No, meditation does NOT involve using drugs. Its akin to prayer, but agnostic. It is self-hypnosis that strives to reach alpha-state.
http://www.mind-energy.net/archives/184-Relaxation-Technique-6-Entering-alpha-state-of-mind-by-yourself.html If you are serious about addressing your problem --which sounds psychological rather than physiological-- you shouldn't dismiss and make fun of suggestions without at least looking at them. At 11:39 PM 10/11/2009, Steve Crowder wrote: >Good idea -- time to get stoned. Thanks! >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[email protected]>bob quinn >To: <mailto:[email protected]>Steve Crowder ; ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 4:25 AM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] This Is Pretty Long -- Sorry > >It may sound simplistic, but to deal with your startle response it sounds like >you need to learn how to relax. Have you tried meditation? It can have >amazing, transformative results given a good teacher/guide and when practiced >on a regular basis. > >At 04:26 AM 10/11/2009, Steve Crowder wrote: > >><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> >> >>CRY FOR HELP FOR MY STARTLE RESPONSE >> >> >> >>I have a huge problem I need to throw out to you guys. Over the past six >> >>years, I have developed a severe case of scoliosis, curvature of my spine. >>The >> >>curve of my spine, which used to have me shaped like a banana. Now I am even >>more bent. It gets worse every time I sit in my wheelchair. >> >> >> >>If my body were allowed to assume its natural shape, >> >>then it would be excruciatingly painful. So just about everything I do, from >> >>lying in bed to sitting in my wheelchair, requires compensatory measures. In >> >>bed, I have to roll over on one side of my body, and then back onto my back >>and somebody takes really guides my legs and a. >> >>When I sit in my wheelchair, as I am right about to sit down, I have to have >> >>someone guide my hips into my seat, otherwise I sit down in a painful >> >>position. So dealing with that is an issue in itself. >> >> >> >>Here's my problem. I've developed a startle response. I startle at >> >>anything -- anything. The worst is when I'm out in public. Everything gets >>me. The overhead loudspeaker at stores paging people announcing things, every >>loud voice, which is almost every voice, children laughing, babies crying, >>car horns and alarms honking, you name it -- I get to the point where I live >>in a pain, but worse -- my head is turned almost sideways, which kills my >>neck (I have a C/3-C/6 fusion) and my only way out is to get out of my >>wheelchair >> >> >> >>Something is always getting me when I'm in bed, also. Every time it happens, >> >>it puts me into the most horrible pain. The very worst case is when I jump. >> >>By jump, I mean my body actually moves and my legs go up in the air. Like I >> >>said, I'm very incomplete and am capable of standing and even taking some >> >>steps with assistance. But, without going too deeply into the subject, >> >>bit and I move enough to be placed in agonizing pain. So I need somebody to >> >>help me work on my startle problem. I have people rolling me like crazy. >> >> >> >>A "roll" is when somebody rolls me onto my side and then back on my back. >> >>a number of steps involved, and if I startle during one of the >> >>steps, we have to start all over again, which happens extremely frequently. >> >>I'm wearing everyone out. It happens throughout the night, and when I don't >> >>get rolled, the pain is through the roof. I need to find solutions to the >>following questions: >> >> >> >>What do I do to stop? Who should I go to? I have a stage IV pressure sore >>that will require surgery very soon, and I'll go nuts in the hospital. >> >>
