Appendix XIV To the Heart of the Matter Relationships within the Physiomedicalist Concepts of Contraction/Relaxation and Nervous System Equilibrium. State Autonomic Nervous System Activity Over relaxation Stressed parasympathetic function relating to psychosomatic syndromes Over contraction Sympatheticotonia related to chronic fear and anxiety Exhausted parasympathetic function resulting in sympathetic imbalance Reflex protective conditioning mediated by sympathetic activity due to emotional arousal Fig. 9: Relationships within the Physiomedicalist Concepts of Contraction/Relaxation and Nervous System Equilibrium. 68
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