Understanding Human Motivation
Amber and Aubrey discuss the human compulsion to relive traumatic scenarios and the motivation behind it. They explore the idea of recreating situations to learn and grow from past experiences, particularly in the context of relationships.In this clip
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Can you provide some insights on how to address the feelings stemming from childhood experiences with my father, who tortured and abandoned my mother and me? I often feel that these experiences are the reason I overthink and have deep thoughts. This question relates to the episode Unlocking Secure Attachment: The Nervous System's Role in Our Relationships with Sarah Baldwin, the clip Grieving What Was, the episode Psychotherapist's Hacks on How to Change Your Life | Lori Gottlieb on Impact Theory, the episode 440: Dr. Ari Langdon on Working Through Trauma & Understanding the Mind/Body Connection, the episode Authentically Developing Self-Worth | Being Well Podcast, and the clip Nurturing Inner Parts.
In these episodes, 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?
Why do people easily fall into the trap of a victim mindset, and is it bad to be stuck in one? How can I avoid it properly? I often feel that the reason I overthink and have deep thoughts is because my father tortured and abandoned my mother and me during my childhood. This question is in relation to the episode Why You FEEL LOST In Life & How To Find Your TRUE SELF AGAIN | Marisa Peer & Lewis Howes and the clip Healing Childhood Wounds, as well as the episode #105: Coming Home to Your Body with Tami Amanda and the clip Overcoming Shame.