Amygdala

[Peacewithin1]

Good Afternoon. Has anyone ever heard of the amygdala? So if I'm understanding correctly, the amygdala is stuck on in our brains and this is why we're constantly dealing with fears, panic, anxiety, PTSD, depression etc. We have to reprogram it in order to bring it back down. Seriously?

[Agora1]

Hi Tanae, I'm just learning about this thru my therapist. You are correct. The precortex is the "Watch Tower", the Thalmus, our "emotions" and the Amygdala, "the Smoke Detector"

We seem to have a faulty smoke detector that goes off all the time. All these years of therapy and I'm still learning something new. thanks for sharing Tanae, glad you understand it.

[Peacewithin1 in reply to Agora1]

Wow Thanks. I'm wondering how to fix it.

[Agora1 in reply to Peacewithin1]

I'm still trying to understand it myself, once I do, I'll share it with the forum.

Sounds like we need a re-wiring. x

[kama24 in reply to Peacewithin1]

If there is a fix for it, I wonder why a therapist or our phyciatrist wouldn't talk about it openly?

[Pat9]

I think they call this part of the mind the Monkey Brain there is a book by a lady called Jennifer Shannon called Don't Feed the Monkey Mind: How to Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear, and Worry I have just downloaded a sample to my kindle will let you ladies know how it goes

[Peacewithin1 in reply to Pat9]

Great! Thank You

[Pat9]

Excellent book ladies I read the sample and was smitten so bought it yesterday and I must say she is not a well know author I only came across her by putting the work Amygdale into the Amazon search bar but the book is excllent would recomend