Misconceptions In The Coping Brain

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How does the brain cope? There are several methods in which the brain can cope in different situations. There are three parts of the coping brain: reptilian (survival), thinking (neocortex), and emotional (mammalian). The reptilian part of the brain deals with survival and brings out our instinctive side when hurt, threatened, when wanting to reproduce, or when angry. It allows the inner reptile take over and allow us to survive in a certain manner. The emotional pert of our brain is called the mammalian. Emotions can connect to memories and faces, for example, you like your best friend because they make you smile. You connect a negative feeling to a bully because they make you feel bad, so you avoid them. This is where the emotional part of …show more content…

First off, going with the "I don't care" approach is not a good way in handling the situation. If one gets used to this approach, it may affect the development of emotional instincts and become habitual. This means, one may lose the ability to care. Another misconception regarding the coping process relates to letting our instinctive reptilian brain take over. This part of the brain senses danger and becomes an offensive and defensive responses in actions. If one lets their survival side take over whenever there was a problem, anger and impulse would rule over whenever we feel hurt. The third misconception on coping is completely forgetting how to deal with situations with our thinking mechanism. If one completely relies on instinctive responses, one would never learn how to express these emotions into words. They would also not be able to learn from experience for future …show more content…

Some methods may be similar to others, and some methods may be completely unorthodox. One might use the ten-count method as I had mentioned earlier in coping with anger. This allows the individual to take a breath and re-evaluate the situation at a slower and more understanding rate. Exercise is also a great method in coping with anger. It allows the person to take out their frustrations through vigorous activity. This method harms no one and keeps the body fit. Talking out the problem with someone can also relieve some of the confusion and anger. This can give the individual a better understanding of the problem and maybe allow them to fix the dilemma. Each and every one of these methods can help cope with anger by allowing the individual to think using their mammalian part of the brain, rather than simply responding with instinctive

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