Making the Mind-Body Connection
Have you ever finished yelling at someone you love and wondered “What was that all about?” Have you ever had an opportunity to further your career and somehow sabotaged your chance and ended up worse off? Have you ever fallen in love with a wonderful, caring person, yet somehow you ended up in the same arguments that destroyed your last relationship? I could list several other examples of typical “reactive” behavior that manifests itself unconsciously and ultimately damages your conscious life dreams and goals. If you even remotely relate to these types of circumstances, you may have a neuro-emotional complex (NEC).
“What is a neuro-emotional complex (NEC),” may be your first question. Good question!
The concept of a NEC has been studied as far back as the psychologist Pavlov and his famous dogs. Pavlov found that he could elicit a physiological response, in this case salivating, with the introduction of a non-related stimulus (ringing the bell), that he “linked” to the experience of food. What does that famous experiment have to do with you blowing a big deal or yelling at your child? It is simply the linking of an emotional response to a non-related situation or event. It could be as simple as a child being somehow frightened while petting a cat, thereby developing a fear of cats…or as complex as your father intimidating you as a child, causing you to be passive aggressive and non-assertive. He had a beard, so whenever you interact with someone with a beard, you feel like a worthless child, and your actions and words become passive aggressive and non-assertive. I’ll give you a case example to illustrate.
“Michael” had been in a relationship for 7 years with a woman he loved and was committed to. The only problem was that any time they talked of marriage, his physiology changed. He felt like he was being “crushed” and became defensive and insulting. Behavior that was not typical of Michael. Using muscle testing to gauge Michael’s physiological reaction to various concepts, it was found that Michael reacted to the statement “I am ok committing to marriage.” It was time to discover why. Further investigation revealed that Michael reacted to the concept that marriage and commitment resulted in him having to change who he was and not be himself.
Proceeding, it was found that Michael was forced to be in the choir in elementary school by his father. It made him angry and defensive, and he felt like he was forced to change who he was in committing to be in the choir. The key element in this situation was that Michael did not have an “option” or the capacity to deal with this situation. He was “stuck,” and that caused his physiology to be “stuck” now, even years later. After clearing Michael of the original situation using traditional acupressure and spinal adjustments, he felt “different” about the current situation, and was able to fully commit to the woman he loved, without having these past issues disrupt his physiology.
Just like every one of us, Michael’s physiological response determined his emotional response. The physiology of emotions has been studied quite extensively in the past couple decades. Most notably has been Candace Pert, PhD, a neuroendocrinologist who wrote the book Molecules of Emotion. She discovered that emotions are composed of neuropeptides (protein), and their receptors are found on neurons (brain cells) and other cells in the body. These chemicals are released by various emotions, circulating the entire body, affecting the digestion, immune system, and every cell in your body…as well as your brain. Your brain and these chemicals affect your behavior, and your function. So if we get “stuck,” producing these chemicals in situations that are incompatible with the respective emotion, your behavior gets “stuck” as well. Just like the drooling dogs! The physiology of the original emotion reproduces itself by the process of remembering, consciously or unconsciously.
One resolution for this abnormal physiology (or function) is taught by Dr. Scott Walker, developer of the technique called Neuro Emotional Technique (NET). Using muscle testing to gauge the physiological response of a concept, situation, or idea allows these practitioners to uncover the past or current emotional response that is “stuck.” Then they break that link using physical means such as acupressure or spinal adjustments.
NET is based on the physiological, not psychological foundations of emotion. It is used to normalize unresolved physical and/or behavioral patterns in the body. NET is used to help re-establish balance in the body in the form of physical correction. NET does not treat emotions, but rather the complete mind-body when there is a stuck emotional component. It is not counseling or psychotherapy, but a treatment of physiological and chemical patterns that disrupt normal health and behavioral processes.
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