Embracing Triggers
Teal emphasizes the importance of embracing emotional triggers as pathways to unresolved trauma rather than avoiding them. By consciously reliving these experiences and introducing choice into the healing process, individuals can transform their relationship with past pain, leading to empowerment and deeper self-understanding. This approach not only addresses the root causes of distress but also fosters conscious awareness that can be integrated into everyday life.In this clip
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The Mark Groves Podcast
#430: The Narcissism Epidemic: Reclaiming Connection in a Disconnected World with Teal Swan
Related Questions
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?
Could I say that the nightmares or recounting of traumatic experiences during REM sleep is actually the brain providing continuity to a process of healing the trauma by reprocessing the traumatic experience without the emotional component?
If you have a memory but don't have a strong emotion associated with it, are you essentially free of the trauma?