Embracing Fear Together
Prentis emphasizes the importance of deep relaxation and surrendering to one's feelings, particularly fear. By sharing personal experiences, he highlights that true grounding comes not from tasks but from a willingness to connect with and understand our fears. Abby resonates with this, suggesting that embracing our relationship with fear can lead to healthier coping mechanisms and deeper self-awareness.In this clip
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Related Questions
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, 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?
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?