ClearMind Code @clearmindcode.com · Apr 17 There's something the Stoics knew about the amygdala that we're only now measuring... When Marcus Aurelius wrote "you have power over your mind," he was describing ventral vagal activation — 1,800 years before it was named.
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VVC activation = physiological safety state. Brainstem threat circuits inhibited. Prefrontal cortex online. This IS equanimity — not calm performance, but an actual state change. fMRI confirms: reframing alters amygdala activity. #stoicism #neuroscience #cognitiveclarity