Survival is core to us. Everything else comes later. This is apparent in how our brain structure is built.
Our brain has a triune structure. The structure has a reverse hierarchy. When you are fighting for life, your reptilian brain takes over. It is all about keeping you breathing, supplying oxygen and keeping your survival on. It shuts down all other functions. Have you seen someone fighting for life? They can’t think and they don’t care about donuts at that time.
When survival is taken care, your mammalian brain keeps the drive on. Food, sex, craving, fight, flight is all it cares about. It keeps scanning the environment for dangers and survival. Have you seen when you are emotional, you can’t think much?
If the environment is safe that is when your neo-mammalian brain functions and executive functions are on. Language, computations, analytical thinking and more. Your pre frontal cortex works only when you are safe and not anxious.
🥂to survival!
