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How
does NET work?
NET
is based on the physiological, not psychological foundations
of emotion. As discovered in the late 1970s, emotions are
composed of neuropeptides (amino acid chains) and their receptors,
which lie on neurons and other cells of remote tissues in
the body. The neuropeptides are ejected from the neuron and
carry the encoded "information" of emotions to other sites
within the body. These neuropeptides are in a category of
neurochemicals known as Information Substances (IS). ISs are
released at times of emotional arousal and become attached
to remotely-positioned neuroreceptors.
Significantly,
this process also happens when a person recalls to memory
an event in which the arousal originally occurred. This is
a key factor in the NET treatment. Thus, the physiological
status of the body is emotionally replicating the physiological
state found in the original conditioning event by the process
of remembering.
The
conditioning process is based on the principles of the great
physiologist Pavlov, who demonstrated that an organism can
be physiologically stimulated by a previously ineffective
stimulus. For example, a bell normally does not stimulate
salivary secretion. However, a bell may stimulate salivary
secretion if the animal has been conditioned by associating
the sound of a bell with the sight or smell of meat.
Also,
it is normal that after a time of having the bell ring with
no food association, the secretion of saliva (a physiological
process) will stop. This is known as extinition. If the physiology
of the animal is out of balance at the time of conditioning,
the normal process of extinction may not take place, thus
allowing for recurrent stimulation and an aberrant physiology.
These aberrations are called Neuro Emotional Complex's (NECs).
Thus,
if the body was in a low state of resistance at the time of
an emotionally charged event and the event is recalled to
(conscious/nonconscious) memory, this low state of physiological
resistance will also be duplicated in the present-day body.
As
an example, it has been observed that many patients who have
been in automobile accidents are often slow to recover and
fearful about driving for surprisingly varying lengths of
time. The extinction process of the conditioning resulting
from the automobile accident is very much individualized.
While most patients may fret or be extra alert for a week
or so after the accident, they usually return to a normal
state of emotional tone. However, there are some patients
who do not seem to fully recover (orthopedically, emotionally,
etc.) from their conditioned responses and may be consciously
or unconsciously driving in an extra-tense and highly vigilant
state, with some to the point of not driving at all.
This
in part also answers the question of why two people in the
same accident, sustaining similar injuries, can have a great
disparity in recovery times.
The
Seven Components of NET
Some
of the component dynamics of NET include:
- Emotions
are based on minute proteins in the body called Information
Substances (IS). These ISes are comprised of neuropeptides,
hormones and other specialized information molecules which
permeate our entire body, including DNA. Emotions were once
thought to be in the mind. They now have been proven to
be in the body. That is to say, they are physiological.
This dynamic has been scientifically validated by Pert.
- Pavlovian
Responses. While most of us think in terms of Pavlovian
Responses applying to animals, humans too are conditioned--sometimes
by one event. While conditioning is normal, under most situations,
so is the physiological counterpart--the fading or elimination
of a conditioned response. This is called extinction. Extinction
of most conditioned responses is normal. However, sometimes
extinction does not take place, and we utilize NET to assist
the body to carry on with this process.
- Repetition
Compulsion. One of Freud's contributions was that of repetition
compulsion, which essentially notes that once we have been
emotionally conditioned, we will non-consciously seek to
repeat a like situation in the future in an attempt to master
or resolve the conflict.
- Memory
and Physiology. It has been proven that when we remember
an event from our past, the body replicates the physiology
which occurred at the time of the event. By remembering
an event, the central nervous system, the parasynaptic nervous
system and almost assuredly the meridian system can be modified.
This dynamic has been scientifically validated by Hassen
and Ward.
Hassan
and Ward write, "The role of memory in emotion can hardly
be overemphasized. The perceptual process involved in emotion
become part of the memory store. The recollection of perceptions,
which implicates neocortical processes, may evoke (through
descending connections via "limbic system", hypothalamus,
brain stem, and spinal cord) the somatic and visceral motor
changes which occurred in the original situation."
From
Hassan, A.M., Ward, P.S., On the Primacy of the Brain The
University of Leeds, Psychology: Research a Reviews, Spring/Summer
1991, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 & 2, pg. 103-111.
- The
Meridian System. Emotions are linked to the meridian system.
This is a 4,000-year-old principle. The acupuncture theory
of the Five Element Law has been clinically validated for
over 1,500 years linking specific emotions to specific meridians.
As an example, there is a link between the emotion "Anger"
and the Liver meridian.
- Semantic
Reaction. Term used by Alfred Korzybski, the founder of
general semantics, to denote the response of an organism
as a whole, including its physiology, to symbols-especially
words. Korzybski successfully experimented using the skin
galvanomenter to measure semantic reaction. In NET we use
a muscle test to index and isolate the core issue associated
with a non-extinguished conditioned response.
- Muscle
Testing. It has been scientifically demonstrated that muscle
testing can be used to access the physiology of the body,
including the physiology of emotions. The physiology of
the body can not only be reactive to the sight of a spider,
but also to the word "spider" or a picture of a spider.
It has been verified that a previously strong muscle test
will subsequently test weak when saying a non-congruent
statement. For example John will most likely test weak when
saying "My name is Mary". This dynamic has been validated
by Monti.
Taken
altogether, the NET practitioner can use the above information
with the patient's full involvement to find, with accuracy
and unprecedented speed, the origins of the emotional block
and provide a safe and quick intervention, allowing the body
to naturally return to health. The physiological process of
extinction, or healing, can now finally take place - sometimes
after being compromised for decades. Thus chronically held
or recurrent problems are resolved. Clinical results are often
surprising to both the practitioner and the patient. It has
also been found that conditioned responses to less traumatic
events, such as love and business rejection, also can be resolved.
NET
utilizes an amalgamation of principles from the healing art's
heritage.
Antecedents
of NET include:
George
Goodheart-Father of Applied Kiniesiology
I. Pavlov-Conditioned Reflexes
S. Freud-Developer of the principle of the unconscious
D.D. Palmer-Discoverer of Chiropractic
A.T. Still-Discoverer of Osteopathy
Royal Lee-Major effective Proponent of whole food nutrition
Alfred Korzybski-Founder of General Semantics
The yellow Emperor-Symbolic founder of Acupuncture
S. Hahnemann-Founder of Homeopathy
Candace Pert-Discoverer of the Opiate receptor in the body
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