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Assignment:
For class purposes, I want you to think about a time when you've had a strong reaction to something related to religion. This could be from personal experience or perhaps from something you've read or heard about.
After reviewing the below materials, in a post of 150 to 300 words, please share the incident that you were thinking of above and how what you learned from both the reading and the video helped you better understand your reaction. If a similar situation were to happen in the future, how might you handle it differently? Please do not feel compelled to share anything overly personal but instead write about something that you would feel comfortable sharing with others. And, since these topics could be sensitive for folks, let's all be sure to be choose our words carefully and be respectful. Be sure to thoughtfully respond to at least one post from someone else.
Read
The Amygdala Hijack and the Fight or Flight Response explains in more detail how the amygdala, a part of our brain designed to protect us from threats, can sometimes lead to intense, out-of-proportion emotional reactions to the situations we encounter in day to day life, -a.k.a losing it.
Watch
In the video below, Kirsten Johnson explains how strategies such as mindfulness can help us to create a pause between stimuli and automatic reactions, which can help us to avoid the amygdala hijack.
Amygdala Hijack Emotional Intelligence
Discuss at least two concepts you learned from both the reading and the video. Then, discuss how you might apply these ideas in your daily life.