Dr. Alok Kanojia
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So it is when someone has a high anger attack, OK, this means their amygdala is through the roof.
So they are thinking in black and white.
Their attack is in black and white.
A black and white attack is easier to repel because it's not nuanced.
OK, so like when someone is angry, you're right.
It is easier to dismiss their anger.
And you are also correct that.
But it's almost like a not a everything you said is correct.
But I'd say the model that you're assuming is that these are two opposite things.
They're not.
The other thing is.
So when someone is not angry.
they're not black and white.
If they're not black and white, it is not easy to dismiss.
Just because it's not black and white, that doesn't activate your anger.
It doesn't activate your black and white thinking.
So when someone is coming at me angry, my empathic circuits are going to activate my own amygdala.
I'm going to get angry back.
You did this.
No, I didn't.