Facing Fears
Embrace the power of exposure therapy by facing fears head-on, allowing them to rise and fall without resistance. The mantra "feel the fear, do it anyways" serves as a guiding principle to overcome hesitation and dissolve fear. Recognize that the true barrier is not the challenge itself, but the fear associated with it, particularly in situations like public speaking.In this clip
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Related Questions
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?
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?
Can facing fears lead to personal growth as discussed in the episode The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom || Sharon Salzberg and the clip From Constriction to Expansion, in relation to episode #200: Return to You with Shannon Kaiser and the clip Shifting Fear into Joy, as well as the episode This Celeb-Beloved Therapy Offers A Radical New Way To Heal With Dr. Richard Schwartz and the clip Transforming Inner Critic?