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==Creating Conditions== | ==Creating Conditions== | ||
The issue with the survival brain is that we cannot fake it out. If we want to relax, we actually have to create the conditions for the physiology to move into green. If we live with a [[FKOT|predator]], if we work under a predator, if we do not have our basics needs met, we are going to be in yellow. So part of being able to clear fear means making choices that help the [[Brain]] and [[CNS|nervous system]] register that we are [[Safe People|safe]]. | The issue with the survival brain is that we cannot fake it out. If we want to relax, we actually have to create the conditions for the physiology to move into green. If we live with a [[FKOT|predator]], if we work under a predator, if we do not have our basics needs met, we are going to be in yellow. So part of being able to clear fear means making choices that help the [[Brain]] and [[CNS|nervous system]] register that we are [[Safe People|safe]]. | ||
==Self-Assessing== | |||
Since our human family is now living in the yellow zone so much of the time, let’s look more closely at the spectrum of yellow, and the difference between fight and flight. We are looking at increasing levels of activation in the [[CNS|nervous system]]. On a scale of 1-10, we can have low-level activation, which is a feeling of unease on the flight side and irritability on the fight side. In the mid-range, we have anxiety on the flight side and anger on the fight side. At the high end we have rage and panic, which are getting closer to the threshold where the body switches into freeze or red. | |||
[[File:Freeze-Relax-chart.png|thumb|Freeze Relax chart]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||