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So the part of my brain, you said just around the amygdala? Below the amygdala. Below the amygdala. People that are traumatized, they have some kind of dysfunction in that typically?

So the part of my brain, you said just around the amygdala? Below the amygdala. Below the amygdala. People that are traumatized, they have some kind of dysfunction in that typically?

Keeps firing.

Keeps firing.

Is that anxiety? Yes.

Is that anxiety? Yes.

You've adopted a dog and it shakes in your house still?

You've adopted a dog and it shakes in your house still?

So when someone says they're triggered...

So when someone says they're triggered...

Okay.

Okay.

I've got a picture here of what the brain looks like when the brain smoke detector goes off. Is that what it looks like on the brain?

I've got a picture here of what the brain looks like when the brain smoke detector goes off. Is that what it looks like on the brain?

Can you explain this to me?

Can you explain this to me?

Do you get it? Yeah. So for people that can't see it in this brain scan, what I'm basically seeing is the right side is extremely activated. The left side looks like it's off. Off, yeah. And then there's these two blank, empty spaces that aren't activated called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

Do you get it? Yeah. So for people that can't see it in this brain scan, what I'm basically seeing is the right side is extremely activated. The left side looks like it's off. Off, yeah. And then there's these two blank, empty spaces that aren't activated called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

Okay.

Okay.