![]() It was unreasonable because they were temporarily unable to reason. Nearly everyone can think of many situations where they reacted in a way that later when calmly reflecting on the event, seemed unreasonable. This natural reaction creates a precarious situation because, in this state, you are likely to say or do things that you would never say or do if all parts of your brain were humming along like they usually do. You are now in fight or flight mode, reacting with fear-based emotions, and unable to reach your brain’s center for critical thinking – or the place in your brain where you know how to make good choices. Your limbic system, which is your emotional brain, becomes very active, but your prefrontal cortex, where you have the ability for critical and creative thinking, shuts down. It reacts just like it would if a sabretooth tiger was rushing at you. When your partner criticizes you for a minor infraction of the established household culture, let’s say the correct way to fold fitted sheets, for example, your brain stem in the back of your head connected to your spinal cord lights up. It simply flips to “fight or flight” and tries to survive. Your brain doesn’t distinguish between a poor performance review at work and being under attack from an enemy. When we find ourselves in a stressful or frustrating situation, our fight or flight response will relate to the situation as it would a threat. It’s not easy to conscientiously take control when our biology wants to be in charge. This well-developed system of physiological actions and reactions has kept our ancestors alive for thousands of years. This process is challenging, and it takes practice because we are battling the natural reaction of our nervous system. There are sound biological reasons for this, and in this article, Inner Matrix Systems explores how we can train ourselves to respond to anything in a way that produces the outcome we want.īecause we are hardwired for survival, we must develop a habit of not reacting to our emotions until we’ve had a chance to calmly reflect on what outcome we’d like to create. ![]() Reacting appropriately when your emotions are running high, and you’re feeling stress, pressure, or fear is a challenge for nearly everyone. ![]()
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