Understanding Trauma
The conversation delves into the complexities of trauma and its profound impact on behavior, highlighting how past experiences can unconsciously shape future choices. Both speakers emphasize the importance of dissociative practices in processing trauma, suggesting that revisiting the emotional state during traumatic events can lead to healing. The phenomenon of repetition compulsion is explored, illustrating how individuals may unconsciously seek out familiar, yet harmful, situations in an attempt to rewrite their past.In this clip
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I have a question about this episode The Neuroscience of Optimal Performance: Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast and this Understanding Trauma's Roots. Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, and he says 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 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, 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?
I have a question about this episode The Neuroscience of Optimal Performance: Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast and this Understanding Trauma's Roots. In the episode Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Huberman Lab Podcast #49 and the clip Recalibrating Internal States, Andrew Huberman discusses a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The goal 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 they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, and immediately after use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
I have a question about the episode Dr. Victor Carrión: How to Heal From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the clip Creating Space for Choice. I also want to ask about the episode The Neuroscience of Optimal Performance: Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast and the segment on Understanding Trauma's Roots. 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? Am I right? 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 use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?