Tag Archives: Insight Meditation

FEAR Factor

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Joel

Primal-Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY

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Emotional Brain Reigns

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotional Brain Understanding past trauma does little to help in dealing with PTSD. No matter how much insight and planning, the emotional brain has a reality of its own and it is the emotional brain that reigns.

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Laughter – Communing

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Joel

Though you might think of laughter as a human phenomenon always associated with humor, such as the punchline of a joke, laughter does not require much in the way of cognitive complexity. Human laughter is rooted in the ancient PLAY … Continue reading →

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Mindset

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Joel

Mindset Do you really want to know your genetic risk for heart disease? Would knowing this information alter your genetic risk by making you more likely to get heart disease? This research study showed that just knowing this risk changed … Continue reading →

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RAGE!

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Joel

Cognitive Therapy for Rage? On the first page of “Anger: How to Live With and Without It.” Albert Ellis writes, “Most psychologists agree that you absolutely must feel anger. They see the newborn infant as expressing emotions comparable to anger and … Continue reading →

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Emotional Slave

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Joel

Seven Primary Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY These seven basic emotional systems are the results of years of data-based lab research of functions of deep-brain neural systems. Panksepp summarized this research  in “The Archaeology of … Continue reading →

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Drowning in Feelings & Emotions

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp’s research goes deep into the wordless territory of affect or feelings and emotions where few psychologists, psychiatrists, or other researchers have gone. After years of work with lab animals he came up with seven primary affect systems:

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PANIC/GRIEF

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp initially called the sixth affect system the PANIC SYSTEM to reflect what goes on deep in the subcortical brain.

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RAGE vs PC

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp in his encyclopedic “The Archeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins” discusses Seven Primary Affective (intense emotional) Systems:

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Implicit Memories

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Joel

Implicit Memories When you read about a “violent monster” committing a mass shooting, he  – it is virtually always “ “he” –  you usually don’t read about him beginning life innocent, loving, and trusting. In those first years of total … Continue reading →

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