{"id":7144,"date":"2013-04-25T06:47:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T10:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2013-03-21T15:46:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T19:46:12","slug":"therapy-notes-give-amy-a-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2013\/04\/therapy-notes-give-amy-a-bottle.html","title":{"rendered":"Therapy Notes: Give Amy a Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From my therapy notebook:<\/em><\/p>\n

I now know who to blame for my feelings of panic and anxiety \u2026 Amy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all her fault.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I call my amygdala, the delinquent cluster of neurons in the limbic system considered by most neurobiologists as the fear center of the human body, like the \u201cwelcome center\u201d of college campuses, except that instead of providing glossy brochures, Amy doles out panic attacks.
\nThis almond shaped group of neurons is responsible for making us act like apes, those very hairy creatures from which we\u2019ve evolved \u2026 most of us anyway. Whenever you begin to feel the adrenaline\u2014perhaps, for example, when you open your e-mail to find a thousand messages and among them a Facebook friend request from your ex-boyfriend who smashed your heart like a callous hairy ape–envision the almond neurons, the brat Amy, and warm up a bottle of milk for her.
\n\u201cAhhh, there you go. Much better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of freeimagelive.com
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