Michael ZellerNeurorewired LLC · Neurorewiring Expert

Amygdala's Impact on Fear and Desire

3 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this short segment, the speaker explains that when we experience stress, fear, doubt, or worry, the amygdala is activated, triggering the fight‑or‑flight response as its primary role is to keep us safe. The amygdala interprets these emotional states as threats, likening them to a saber‑toothed tiger looming nearby. Because of this activation, our nervous system becomes heightened, limiting access to higher mental, emotional, and spiritual capacities. The speaker emphasizes the need to calm the nervous system so we can move beyond the fear‑based state and show up more fully in life.

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Sometimes when we're in a stressed or fear-based state, guess what we're activating? Our amygdala. And our amygdala causes our fight-or-flight nervous system to kick in because amygdala's number one job is to keep you safe and to protect you. And if you are activated in terms of fear, doubt, whatever, worry, then your amygdala feels like there's a threat around the corner, there's a saber-toothed tiger coming at you, or whatever, right? And so you gotta bring your nervous system back down so you can access higher levels of your mind and your nervous system and your spirit and show up more fully and completely in your life.