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Appendix XIV<br />

To the Heart of the Matter<br />

Relationships within the Physiomedicalist Concepts of Contraction/Relaxation<br />

and Nervous System Equilibrium.<br />

State Autonomic Nervous System Activity<br />

Over relaxation Stressed parasympathetic function relating to psychosomatic<br />

syndromes<br />

Over contraction Sympatheticotonia related to chronic fear and anxiety<br />

Exhausted parasympathetic function resulting in sympathetic imbalance<br />

Reflex protective conditioning mediated by sympathetic activity due to<br />

emotional arousal<br />

Fig. 9: Relationships within the Physiomedicalist Concepts of Contraction/Relaxation and<br />

Nervous System Equilibrium.<br />

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