In The Sound of Music, Maria teaches seven frightened children to survive a thunderstorm by listing their favorite things — daffodils, kittens, packages tied with string. The mechanism: when fear hits, anchor the nervous system to sensory memories of joy rather than arguing with the fear. It works on children because the body responds to what you visualize, not what you rationally conclude.
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