Regulating Fear Responses
Discover how to manage fear by regulating your nervous system. Techniques like deep diaphragmatic breathing and mindfulness can help differentiate between real threats and perceived dangers. Learn to recognize the origins of your fear and take actionable steps to reclaim your sense of safety and calm.In this clip
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Related Questions
In the episode How Do We Let Go of Childhood Trauma? | Liz Arch on Women of Impact and the clip Embracing Fear, how does neuroplasticity work when your body has a fear response to something but you want to change it—specifically, a reflexive response of your nervous system? If every time you see something that triggers the fear response, you use breathwork to calm your body and change your nervous system response, how do these two actions, which seem contradictory, engage neuroplasticity? Am I suppressing the fear response with breathwork, and what happens to the epinephrine and acetylcholine levels in that moment?
I have a question about this episode How Do We Let Go of Childhood Trauma? | Liz Arch on Women of Impact and this Embracing Fear. In a case where your body has a fear response to something but you want to change it—specifically, a reflexive response of your nervous system—how does neuroplasticity work if, every time you see something that triggers the fear response, you use breathwork to calm your body and change your nervous system response? You need epinephrine and acetylcholine to change your nervous system, but in that moment, breathwork activates a more calm state. How do these two actions, which seem contradictory, engage neuroplasticity? Am I suppressing the fear response with breathwork, and what happens to the epinephrine and acetylcholine levels?
Would a solution to calm the body with breathwork at the moment of encountering a trigger be effective for a person with a fear or phobia that makes their body reactive? This question relates to the episode How to Regulate Your Nervous System with Dr. Jay Wiles and the clip Nervous System Control.