Rewiring Your Thoughts
Seeking help is crucial for overcoming deep-seated fears, which often manifest as panic attacks or anxiety. By recognizing and challenging negative thoughts, individuals can begin to rewire their brains and alleviate these symptoms. Simple techniques, like telling oneself the opposite of distressing thoughts, can lead to significant improvements in mental well-being.In this clip
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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?
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?
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?