In times of emotional turmoil, remember that emotions arise because your senses are wired to the primitivepart of your mind which is self-regulated, autonomous and spontaneous.
A rat with damage to the amygdala, the primitivepart of the brain that handles fear, will not freeze at all — even if it encounters a cat.
一只扁桃体(负责处理恐惧的原始大脑的一部分)受损的老鼠,就不会冻住——甚至遇到猫。
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Most of the time, the rational part of the mind controls the information coming from the primitive core and makes its own decisions as to what to do and how to respond.