By Jonathan C. Smith PhD
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To this we added "physical warmth and heaviness" simply because of the overwhelming preference for these terms as descriptors of physical relaxation by instructors of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) and autogenic training.
The result is what we might term superstitious specificity, or the premature inference of causality between specific technique and symptom reduction. Limitations of Specificity Hypotheses In general terms, specificity models suffer many of the problems of the relaxation response hypothesis. Their greatest success is in differentiating techniques according to initial somatic effects. However, as we have seen, such effects are often achieved in a short period of time; once achieved, there are no differences among techniques.
And "sinking" has a spatial-cognitive connotation similar to "far away" in Disengagement. "Limp" emerges as the clearest item for physical relaxation. To this we added "physical warmth and heaviness" simply because of the overwhelming preference for these terms as descriptors of physical relaxation by instructors of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) and autogenic training.