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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Related Questions
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, and every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, they immediately use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
In the episode The Mental Game, Part 2 | Dr. Michael Gervais | EntreLeadership and the clip Mastering Emotional Instability, Andrew talks about 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?