When we are having big emotions, we are physically coming from
our reptilian brain stem, where the fight, flight or freeze response comes from.
Not exact matches
Thus, the earliest or
reptilian portion of the
brain, associated primarily with the
brain stem, is most involved with autonomic regulation and the most basic of survival Strategies involving food, procreation and territoriality.
Sometimes called the
reptilian brain because its basic structure dates back to our reptile ancestors, the
brain stem is largely devoted to our most primal instincts, far removed from the complex, higher -
brain skills that allow us to understand humor.