Amygdala hijack
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Its well known - "red mist" etc..
It's why people sometime want to fight after a car accident, or road rage occurs when someone cuts you up. The Amygdala can't tell the difference between a real threat and a near miss.
It's why people sometime want to fight after a car accident, or road rage occurs when someone cuts you up. The Amygdala can't tell the difference between a real threat and a near miss.
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A patient fighting medical staff was one of the incidents that started the discussion on another forum.
The fighting after a car accident is another example to add to the equation.
A patient fighting medical staff was one of the incidents that started the discussion on another forum.
The fighting after a car accident is another example to add to the equation.
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That is more to do with alcohol and drugs...If someone has almost killed you in a car crash,it is much more than percieved threat!I
Not always........
Casualty is a runner who has collapsed and passed out, oxygen mask applied, casualty regains consciousness and fights the first aider holding the mask to the casualty's face. no alcohol or drugs involved
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Same as someone who has fainted, or with Concussion, though both are associated with frontal lobe issues rather than the Amygdala.
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Primeval reaction to fear.
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Exceptional....most are alcohol and drugs
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Not sure it's that exceptional, apparently when I came out of my general anaesthetic I was fighting and swearing, I of course apologised profusely for my behaviour (which I had no recollection of) they laughed and said it was pretty common.
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It’s very common. Post operative delirium, caused by the anaesthetic. It can even be permanent. Blood vessels swell and damage is caused, you are high risk if over 65 and/or obese.
But this isn’t amygdala response.
But this isn’t amygdala response.
My wife, who rarely swears, came out with some very unsavoury words when she was giving birth. I like to think it was the gas and air 
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Good sales people leverage the mammalian brain function. Don’t sell in the first few minutes, offer a drink etc, get to know the person, then some facts and finish with emotion, sometimes flipping back to fact. Why?
When you first meet someone the amygdala is doing a threat assessment. Food? Fight? Flee. Once it’s triaged the threat the upper brain kicks in and you are open to fact. Emotional vision is the part of the brain most likely to store a strong memory.
it’s why “love brands” are so valuable
When you first meet someone the amygdala is doing a threat assessment. Food? Fight? Flee. Once it’s triaged the threat the upper brain kicks in and you are open to fact. Emotional vision is the part of the brain most likely to store a strong memory.
it’s why “love brands” are so valuable
