US 2003/0208243 A1 · Inflectional therapy for mental depression and anxiety

Abstract

A therapeutic process, called inflectional therapy, is essentially a single-person process for diminishing the mental ailments of depression and anxiety. As the sufferer, being said single person, experiences such an ailment, [she]/he commences to record his thoughts and feelings by verbal expression onto a recording medium, such as an audio tape recorder. This is called a session, and the ensuing recording is called a recorded session. Typically, multiple sessions comprise adequate therapy for depression, but a single session usually diminishes a bout of anxiety. In circumstances where the sufferer does not have ready access to his recorder at the time of the ailment, he may commence recording his thoughts and feelings of the “prior” ailment when he eventually has access. Also, the sufferer may include positive, verbal expressions of encouragement during a session. A person may even record those thoughts and feelings when he is not undergoing a current ailment, such as inflecting upon happiness and other positive thoughts, or aspects of a personality disorder. Then, as desired, he listens to the recorded sessions for examining his ailment from the objective, recorded format, for the self-observation that leads to self-objectivity. But more significant, therapeutic value lies in the act(s) of expressing one's thoughts and feelings within the session(s) through the mental “focal point” of the recording medium.—For these matters, inflectional therapy may be utilized in institutional environments, such as hospitals, businesses, the military, etc., to treat patients, and to calm personnel during situations of conflict.

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A therapeutic process, called inflectional therapy, for diminishing the mental ailments of depression and anxiety;

and said process comprising a session;
and said session consist of the sufferer of a ailment of said ailments recording [her]/his thoughts and feelings of said ailment by verbal expression onto a recording medium during the actual ailment and thus producing a recorded session of said session;
a choice of recording mediums for said session includes audio tape recording, video recording with audio recording, audio recording by electronic digitalization, and recording by writing;
and over the time of said sufferer suffering successive bouts of said ailment multiple sessions are conducted with ensuing multiple recorded sessions;
and said process comprising said sufferer listening to a recorded session as needed for examining his thoughts and feelings;
and said process having the therapeutic value of said sufferer expressing his thoughts and feelings in a session;
and said process having the resulting therapeutic value of said sufferer externally examining his thoughts and feelings by listening to a recorded session;
and an ensuing recorded session being personal of said sufferer by having recorded the details of private information of said sufferer's thoughts and feelings.

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A therapeutic process, called inflectional therapy, for diminishing the mental ailments of depression and anxiety within an institution, and said process comprising a session;

and said session consist of a sufferer of a ailment of said ailments recording [her]/his thoughts and feelings of said ailment by verbal expression onto a recording medium during the actual ailment and thus producing a recorded session of said session;
a choice of recording mediums for said session includes audio tape recording, video recording with audio recording, audio recording by electronic digitalization, and recording by writing;
and an administrator of said institution providing said sufferer with a private area for conducting said session;
and said process including another session as needed by said sufferer;
and said sufferer listening to said recorded session as needed for examining his thoughts and feelings;
and said process having the therapeutic value of said sufferer expressing his thoughts and feelings in a session;
and said process having the resulting therapeutic value of said sufferer externally examining his thoughts and feelings by listening to a recorded session;
and the recorded session being personal of said sufferer by having recorded the details of private information of said sufferer's thoughts and feelings.

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Inflectional therapy for mental depression and anxiety

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Inflectional therapy for mental depression and anxiety

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