Managing Emotional Responses
Debbie emphasizes the importance of recognizing and evaluating one's response to anger, linking it to underlying hurt and grief. Tim shares his journey of understanding how physiological responses can influence psychological states, highlighting the struggle between instinctual reactions and cognitive storytelling. He discusses the effectiveness of HRV training and psychedelics in addressing emotional and physical well-being, advocating for a balanced approach to managing hypervigilance and emotional health.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, but 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? Did I miss something?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response to a trigger, such as a traumatic experience with a spider, would working to change that response immediately after being triggered over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning?