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The human brain’s functioning is highly complex and necessary for the human body’s proper functioning. I was reading Daniel Goleman’s book “Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter mora than IQ” where he used the terms ‘impulsive and inhibitory circuits’. It makes the easier version of two complex functions, helping to make a person resilient and stress-free. According to him, the impulsive circuit is controlled by the amygdala, based on the impulse, as its name suggests. The prefrontal cortex of the brain runs the inhibitory circuit to inhibit the impulsive circuit. He stated that the inhibitory circuit is responsible for keeping control of the amygdala's panic-stricken impulsive reactions. The human brain is designed in a way to protect humans from dangers in their environment. So it is continuously scanning the environment and gathering information from it. Anything difficult, unpredictable, annoying, and undesirable will be detected as danger, and the amygdala comes into play, starts producing signals to run impulsive circuits, which generate impulsive behavior of the body. Here, the work of the prefrontal cortex begins. It evaluates the information gathered and sends signals that this is not a danger and doesn't need an extreme response, as the environment is safe. Unfortunately, mild unexpected reactions, taunts, and tough looks also come under the head of danger in our brain. Richard Davidson's research explored the difference between a resilient and a non-resilient person. He did brain scans of two groups of people and tracked their performance in stressful conditions. He explored that a resilient person’s prefrontal area calms the amygdala and him too in seconds, while a vulnerable or non-resilient person’s amygdala keeps sending signals even after the incident is over. Davidson opines that “resilient people are optimistic and action-oriented” as they start thinking about what to do next to make it better or cover the loss. Instead of asking a question, why did this happen to me? A pessimistic approach and a victim mentality aggravate the loss, as well as close the door to coming out of the situation.
