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Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear

Huberman Lab

The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017. 
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.

In this episode, I discuss fear and trauma, including the neural circuits involved in the "threat reflex" and how specific experiences and memories come to activate 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 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, 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. 
For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com.
Thank you to our sponsors
AG1 (Athletic Greens): https://athleticgreens.com/huberman
LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman
Supplements from Momentous
https://www.livemomentous.com/huberman
Timestamps
(00:00:00) Introducing Fear, Trauma & Trauma 
(00:02:31) Sponsors: AG1, LMNT
(00:06:49) What is Fear? 
(00:11:45) Autonomic Arousal: “Alertness” vs. “Calmness”
(00:13:44) Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA axis)
(00:17:36) “The Threat Reflex”: Neural Circuits for Fear
(00:28:24) Controlling Fear: Top-Down Processing
(00:32:27) Narratives: “Protective or Dangerous”
(00:35:58) Attaching Fear to Events: Classical Conditioning & Memory
(00:41:45) How Fear Learning Occurs: Long Term Potentiation, NMDA
(00:46:10) Extinguishing (Reducing) Fears
(00:50:25) Cognitive (Narrative) Therapies for Fear
(00:57:56) Repetition of Narrative, Overwriting Bad Experiences with Good
(01:05:28) EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
(01:14:00) Social Connection & Isolation Are Chemically Powerful
(01:18:23) Trans-Generational Trauma
(01:25:00) PTSD Treatments: Ketamine, MDMA, oxytocin
(01:39:25) How Do You Know If You Are Traumatized? 
(01:46:16) Deliberate Brief Stress Can Erase Fears & Trauma
(01:49:50) Erasing Fears & Traumas In 5 Minutes Per Day
(01:59:42) Nutrition, Sleep, & Other General Support Erasing Fear & Trauma
(02:02:30) Supplements for Anxiety, Fear: Saffron, Inositol, Kava
(02:10:00) Synthesis 
(02:11:46) Zero-Cost Support, Sponsors, Supplements, Instagram, Twitter
Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac
Disclaimer

In this episode, I discuss fear and trauma, including the neural circuits involved in the "threat reflex" and how specific experiences and memories come to activate 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 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, 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. 
Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com.
Thank you to our sponsors
AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman
LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab
Waking Up: https://wakingup.com/huberman
Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/huberman
Timestamps
00:00:00 Introducing Fear, Trauma & Trauma  
00:02:31 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up
00:06:49 What is Fear?  
00:11:45 Autonomic Arousal: “Alertness” vs. “Calmness”  
00:13:44 Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA axis)  
00:17:36 “The Threat Reflex”: Neural Circuits for Fear  
00:28:24 Controlling Fear: Top-Down Processing  
00:32:27 Narratives: “Protective or Dangerous”  
00:35:58 Attaching Fear to Events: Classical Conditioning & Memory  
00:41:45 How Fear Learning Occurs: Long Term Potentiation, NMDA  
00:46:10 Extinguishing (Reducing) Fears  
00:50:25 Cognitive (Narrative) Therapies for Fear  
00:57:56 Repetition of Narrative, Overwriting Bad Experiences with Good  
01:05:28 EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing  
01:14:00 Social Connection & Isolation Are Chemically Powerful  
01:18:23 Trans-Generational Trauma  
01:25:00 PTSD Treatments: Ketamine, MDMA, Oxytocin  
01:39:25 How Do You Know If You Are Traumatized?  
01:46:16 Deliberate Brief Stress Can Erase Fears & Trauma  
01:49:50 Erasing Fears & Traumas in 5 Minutes Per Day  
01:59:42 Nutrition, Sleep, & Other General Support Erasing Fear & Trauma  
02:02:30 Supplements for Anxiety, Fear: Saffron, Inositol, Kava  
02:10:00 Synthesis  
02:11:46 Zero-Cost Support, Sponsors, Supplements, Instagram, Twitter  
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