Max Planck Institute researchers have identified hundreds of neuron types in reptiles and mammals, shared and unique, spread all across both brain types.
absolutely. psychic numbing as we call it, or compassion fatigue, implies that we are so overloaded by living in a state of constant threat. our brains were not evolved to handle this. we have circumscribed threat, where we have one situation and our brain needs to wrap around, how can i do, how do i mobilize resources. but we are not meant to be living in conflict for the last two years because of the pandemic, war, inflation, gun shootings as you mentioned that have been going on for decades at this point. and are only getting worse, and are only getting more frequent. so, at the beginning of the pandemic i remember talking to a scientist about how we were essentially diverting to lizard brain. is that what you mean? we are in-flight are fright but all the time? and you re not supposed to be in flight or fight all the time.
because people are behaving a radically, and violently, as a result of being in lizard brain, for lack of a better term? yes, so reptilian brain is referring to are more primitive brain functions. but our core text, which is responsible for executive functioning, planning, strategizing. abstract thinking, language. a lot of really wonderful things. memory, concentration, and all of that is being compromised. our sense of self, our well-being, our san collateral safety is being compromised. when a child or an adult has to constantly think, i m gonna leave the house and i may not come back home. and that is a reality we are living in a war stone. that s what we have to understand, when people have access to war weapons, we are living in a war zone. and that was never something that i thought would be a part of our reality in the united states. one of the things i want to