Floating Away Your Anxiety And Stress

Yes - spend an hour in a dark, soundproof room floating in a body-temperature warm pool. The round pool is 1 foot deep, 8 feet in diameter, and saturated with 1,332 pounds of magnesium sulfate, commonly known as Epsom salt. While medication is beneficial for many anxiety and mood disorders, many cla...

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Published inShots [BLOG]
Main Author John Henning Schumann
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington NPR 16.10.2017
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Anxiety
Brain research
Pain
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Summary:Yes - spend an hour in a dark, soundproof room floating in a body-temperature warm pool. The round pool is 1 foot deep, 8 feet in diameter, and saturated with 1,332 pounds of magnesium sulfate, commonly known as Epsom salt. While medication is beneficial for many anxiety and mood disorders, many classes of the drugs are habit-forming, and all have side effects that patients often find unpleasant.
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