Overcoming Bug Anxiety
A young girl confronts her fear of bugs through gradual exposure and strategic planning, ultimately discovering a newfound love for swimming in lakes. With the support of her mother, she learns to navigate her anxieties and embraces the joys of outdoor adventures, realizing that facing fears can lead to unexpected rewards.In this clip
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Hidden Brain
A Better Way to Worry
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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?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and 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?