Relaxation and Growth
When the body is tense, it signals a lack of safety, making relaxation essential for mental clarity. Men often struggle to see the return on investment for emotional work, yet understanding the balance of effort and reward can lead to significant life improvements. While past trauma may have fostered successful skills, it's crucial to integrate new strategies that allow for control rather than letting those skills dictate one's life.In this clip
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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, and every time they see the spider or get activated through some 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 and the clip Mastering Emotional Instability. 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?
I have a question about this episode and this clip. 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?