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168: Neurobiology and Relationships with Juliane Taylor Shore

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The Neurobiology of Relationships

The autonomic nervous system scans four to five times per second to see if you're safe or not. It's in the bottom of your brain in an area of the brain stem called the medulla oblongata. And it has lots of, it has three branches of how it functions to calm you down one picks you up. So think about that moment where you said, well, let's say my wife said something and I reacted to it. By the time she got finished saying the thing you've done 16 1850 scans. That's straight and safe. It's straight and dangerous. Right. Am I okay? Am I not okay? am I okay?Am I notOkay?

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