Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear | Episode 49

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode I discuss fear and trauma including the neural circuits involved in the "threat reflex" and how specific experiences and memories come to active that system. I also discuss how our body is involved in trauma and fear. First, I describe the logic of fear mechanisms and how "top-down" processing-- meaning connections from the parts of the brain that assign meaning to our feelings, are involved in fear and in erasing fears and traumas. Then I discuss what successful fear and trauma treatment must include and consider various treatments for whether they meet that standard such as EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Ketamine and other drug-assisted therapies and more. I also review new data on how 5 minutes per day of deliberate, self-imposed stress can erase fear and depression. And I review the role that social connection plays in erasing or maintaining fears, by activating specific molecular pathways in the brain and body. Finally, I review supplementation with over-the-counter compounds for their effects on anxiety and fear, and when to take them, if at all.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you to our sponsors:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Athletic Greens - <a href= "https://www.athleticgreens.com/huberman">https://www.athleticgreens.com/huberman</a> </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">InsideTracker - <a href= "https://www.insidetracker.com/huberman">https://www.insidetracker.com/huberman</a> </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Helix Sleep - <a href= "https://www.helixsleep.com/huberman">https://www.helixsleep.com/huberman</a> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Patreon page:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman">https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman</a> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supplements from Thorne:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a hr