So a primitive emotional brat is trying to protect us from emotional hurt by making our heart race, our breathing speed up and generally get us ready for Flight, Fight or Freeze.Ĭaveman Rule #2 : IF YOUR PARENTS DON’T LOVE YOU, YOU WILL DIE And the subconscious is a primitive emotional brat. In fact, the risk of being hurt that our subconscious is now using is emotional hurt. So we don’t need to trigger a physical reaction to survive.

To trigger a physical response that will prevent you from getting hurt So the subconscious is designed to act without thinking. When you are being attacked by the Sabre Toothed Tiger you don’t have time to evaluate if you have your best spear with you or if the terrain is suitable for running away…you just have to react. Our brains need a software upgrade - and it starts with understanding the Caveman Rules of Survival and why they no longer work in the modern day.Ĭaveman Rule #1 : REACT FIRST OR DIE THINKING Conscious thinking is simply too slow for a genuine survival situation, so the subconscious takes over and we lose control we lose our Self until the threat has passed – then beat ourselves up for losing control to the primitive protective instinct of the subconscious. When they trigger, we reach an alert point at which the brain says “quick, take evasive action, something is going to kill you!!!”… and the first thing it does is switch the conscious brain off. The problem is: we are working on outdated survival instincts that come from the caveman days. It keeps our bodies working: our hearts pump without us having to think “beat, beat, beat, beat”, we can walk without thinking about moving our muscles, and when a virus attacks our system, our subconscious fights the virus automatically. It does lots of things to keep you safe and well internally, but it’s also looking after you externally it is looking out for things, and patterns, that are going to cause you harm that are outside your body and kicks off a protective response when it “thinks” something is going to hurt you. Our subconscious is in charge at least 90% of the time.

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