Emotional Sabotage: The Chemical Override of the Amygdala Hijack

You are sitting in a calm, professional boardroom meeting when a colleague subtly insults your project. Within two seconds, your heart pounds, your vision narrows, and you aggressively shout a career-destroying response. You did not decide to do this; your brain was just victim to an Amygdala Hijack. When the brain's primitive fear center (the amygdala) perceives a social threat, it does not dis...