If we are to use an analogy to more easily understand how the functions of our organs in our body, our emotions and behaviors, we can say that it manages like the hierarchical structure that exists in the management of a bank.
Just as a bank has a general manager, our prefrontal cortex is that general manager. Young, dynamic, open to innovation.
What kind of a board is there, the brain parts of the limbic system are that board.
How there is a principal who has extensive autonomy but is constantly interacting with the board, he is the hypothalamus, and under the principal work two chiefs, which we call the sympathetic, parasympathetic system.
The balance between these chiefs is of particular importance for our health.
Among these chiefs, the sympathetic system works more in situations that create danger and fear.
The parasympathetic system functions in more calm and peaceful situations.
The harmonious operation of this hierarchical order is very important for a healthy life.
In a real danger situation, for example, when someone enters the room with a gun, our limbic system quickly evaluates this and with the activation of the hypothalamus and sympathetic system working under it, the heart of everyone in the room starts to beat very hard because we have two chances, either to take the gun from the man’s hand or to take the gun from the man’s hand. escaping, if we transfer the situation over escaping in order not to prolong the example; We need our legs to escape, so the veins going to our legs expand, where and how will we escape, our brain needs to work, the veins going to our brain expand. Where will we find the blood? The veins in our skin narrow and our blood is taken to our heart, so we become pale. At that time, there is no state to digest in our body, and our vessels that feed our digestive system narrow, and that blood is taken to our heart, of course, our breathing becomes more frequent in order to oxygenate our rapidly circulating blood, and our heart beats very and strongly, sending the oxygenated blood to our legs and brain, allowing us to escape.
While there is a real danger within the limits of limbic system physiology, this working order is a life-saving situation.
However, high risks such as being in an earthquake, having a life-threatening traffic accident, being exposed to physical violence, being raped, losing a limb in an accident, being in the middle of a bombing, being diagnosed with a disease that carries a death risk, etc. The limbic systems of people exposed to severe sudden stress stimuli begin to perceive even very minor stress stimuli (elevator, siren, fast-moving car, a little loud noise, darkness, desolation, etc.) as a real danger stimulus after a short while, however, there is no real danger.
Here are our functions that will save our lives in real danger from that moment on; It turns into a clinical picture that emerges as a result of the heart beating too much, we feel like we are out of breath, and we think that we will die, which turns into a disease defined as a panic attack.
No cause can be found in laboratory researches and each attack causes a spiral that increases the severity of the next ones.
However, the reason is nothing but the deterioration of the harmony in the management of organ functions of our limbic system.
Acupuncture emerges as a method that supports psychiatric treatment in the treatment of panic attacks by regulating the functioning of the limbic system, as shown in scientific studies.
In the treatment of acupuncture panic attacks, a total of 15 sessions are applied as 3 sessions per week.
