Recalibrating Internal States
Understanding trauma, anxiety, and PTSD involves recognizing how internal experiences relate to external circumstances. Calibrating our internal state can be achieved through specific breathing protocols that either calm or stimulate autonomic arousal, offering a more nuanced approach than traditional drug treatments. This exploration highlights the importance of how we arrive at our emotional states and the potential for self-regulation through breath.In this clip
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Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Huberman Lab Podcast #49
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In the episode Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Huberman Lab Podcast #49 and the clip Recalibrating Internal States, Andrew 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 a process Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses to erase fear and traumas in his episodes LIVE EVENT Q\&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman Question & Answer in Melbourne, AU, Understanding Childhood Trauma, The Neuroscience of Optimal Performance: Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast, and Understanding Trauma's Roots. He mentions that the first step is to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative, with the goal of diminishing the physiological response. 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?
In the episode Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Huberman Lab Podcast #49 and the clip Recalibrating Internal States, Andrew 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?