Emotional Acceptance Journey
Peter shares his transformative experience of emotionally accepting past traumas, moving beyond rationalizations that once held him captive. He emphasizes the importance of emotional processing over intellectual understanding, revealing that while revisiting childhood memories can be exhausting, it leads to valuable insights. With a focus on practicing skills learned through therapy, he highlights the brain's remarkable ability to adapt and repurpose its circuitry for healing.In this clip
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How did Peter Attia cope with his childhood trauma?
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 use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?