Thoughts and feelings. Feelings are extremely fickle. One minute they are up and I feel ok, then the next moment they are down. Why? I am currently listening to “The Chimp Paradox” by Prof Steve Peters. Often in neuropsychology, the brain is separated into the reptilian brain and the bird brain. The reptilian including parts of the brain that do things without us even being conscious of it. The bird however is part of the brain which requires some thought. You will see in some books it is split into the lower and higher brain. Enough with these explanations, Peter's point is the chimp acts without, evidence or reflective thought. When we feel low but are not sure why this is often caused by the chimp. You know someone is in chimp mode when they use words like a feel rather than I think. Don’t get me wrong sometimes our emotions can alert...
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