Empowering Stress Management
Empowering kids to manage stress involves teaching personalized relaxation techniques, such as breathing exercises and positive thinking. Mindfulness and simple yoga poses can help break the cycle of negative thoughts that lead to panic attacks. The focus is not on eliminating stress entirely, but on managing it effectively to reduce discomfort.In this clip
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Dr. Victor Carrión: How to Heal From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear?
I understand the insula and that when we have a trauma, we can get a disproportional physical reaction to small things like a memory. I get that. I also understand that in these moments, using a tool to calm the nervous system down, like using a cyclic sigh, introduces a new input, right?