Understanding Phobias
Phobias often stem from evolutionary triggers and can be exacerbated by personal or observed experiences. While many people live with their fears, various effective treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy can help. Interestingly, some individuals may embrace their phobias as part of their identity, choosing avoidance over treatment.In this clip
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Why We Have Phobias & Why Dogs Behave The Way They Do
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If a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and experiences fear every time they see a spider or are triggered, but uses breathwork to calm the body immediately afterward, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear?
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?
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?