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"The Amygdala Hijack"? ... Wow! What a simply marvelous turn of phrase! Doesn't it just harken to the title of some great thriller movie? Like "The Andromeda Strain". Like "The China Syndrome". Like "The Taking of Pelham 123". I can imagine the movie poster: The Amygdala Hijack - You'll Be Sorry You Made Your Flight - starring Tom Cruise as The Hijacker Don't laugh. That's actually a lot closer to the truth than it sounds. <un-aside> |
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Werner proposes there's actually a third option in the "fight or flight" mechanism: Faced with danger ie faced with a real or imaginary threat to survival, you could fight, or you could flee, ... or ... you could simply freeze. So: fight, flight, or freeze. <un-aside> |
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Haven't you noticed thirty minutes is about the time you need to get off it, once you're reactivated? Asked more familiarly, haven't you noticed thirty minutes is about the time you need to chill out completely, once you're pissed off? <un-aside> |
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