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FEARS
Fear is a powerful emotion that can paralyze and limit us from fully experiencing life. While fear can be a natural protective mechanism, it often holds us back from reaching our full potential. At times, fear can become excessive and irrational, hindering our ability to navigate challenges and pursue our goals. TouchPoints™ can interrupt the body's fight-flight-freeze response, reducing the intensity of fear in real-time and helping you confront your fears with greater confidence and calm.
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).
Studies show that within just 30 seconds of using TouchPoints, people experienced a 74% reduction in their stress levels and a 68% reduction in body sensations related to stress. This data combined with our archived data suggest that there is a consistency in offering users significant relief from physiological and psychological stress in about 30 seconds.
A LASTING SOLUTION
When using TouchPoints™ consistently to overcome a fear, overtime you may not need them in certain situations as they become less stressful because of your TouchPoints™. One of the ways BLAST works 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 an irrational fear.
When to use TouchPoints
SPOT USE:
Start as soon as the fear arises.
PREVENTATIVE USE:
Use when you're thinking about the fear or if you can anticipate an upcoming scenario inciting fear, begin 15-30 minutes beforehand.
HOW to use TouchPoints
Rate how strong the fear feels on a scale of 1-10.
Place TouchPoints on your wrists, ankles, clipped to pant pockets, or simply hold them in your hands.
Activate TouchPoints on the Fast/Purple setting.
Wait 5 minutes, rescale, see if the feeling of fear reduced. Repeat until fear is minimal.
USER SPOTLIGHT
"I do find them helpful in situations where I’m now having heighten anxiety. Mainly going out in public when I’m enduring a heightened awareness and fear that anything can happen at anytime. The touchpoint vibrations help bring my awareness to reset my thoughts. So far it’s one of the tools I’ve been using in addition to therapy. "
-Alicia Fuchs
"I do find them helpful in situations where I’m now having heighten anxiety. Mainly going out in public when I’m enduring a heightened awareness and fear that anything can happen at anytime. The touchpoint vibrations help bring my awareness to reset my thoughts. So far it’s one of the tools I’ve been using in addition to therapy. "
- Jessica Morrison