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Five Minutes Per Day of Deliberate Self-Directed Stress
Very brief daily deliberate stress exposure, potentially for 2 weeks, is presented as a promising protocol for recalibrating stress/fear systems. He emphasizes self-directed entry into the stressed state and cautions that longer bouts like 15 minutes/day may worsen trauma/fear. Methods can include deliberate cold exposure such as a cold shower, ice bath, or cold water immersion.
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“I do think that deliberate self-directed entry into these short bouts of stress is a very promising approach.”
huberman · Erasing Fears & Traumas Based on the Modern Neuroscience of Fear · Dec 6, 2021 · 1:59:11 · open ↗
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