Have you ever seen a body without a head, or vice-versa?

[felix_numinous]

109. Working in hospitals

and trauma rooms showed another side of pain and loss,life and death most other people I knew weren't aware of on a daily basis, and I never could get into realistic violence or horror.. as entertainment.

After smelling blood, hearing real screams-- the idea of war is something tangible, not abstract.

I see a lot if people yammering about bomb this bomb that who are either clueless, lack empathy or have been emotionally fractured themselves.

Anger management is all about being able to DELAY knee jerk reactions, it is about learning how to recognize the fight or flight reaction in yourself and others, so that you can get yourself out of it long enough to hesitate with a hostile response.

Fight or flight shunts blood into the extremities and lower (reptilian) brain--and AWAY from the trunk and frontal lobes---------->which means AWAY from our HEARTS and MINDS. Good for dodging bullets, bad for negotiating peace (or posting on DU )

This is a much needed discussion, thank you all for sharing.

Peace~~~Felix