The Neuroscience of Fear - Understanding anxiety, trauma & tools to overcome fears (Lessons from NPD, BPD and ADHD)

Anxiety is built into all our brains, examining the role of trauma in building fear responses helps us understand how to combat fear. We can also learn how trauma manifests in General Anxiety Disorder, Borderline (BPD), Narcissism (NPD) and ADHD.

By studying the neuroscience of how fear and anxiety work in the brain we understand how life events and trauma shape our perceptions. To overcome the different fears we can learn from strategies required for individuals with specific disorders relating to fear to reduce their emotional reactions.

Fear is controlled by 4 main areas in the brain, the Amygdala, the hippocampus, the Pre-Frontal Cortex and the Hypothalamus. They can keep us healthy, alive, and functioning normally. But different life events can cause them to become impaired or over-active in subtle ways causing much greater levels of fear and irrational behaviours.

The episode explores how fears hold us back and the specific chemistry and biology to creates it and techniques we can learn to rebalance our brain towards more rational thinking and level responses.

Tune in to learn how understanding fear can help you master your own mind and improve your life.


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Chapters:
00:00 Exploring the Neuroscience of Fear
03:14 The Brain's Fear Circuitry
06:16 The Role of Neuroception
09:43 The Four Core Fears
12:21 Trauma and Its Impact on Fear
19:41 Understanding General Anxiety Disorder
22:13 Techniques for Managing Anxiety and Fear
25:51 Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
27:13 The Neuroscience Behind BPD
31:20 Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder
33:10 Lessons on Ego for All of Us
36:44 ADHD and the Struggle to Mange Fear and Focus
39:19 Strategies for Harnessing ADHD &Personal Experiences
45:12 Concluding Thoughts on Fear
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