Facing Trauma Head-On
Andrew shares a harrowing experience of underwater trauma and the profound impact it had on him. He emphasizes the importance of confronting fear directly, explaining how facing trauma can lead to healing and a sense of liberation. The conversation delves into the intricate relationship between anxiety, stress, and trauma, highlighting the mental and physiological responses that accompany these states.In this clip
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Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that you first 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? Am I right?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?