Embracing Helplessness
Frank shares a profound moment of vulnerability with a friend, highlighting how embracing helplessness can deepen connections and enhance caregiving. He emphasizes the importance of pausing and self-inquiry when faced with overwhelming emotions, urging listeners to explore the roots of their reactions rather than simply reacting to the present situation. This exploration can lead to greater understanding and emotional clarity.In this clip
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Can you provide some insights on how to address the feelings stemming from my childhood experiences with my father, who tortured and abandoned my mother and me? I often feel that these experiences are the reason I overthink and have deep thoughts.
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?
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?