Panic and Perception
Randy shares a transformative insight into panic disorders, revealing how patients often fear their own anxiety symptoms, which can trigger a vicious cycle. This understanding not only empowers patients but also reshapes treatment approaches, blending therapy and medication as needed. The discussion highlights how our environment can recalibrate our anxiety thresholds, making us more susceptible to panic in certain situations.In this clip
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Related Questions
Why do people get panic attacks?
If a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time diminish the physiological response and 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 some trigger, and immediately after use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? This question relates to the concepts discussed in the episode "THIS IS Why Most People Are LAZY & UNMOTIVATED IN LIFE!" | Jordan Peterson & Lewis Howes and the clip Understanding Evil.
Is it true that the nervous system needs a different input at the right time to change a reaction? For example, if a person has a fear or phobia and their body becomes reactive when they encounter a trigger, would a solution be to try to calm the body with breathwork at that moment? Would this approach provide a different input to the nervous system so that over time it stops being activated by the original trigger? Is this how Pavlov's dogs experiment is used as a tool for changing the nervous system's responses in the context of the episode #368: Polyvagal Path: Healing Your Nervous System & Your Life with Dr. Stephen Porges and the clip Understanding Threat Responses?