A lot of us are haunted by memories of mistakes. These memories become painful, when we think of them. When we react strongly to the memories, our body sees those memories as a threat. Our body's purpose is to keep us alive. When the body recognizes something as a threat, it will remember and remind us of the threat. Sometimes our body doesn't label the memory of as the threat. Sometimes our body labels the emotion that is invoked by the memory, as the threat. When this happens, our body starts responding to that emotion, as if it is threatening. Whenever we feel the emotion, we feel anxious or fearful. Sometimes we feel angry, in response to the emotion. When this occurs, a memory or an emotion can trigger an anxiety response that can last hours or days. This is occurring because our body recognizes the threat and is trying hard to get rid of it. We can train our body to relax, when we experience the threatening emotion or memory. As our body learns to relax in the presence of the trigger, our body reclassifies the trigger as non-threatening . When the trigger is no longer threatening, our body no longer exhibits anxiety in the presence of the memory or emotion.
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