciousness is directed towards a stressful and unresolved event from his/her past, a stress-signal travels down the efferent portion of the ANS and should be detectable using the BDORT. This could guide the treating physician in therapy, so that unresolved psycho-emotional material, often long forgotten by the patient, can be brought to the conscious attention of the client and can be dealt with in appropriate therapeutic ways.
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