🔼: [[💡 Limbic System]] # Amygdala Our Amygdalas (we have one in both hemispheres of our [[💡 Brain|brain]]) store our [[⭐️ Emotions|emotionally]]-charged [[💡 Memory|memories]] — including of [[💡 Trauma|Traumatic Events]]. These are the memories that create [[💡 Exiles]], such as in [[Heather's Story|Heather's Story]]: ![[Heather's Story#^a04b61]] When Heather's Exile is [[💡 Trigger|triggered]], her Amygdala makes no distinction between the traumatic memory and the present moment: ![[Heather's Story#^df91d3]] #### Decrease Amygdala Activity + [[🕯️ Journaling]] + [[🕯️ Meditation 🧘]] + [[🕯️ Breathwork 💨]] + [[⭐️ Sleep]] + [[Chanting]] + [[💡 Magnesium]] + [[💡 Stress|Stress]]-relief shrinks it, stress increase enlarges it.