Embracing Fear's Role
Fear is a necessary evolutionary tool that signals immediate threats, but it shouldn't dominate our lives. While it's vital to recognize and feel fear, the ability to let go of it when it's no longer useful is crucial. Mindfulness serves as a pathway to manage fear and anxiety, allowing us to reclaim our emotional balance and prevent stress from becoming the backdrop of our existence.In this clip
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I also have a question about the episode Why You Feel So Anxious All The Time - Dr Russell Kennedy | Modern Wisdom Podcast 563 and the clip Memory and Trauma. 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? 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?
Additionally, I have a question about the episode "Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self Actualization and More | The Tim Ferriss Show" and the segment on Embracing Urgency. 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? 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 Free Yourself From Fear and Anxiety of the Amygdala | Dr Mindy & John Demartini and this Balancing Perceptions In the episode Restructure your BRAIN using your THOUGHTS | Dr. Caroline Leaf - MP Podcast #113 and this Calming the Amygdala. Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, and 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 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 they see the spider or get 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?