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Both neurostimulation (TMS) and cognitive regulation alone both help with distress, but found differing results in what worked best alone for dealing with different things

• in a 2024 TMS study looking at the effects of neurostimulation and cognitive restructuring on emotional distress in individuals with misophonia and emotional dysregulation, Neacsiu found that both cognitive restructuring and neurostimulation on its own helped with subjective distress. the combined approach reduced self reported distress and tonic arousal.
  • however, for the single method approaches, self reported distress responded better to cognitive restructuring alone, while tonic arousal responded better to TMS alone
  • the combo approach is likely the best approach to use when possible. (Neacsiu et al., 2024)