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Angry Outburts (teens)
When teens experience stress it can become difficult to manage their emotions and cope with the situation, leading to angry outbursts. These outbursts can be harmful to the teen's relationships with family and friends, as well as their own mental health. TouchPoints™ can help restore calm faster and recover.
BLAST
TouchPoint Solution’s wearable devices are embedded with patented BLAST (bi-lateral alternating stimulation tactile) technology. BLAST is scientifically proven to alter the body’s “fight or flight” response caused by stress. The wearables emit alternating vibrations that disengage your standard stress response (sympathetic nervous system), and shift you into the calm, logical side of your brain (parasympathetic nervous system).
Research has shown that elevated cortisol levels can lead to increased irritability, mood swings, and aggressive behavior. A triple blind placebo-controlled trial with athletes showed TouchPoints™ stabilized cortisol levels during stressful events and reduced the level of stress. (Leal-Junior, E. C., Casalechi, H. L., Machado, C. dos, Serin, A., Hageman, N. S., & Johnson, D. S., 2019)
A LASTING SOLUTION
When using TouchPoints™ consistently to calm down after an angry outburst, overtime you may not need them in certain situations as they become less stressful because of your TouchPoints™. One of the ways BLAST work is by creating new neural pathways that help modify the memories that trigger our stress response. With continued use of TouchPoints™, these new neural pathways can build overtime, progressively reducing the release of stress related hormones that can cause angry outbursts.
When to use TouchPoints
SPOT USE:
Use as soon as the agitation or frustration starts.
PREVENTATIVE USE:
If you know you're going into a scenario that may cause agitation, begin using them 15-30 minutes prior.
HOW to use TouchPoints
Place TouchPoints on your wrists, pockets, in socks, or simply hold them.
Activate TouchPoints on the Fast/Purple setting.
Leave on until you feel a sense of calm.
USER SPOTLIGHT
"I'm not certain how something so simple can be so effective but I'm not here to question the how or why, only to let you know that these little things work! My teen daughter has been struggling with anxiety, which prior to finding Touch Points, had been leading to other big problems in her life. She's been wearing these a couple of times a day for a few weeks now and they've been a game changer. She loves to quiet down and just relax while the gentle, alternating vibrations do their thing. She will even wear them on the bus on the way to school and back home. She says they take the edge off of her sharp thoughts. They've also been helpful at bedtime as sleep has been a struggle. For that purpose, I'd recommend a second set for nighttime with the timer that auto shuts off. These things are awesome! They can't hurt and they just might help you like they did us."
-CARYN S.
Leal-Junior, E. C.,Casalechi, H. L., Machado, C. dos, Serin, A., Hageman, N. S., & Johnson, D.S. (2019). A triple-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial of the effect ofbilateral alternating somatosensory stimulation on reducing stress-relatedcortisol and anxiety during and after the Trier Social Stress Test. Journalof Biotechnology and Biomedical Science, 2(1), 22–30.https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2576-6694.jbbs-19-2784