Relearning Through Trauma
Recognizing and diminishing the physiological response to traumatic events is crucial for forming new, non-traumatic associations. By retelling their narrative, individuals can reduce fear responses and begin to create positive connections with their past experiences. This process not only helps in managing fear but also enables the formation of new, empowering associations that counteract the effects of trauma.In this clip
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Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Huberman Lab Podcast #49
Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would changing the physiological response immediately after being triggered also help diminish the physiological response over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and used breathwork to calm the body immediately after being triggered, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would changing the physiological response immediately after being triggered also help diminish the physiological response over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and used breathwork to calm the body immediately after being triggered, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
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?