pic source: mindfithypnosis.com
How the brain processes emotions?
The information captured by the senses we received and transferred into two
channels, those are the emotions regulator (the amygdala) and the thinking part
(the neocortex). Interestingly, the process of information to the amygdala
takes faster than the process to the neocortex. When we feel a very strong
emotion, the amygdala will soon take over our brain and take action to escape,
fighting or sculpting. Consequently, the neocortex didn’t get work and we cannot
access the information with rational. This process named ‘the amygdala piracy’
by Daniel Goleman. This is the reason why we often regret when we did some acts
or took decision at our intense emotion.
Therefore, when we are in the
condition that may trigs the intense emotions, then stop. Give time to our
brain to think. One of the emotion management technique states to stop doing
anything for 6 seconds to give enough time to make amygdala stop pirate our
thinking brain.
No comments:
Post a Comment