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There was neuroscientist who specialized in amygdala/prefrontal cortex interaction who noted that baseline resets were incredibly important to a functioning, ob
by ethbr1 3y ago
There was neuroscientist who specialized in amygdala/prefrontal cortex interaction who noted that baseline resets were incredibly important to a functioning, objectively normal fear response.
Absent occasionally getting chased by a tiger, things go a little haywire.
And before you know it, our brains are confusing angry/scared person in our ears or on a screen with an actual reality.
With an occasional baseline reset, we properly note that that situation seems very interesting, but don't confuse it as imminent or affecting us.
Tl;dr - Laying around and not putting yourself in actually physically dangerous situations from time to time results in your fear center becoming overactive.
Hmm... I wonder why older people become progressively more and more obsessed with politics?
- alephnerd 3y ago> Laying around and not putting yourself in actually physically dangerous situations from time to time results in your fear center becoming overactive When I was in elementary school, I was in the demographic that would end up with a criminal record. To help channel our anger and angst as the children of immigrants documented and undocumented, our local PD linked a couple of us hot headed kids with boxing/martial arts lessons. They were fairly useful in channeling that angst into something more constructive
- ethbr1 3y agoSame. I dealt with some teenage wasteland issues via boxing. Turns out being punched in the face puts a lot of drama in perspective.