{"id":667,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:46:52","slug":"3-different-brains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=667","title":{"rendered":"3 different brains?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The human brain has 3 integral systems:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"?p=509\">reptilian<\/a><\/span> (instincts),<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"?p=510\">mammalian<\/a><\/span> (emotions), and <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><a style=\"color: #ffd700;\" href=\"?p=416\">neo-cortex<\/a><\/span> (left half is rational, right half is creative, intuitive).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shame is an emotion formulated by the mammalian brain. Justice is an idea formulated by the neo-cortex, but what about our instincts?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">If the instinctive urge to discharge intense survival energy is thwarted, then the function of the other 2 brain systems is profoundly altered. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">What effect did the un-discharged energy have on the emotional+rational responses of the individuals? The emotional brain translated this energy into anger.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Then the \u201crational\u201d brain created the idea of revenge. These two interrelated brain systems were doing what they could, given the circumstances. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">However, the failure to instinctively discharge a powerful biological energy put them in a position they are not adapted to handle. The result of this attempt is re-enactment rather than re-negotiation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=668\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\"><strong><span style=\"2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human brain has 3 integral systems: reptilian (instincts), mammalian (emotions), and neo-cortex (left half is rational, right half is creative, intuitive). Shame is an emotion formulated by the mammalian brain. Justice is an idea formulated by the neo-cortex, but what about our instincts? 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