Fear and Memory
Fear memories are formed through electrical activity in the brain, particularly in the amygdala, which can lead to persistent trauma responses, as seen in PTSD. This heightened state of arousal triggers inflammation and an overactive nervous system, creating a cycle that affects emotional and physical health. Understanding these mechanisms sheds light on how trauma can be embedded within our bodies, impacting daily life.In this clip
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In the episode Restructure your BRAIN using your THOUGHTS | Dr. Caroline Leaf - MP Podcast #113 and the clip Calming the Amygdala, Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
I have a question about this episode Restructure your BRAIN using your THOUGHTS | Dr. Caroline Leaf - MP Podcast #113 and this Calming the Amygdala. Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, and he says that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if the person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
In the episode Restructure your BRAIN using your THOUGHTS | Dr. Caroline Leaf - MP Podcast #113 and the clip Calming the Amygdala, Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas by retelling the narrative to extinguish the fear or trauma, aiming to diminish the physiological response. If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would changing the physiological response immediately after being triggered also over time diminish the physiological response and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and used breathwork to calm the body every time they were triggered, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?