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543: R. Douglas Fields | Understanding Why We Snap

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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How to Float the Switch Back Into Position

E for environment trigger. One case in which animals engage in aggression is to protect their territory. And humans are fiercely territorial, private property. So if you can understand you get angry when somebody cuts in front of your car, you can quickly diffuse it. But it's an illusion. The brain didn't evolve at a time when we drive. If you're running and having a foot race over territory, you never have that emotion. People can cut in front of you, it doesn't matter. We see that on the rope. It becomes a matter of challenge to identify what causes this sudden rise in anger.

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