Once a user clicks on ‘play’ button for a track, it starts downloading. If the internet connection is ok and allows the application to download the whole track, it that remains locally and can be played any time if a user is offline.

To be able to listen to all the tracks a user has, they need to tap ‘play’ button for all the tracks one by one and stay online for some time allowing the application save all the selected tracks locally.

In the Sleep Restore app the logic is more about playlists, not about single tracks, and that’s why you’re not able to play just one track in existing playlists. However, you can create your own playlists and your playlist can consist of one track you like, and when a track is over, playing will stop.

See next question:  How to create a PlayList

In Playlists tap Create Playlist, enter its name (anything you like), and then tap Submit

Now you can see your playlist and it’s time to add your favorite tracks there. For this tap on your created playlist and then tap a plus icon at the right top corner

 You’ll see the list of all tracks available in the app and here you can select what tracks to add to your playlist. For example, you want to add only one track. For this tap a tick icon next to a track you want to be added (the icon will turn blue), and then tap Done at the right top corner.

 Now you have your own playlist with one track

PTSD;

The statistic that 3 out of 4 people will be exposed to a traumatic event with up to 1 in 4 of them developing PTSD, (ie; 1 in 10 people overall), comes from the University of Melbourne Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic mental health;

PTSD Guidelines

 

Chronic Pain;

The statistic that 1 in 4 people (on average) will develop chronic pain comes from a 2003 review by the IASP; ‘How Prevalent is chronic pain’

https://s3.amazonaws.com/rdcms-iasp/files/production/public/Content/ContentFolders/Publications2/PainClinicalUpdates/Archives/PCU03-2_1390265045864_38.pdf

Emotional neglect and abuse;

The statistic that 1 in 3 people will struggle as a result of emotional abuse or neglect (probably a conservative figure) comes from a 2015 review by the Amsterdam Centre for Family Law; ‘The prevalence of child maltreatment across the globe: Review of a series of meta-analyses.’

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/car.2353

Bilateral stimulation is a core treatment element of EMDR. Dismantling studies indicate that bilateral stimulation is a necessary and effective part of EMDR. Most of the research regarding bilateral stimulation involves visual bilateral stimulation. My 2014 study involving 11 chronic pain sufferers, 9 or whom met the criteria for PTSD, relied on auditory bls. The results indicated that auditory bls is equally as effective as visual bls. My clinical experience is that visual bls is more effective in the reprocessing of traumatic images while auditory bls is more effective in the alleviation of physical tension, pain and distress. A very small percentage of people find auditory bls irritating.

Grant M. (2014)  Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing treatment of chronic pain. OA Musculoskeletal Medicine Aug. 17(2), 17.

Jefferies, Fiona &Davis, Paul (2012)  What is the Role of Eye Movements in Eye Movement

Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? A Review. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Available on CJO doi:10.1017/S1352465812000793

 

Good question

The answer is it depends. In the first instance you shouldn’t try to do anything, just let the BLS do its work. But if it is not producing the desired relaxation or symptom-relief, then feel free to push things along a bit by thinking of your safe place, healing colour etc.

The two arrows mean that the songs are playing in a shuffled order. You can change this in the settings menu under “shuffle”.

The circle arrows refer to repeat x 1 or x 2.