The Neuroscience of Respect - Gregg Ward
When you feel disrespected by someone else, your Reptilian brain perceives that behavior toward you as a threat, even if its behavior that the person doing it thinks is perfectly respectful. Within less than a second, your self-preservation instincts kick in and the fight, flight, freeze response is triggered. Then, that threat warning is quickly passed onto your Limbic system, which is centered within a very important part of your brain called the Amygdala, an organ that some of us have heard about and most of us have trouble pronouncing.
The Difference Between Reacting and Responding - Jim Taylor Ph.D.
Whether you react or respond makes a big difference in life outcomes.
Semantics are important because words act as a powerful lens through which we perceive, interpret, and analyze our world.
Reactions driven by our amygdala are grounded in our survival instinct where there is no time to deliberate.
What worked on the Serengeti doesn't work in the 21st century, where the pre-frontal cortex is better suited for responses that work.
Why Won't People Let Go of Their Anger? - David Hanscom MD
The greatest block to mental and physical healing is anger.
We aren't programmed to be vulnerable, so we have no reason to give up anger, nor will we ever want to.
Many, if not most people, do not want to give up their anger (pain).
Anger is a hardwired automatic survival reaction; it's impossible to get rid of, conquer, or transform it.
Understanding the various obstacles to dealing with anger effectively is an important step in learning how to process it.
It's More Than Just Fight or Flight - Mellissa Withers, Ph.D., M.H.S
Most people are familiar with the term “fight or flight,” which describes two of the most common forms of stress responses—either retreating or sticking around to fight. Another stress response is the “freeze” response, which is the inability to move or act against the threat.
However, there is another stress response that people may not be familiar with called “fawn,” which can best be explained as appeasing or complying with an abuser as a way to survive.