Ketamine and Trauma
Ketamine alters brain circuitry, specifically influencing the rhythm of cortical activity, which can lead to a dissociative state. This allows individuals to process trauma from a different emotional perspective, effectively remapping old feelings with new experiences. The therapy aims to reduce the intensity of past traumas while fostering a new narrative, promoting healing through a unique blend of dissociation and emotional re-learning.In this clip
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Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Huberman Lab Podcast #49
Related Questions
How can dissociation help in the context of the episode Dr. David Spiegel: Using Hypnosis to Enhance Health & Performance | Huberman Lab Podcast #60 and the clip Ketamine and Trauma?
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?