Say ‘No’ and change your life

FULL STORY by William Leith: The GUARDIAN…..

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The psychologist Steve Peters gives one of the clearest metaphors for the impulsive part of the brain. He calls it the chimp. Everybody has an inner chimp, he says. Actually, he’s talking about the limbic system, the centre of emotions. We all have an inner human, too. Your inner human is located in the prefrontal cortex. The chimp makes snap judgments. It’s obsessed with food, sex and immediate danger. It’s there for a reason. Back when we were chimps, it was right most of the time. It made you fight when you needed to fight. It made you kill when you needed to kill. It was grabby, jealous, greedy. It still is.