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A trauma expert explains your brain is 'wired' like a mammal - and understanding it can change your life
- A trauma therapist explains our emotions drive behavior and our intellect often comes in afterward.
- Primary emotions are shared with other mammals and help with survival.
- Conscious thinking helps manage emotions and can support healthier responses.
- Therapy may help re-wire emotional circuits that have become overactive or disorganized.
- The expert differentiates primary and secondary emotions and why both require cognition to manage.
- Self-awareness is presented as a key to well-being in managing feelings.
- Neuroscience is becoming more accessible to the general public, according to the expert.
- Emotions are essential for survival and growth, even when they feel uncomfortable.
- The interview highlights the link between emotions and behavior in everyday life.
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