Beware Amygdala Hijacks
2025-01-18 —
Michael Haupt
Emotions are an inherent part of being human. No one should ever apologise for having emotions, in general or in particular. They simply belong to us. What may occasionally give reason for an apology is how we deal with emotions: how we show them, how we react to them, how much we allow them to control our actions.
Letting all emotions out, unfiltered, means they control our actions, instead of us. That may be inappropriate. More interesting yet, an internal emotional spike may be based on the misinterpretation of a situation or someone else’s actions. If we allow that to express itself as an emotional outburst, it can escalate a situation unfavourably.
We are in charge of our actions. Not our amygdala.
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