I hypothesize that every bad feeling is a body and mind coming out of emergencies states, trying to heal. We just don’t have enough of the safety and security needed to scaffold us during the healing part that is painful and scary.
Gratitude is the feeling of safety and security. This is our base setting and it’s intimately connected to neurophysiological nurturing and co-regulation. This is not the evolution of a hunter and “apex” predator. This is a species that evolved to procure safety and security
I have not read this study yet, but you have to ask why. What evolutionary benefit is this? It’s not for hunting, it’s not for managing being hunted. From all that I know it’s for being present with each other, especially our offspring. It’s so we can connect to tiny bodies 1/2