If you have ever heard me talking about the lizard brain and didn't have a clue what I was talking about then here's a short disruption.
The term Lizard-Brain is a light-hearted way of describing the most primitive part of our human brain.
The human Lizard-Brain has been evolving for around 285 million years, and is similar in power and concept to the total brain capacity of a modern lizard, which is why I will refer to it as the Lizard-Brain.
Our Lizard-Brain sits at the top of our spine and is command control for the human body, it is 'pre-verbal' and 'tells' our body what to do and when to do it, automatically, using chemical and electrical signals. We are lucky that it is automatic as we don't have to put up with messages going through our Thinking-Brains getting us to, breathe in and breathe out ect. All the routine functioning of our body is done by the Lizard-Brain, behind the scenes, without our knowledge or intervention.
However, our Lizard-Brain's concept of danger is based on the education it received in a society far removed from the modern one we currently live in. Today, the little reptilian controller lurking in our skull, will quite often cause us to perform primeval actions that actually endanger us or those close to us.
It is also this part of our brain which tells us to to take it easy and just sit on the sofa in stead of working. It's the nagging thought in back of your head giving you excuses not to run or to even quit. It our brains way of preserving energy as it believes food is limited. It's also those caveman urges to cram our faces with food.
Tell the Lizard Brain to f#off
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