DIS-EMERGENCY STATE

Created by Gerald Epstein, MD, the dis-emergency state is a Power Prescription® that can bring quick relief to responses to situations created by a state of false emergency.  What is a false emergency?  It is simply reacting as if a situation is a true emergency, literally a matter of life or death.  How does one tell the difference?  In a true emergency, one experiences calmness and reacts appropriately.  We’ve all heard of situations where, for example, an adult is able to lift a car off a child pinned underneath or rescue a child caught in traffic of oncoming cars.  Conversely in a false emergency, the sympathetic nervous system kicks in and activates the fight or flight response, but it doesn’t get discharged.  We don’t fight, and we don’t flee.  The uncomfortable feelings stay inside and the body pumps out chemicals and has other physiological responses that can be harmful.  You can stop a false emergency state by simply saying to yourself, “It’s not an emergency.”  If you choose to not create an emergency state, the universe will come to help you.  It will speak through you and you will know what to do.  You will stay calm, see what is going on, and your intuitive true voice will give you the correct answer.  This is a powerful Power Prescription.