Navigating Touch Anxiety
Paul shares his intense discomfort with physical touch, revealing how it triggers feelings of anger and violation. He discusses the challenges of managing personal space, especially around certain individuals, and reflects on the potential benefits of somatic therapy for trauma. Additionally, a listener connects with Paul's experiences, highlighting the link between anxiety and binge eating as a coping mechanism.In this clip
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Mental Illness Happy Hour
#218 Jensen Karp
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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 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 How to Heal Your Attachment Wounds | Being Well Podcast, Dr. Diane Poole Heller and this Body-Based Healing. 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 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 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 the episode Histamine Intolerance, Its Effects On Mental Health & Tips To Regulate Nervous System + Cortisol and the clip Automatic Thoughts Unpacked. I also have a question about the episode CONTROL And LEVERAGE Dopamine To Never Lack MOTIVATION Again! | Andrew Huberman and the clip Overcoming Anxiety In the episode Surprising Signs of Anxiety and How to Heal It | The Mel Robbins Podcast. Additionally, in the clip Healing Through Sensation, Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas. 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 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 they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, and immediately after use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?