Understanding the history of how the brain developed may help people soothe their anxiety. Here's how.
How to Work with Your Reptilian Brain
To begin with, I've found it helps me to appreciate how scared that little lizard inside each one of us is. Lizards—and early mammals, emerging about 200 million years ago—that were not continually uneasy and vigilant would fail the first test of life in the wild: eat lunch—don't be lunch—today. So be aware of the ongoing background trickle of anxiety in your mind, the subtle guarding and bracing with people and events as you move through your day. Then, again and again, try to relax some, remind yourself that you are actually alright right now, and send soothing and calming down into the most ancient layers of your mind.
Also, soothe your own body. Most of the signals coming into the brain originate inside the body, not from out there in the world. Therefore, as your body settles down, that sends feedback up into your brain that all is well—or at least not too bad. Take a deep breath and feel each part of it, noticing that you are basically OK, and letting go of tension and anxiety as you exhale; repeat as you like. Shift your posture—even right now as you read this—to a more comfortable position.
Throughout, keep taking in the good of these many moments of petting your inner lizard. Register the experience in your body of a softening, calming, and opening; savor it; stay with it for 10-20-30 seconds in a row so that it can transfer to implicit
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