Dooley noted: 4/16/14
We’ve all experienced it. We had a “gut feeling,” telling us we should or shouldn’t do something.
It’s interesting how little merit we put into this feeling, which we often supersede with our thought processes.
The complexity of the human brain is arguably much more intense than that of the intestines. Our complex minds can override these gut feelings, as we cast them off.
This may be a mistake.
Roughly 99% of your neurotransmitters, like serotonin, are in the lining of your intestines. Only a tiny pool of catecholemines are used in the central nervous system.
That gut feeling is real!
The diaphragm -your major muscle of inhalation, is innervated by the phrenic nerve. Phrenic refers to the mind. Even early anatomists knew your mind breached more inferiorly than your cranium.
Tune in.
Listen to your gut.
It knows more than you think.
You can still use the cerebral cortex for logic and the making of decisions. But quickness to override the gut might be regrettable, since it knows more than you might realize.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley