Reframing Anxiety
Closing the gap between training and real-life situations is essential for managing anxiety. By reframing physiological responses—like sweaty palms and a racing heart—as signs of excitement rather than fear, individuals can enhance their performance. This shift in perspective has been shown to help students and others facing high-pressure situations, leading to improved outcomes.In this clip
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Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response to a trigger, such as a traumatic experience with a spider, would working to change that response immediately after being triggered over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? For example, if a person uses breathwork to calm the body every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something from the episode The Hidden Risks of Meditation — Dr. Willoughby Britton | The Tim Ferriss Show and the clip Meditation and Dissociation?
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?
In the episode 838: Classic ACP Why Avoidance and Aversion Don't Help With Anxiety and the clip Changing Anxiety Perspectives, Andrew discusses 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?