Managing Negative Thoughts
The mind operates like a vast forest, where the thoughts we focus on grow larger, often overshadowed by trauma and negativity. When faced with threats to our survival, such as abuse or illness, these toxic thoughts demand our attention, creating disruptions in our mental landscape. It's crucial to recognize and manage these disturbances rather than suppress them through avoidance or addiction, as they can lead to deeper psychological and physical issues.In this clip
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The School of Greatness
Neuroscientist REVEALS How To COMPLETELY HEAL Your Body & Mind! | Caroline Leaf & Lewis Howes
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How does trauma impact our minds as discussed in the episode "Neuroscientist REVEALS How To COMPLETELY HEAL Your Body & Mind! | Caroline Leaf & Lewis Howes"?
How does PTSD affect the brain, as discussed in the episode Neuroscientist REVEALS How To COMPLETELY HEAL Your Body & Mind! | Caroline Leaf & Lewis Howes and the clip Managing Negative Thoughts?
In the episode #108: Take Charge of Your Mind with Dr. Caroline Leaf and the clip Changing Our Stories, 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, and every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, they immediately use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?