Overcoming Emotional Burdens
Fear often stems from the belief that emotional struggles will last indefinitely, making it challenging to articulate feelings. Therapy can facilitate gradual improvement, though progress may seem slow and minuscule. While talk therapy is effective, pharmacology can also play a supportive role in overcoming emotional hurdles, especially during tough periods.In this clip
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Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Related Questions
In these episodes, 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?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, and 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?
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?