Anxiety and Creativity
Anxiety can create an unregulated feedback loop, where fear intensifies through storytelling in the brain. However, by shifting focus and engaging with anxiety creatively—such as through journaling—individuals can activate a "creativity spiral" that leads to calming insights and a reduction in anxiety. This approach encourages curiosity and understanding rather than avoidance, transforming the experience of anxiety into a pathway for personal growth.In this clip
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In the episode 838: Classic ACP Why Avoidance and Aversion Don't Help With Anxiety and the clip Changing Anxiety Perspectives, 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? 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 a 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?
I have a question about this episode 838: Classic ACP Why Avoidance and Aversion Don't Help With Anxiety and this Changing Anxiety Perspectives. 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? 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 a 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?
I have a question about this episode How To Free Yourself From Fear and Anxiety of the Amygdala | Dr Mindy & John Demartini and this Balancing Perceptions In the episode Restructure your BRAIN using your THOUGHTS | Dr. Caroline Leaf - MP Podcast #113 and this Calming the Amygdala. Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, and he says 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? 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?