Embracing Anxiety
Acknowledging that feelings of anxiety are a natural response can help alleviate the pressure of performing under stress. By focusing on the present and trusting their instincts, individuals can navigate challenging situations more effectively. Just like top quarterbacks, minimizing the mental weight of past mistakes allows for better performance in the moment.In this clip
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Do you work with your students on specific things they can do to develop that short term memory and to help reduce some of that feeling bad about feeling nervous?
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?
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, they immediately use breathwork to calm their body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?