The Amigdala Controls Emotions

Kimberley: I'm standing there watching myself do something i wish i weren't doing, and i'm helpless to stop it. She looked me right in the eyes and said, that feeling watching hurtful words come out of my mouth and not being able to stop them is like my brain short circuits. It's called an amigdala. When something gurs fight or flight or freeze, we all say and do things that are pure reaction, no thought. They took control of your emotions this morning. Somehow they sensed a threat. Do you know what set you off? You bet she said, max told me he had delivered something to my boss that he and i had worked