AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -They recommend this simple aversion-therapy trick: “Place a rubber band on your wrist, and every time that you start feeling stressed, lightly snap it. The idea is that your brain will subconsciously start avoiding the stimulus (in this case, stress) to prevent the unpleasant snapping of the rubber band."

Detailed explanation-2: -Snapping a rubber band is a technique some people use to stop a bad habit, like smoking. You, however, appear to be using it as a way of not dealing with your emotions. The marks on your wrists may be caused because the rubber bands are so tight that they’re cutting off your circulation. Advertisement.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common application of aversive therapy in OCD has been the “rubber-band snapping technique, ” whereby the patient wears a rubber band on the wrist and is instructed to snap it every time he or she has an obsessive thought, resulting in a sharp pain; thus the pain and obsession become connected.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anxiety wrist bands are a popular “anxiety treatment” promoted on many alternative health sites. Wrist bands that “treat anxiety” (such as those with magnets or ions) have no effect and cannot treat the condition.