Sleep and Emotional Memories
Matthew explains how sleep affects emotional memories and how the brain can strip away the painful sting from those memories. Jordan asks about physical responses during sleep and Matthew explains that night terrors and anxiety usually occur during non-REM sleep, not during dream sleep.In this clip
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126: Matthew Walker | Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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I have a question about this episode 126: Matthew Walker | Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams and the clip Sleep and Emotional Memories. If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would working to change a person's physiological response immediately after being triggered 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 a trigger, they immediately use 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 Dr. Matt Walker: Improve Sleep to Boost Mood & Emotional Regulation | Huberman Lab Guest Series and this Memory and Emotion. 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 they see the spider or get activated through a 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?
I have a question about this episode Dr. Matt Walker: Improve Sleep to Boost Mood & Emotional Regulation | Huberman Lab Guest Series and this clip Memory and Emotion. 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 they see the spider or get activated through a 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?