Loving yourself is speaking to your organs.
Affirmations, gratitude, regeneration.
It releases dopamine, serotonin, and lowers cortisol.
This soothes amygdala, regulates the hypothalamus, disrupts negative thought pathways, supports immune system & physical recovery.
we quite literally have the ability to re regulate and re structure areas of the brain, combine that with meditative practices or prayer, and belief โ you create a fortress of aware intelligence.
Your amygdala is your brains alarm system.
Here processes anger, anxiety, fear, doubt, and aggression.
It is the bridge of sensory and physical experiences.
Mindful practice thickens gray matter in your prefrontal cortex while shrinking the cell size of the amygdala.
Being mindful and meditative physically changes your brain's structure through neuroplasticity.
When you practice this, you shift control from your reactive survival brain to your logical thinking brain.
As a species, humanity adapts.
So when youโre in any sort of environment, your brain connects signal pathways, that helps the body and mind acclimate with surroundings.
That toxic partner, family member, job, habit, and whatever else.
So yes, that applies to emotions.
Your mind is the one place you have freedom.
You not only need to guard it from the world, but at times even ourselves.
Youโre the person hearing the negative thoughts, not the voice creating them.
True freedom is hearing unwanted thoughts and not responding.
Once you abolish fear from your life, you create a sense of neutrality, which allows your mind further access of the PFC & parietal lobe parts of the brain.
Fear is an unseen psychological tool used to impact the minds of individuals.
In fear, the narrative is a controlled power utilized to keep a singular perception amongst a mass.
Like presidential elections and how they create fear around their opponent.
Just one of many.
Think about whatโs being done to your dopamine levels on a daily basis and then watch this. In 1958, Aldous Huxley predicted a form of dictatorship that would rely not on force, but propagandaโand addiction.