Overcoming Fear Techniques
Whitney discusses powerful techniques for confronting fear, such as craving what you fear and visualizing worst-case scenarios. She highlights the importance of understanding our neurology, referencing a book that offers insights into human behavior and decision-making. By recognizing our primitive reactions, we can cultivate patience with ourselves and others, ultimately leading to more informed choices.In this clip
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Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that you first 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?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through a 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?
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?