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Fear extinction

Fear extinction is the gradual reduction of a learned fear response when an expected catastrophe does not occur.

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Overcoming fear building confidence and mindset

Overcoming fear building confidence and mindset

Understand fear without judging yourself Fear is a protective response involving cognitive appraisal, autonomic arousal, attention, and behavioral urges such as escape or avoidance. Around birth, the brain may interpret uncertainty, pain, medical equipment, unfamiliar personnel, or prior memories as signals of danger. These responses can occur even when you intellectually understand that labor is […]