The Ego of Trauma
Tim and Rich discuss the trend of people using their traumatic experiences as a way to gain attention and validation, cautioning against creating a whole identity around it. They explore the importance of examining one's motivations and being aware of the shadow aspects of seeking external validation or hyper vulnerability.In this clip
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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?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but 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?
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