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The Road Back from Fear
Path 2: Tearstone fountain
Stand up for yourself against self-sabotage... step by step, these mental toughness challenges will help you take command in the presence of fear:
A decision
A task
A win
Incompleteness > Positioning > Actualizing > Completion > Self Agent
Moving from facing fear to choosing through fear.
- Executive Control Network rewiring -
Level 1: Full Blown Phobic
- Process of Elimination -
Level 2: Battle Stance
Coming to an understanding with FEAR through Indirect Exposure
Level 3: The Great White Bear
Owning FEAR through Direct Exposure
Level 4: Dark Knights
Facing down FEAR through Immersive Exposure
Level 5: Self-Evident Agent
Reframing FEAR through Interactive Exposure
Neuroscience Notes:
Gaining power and self-agency over trauma time hijack
THE CLIMB
Level 1: Identify what is real vs what is threat signal. This trains cognitive discrimination
Level 2: Choosing how I respond. This builds response inhibition.
Level 3: Staying present while discomfort exists. This builds working memory under stress.
Level 4: Completing tasks while emotionally activated. That is how executive function is restored after trauma.
Level 5: This is when the brain shifts from: “Fear is happening to me” to “I am happening to fear” That is prefrontal dominance over the limbic system - Climb Complete.
The Tearstone Fountain:
Ritualizing fear release while choosing to engage it creates a loop:
Fear → Choice → Action → Completion → Relief
That is how the brain learns: I am in charge again. That is the ECN rewiring itself.
