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Loretta G. Breuning PhD Inner Mammal Institute innermammalinstitute.org by Loretta
Breuning, PhD Rowman Littlefield Status Games Why We Play and How to Stop
Sept. 8 Rowman Littlefield SBN-10 : 1538144190 ISBN-13 : 978-1538144190
People care about status because animals care about status
human cortex animal brain We’ve inherited the limbic brain that
motivates this
Your mammal brain rewards you with a drip of serotonin
when you raise your status
Serotonin is not aggression. It’s the calm sense that “
I will get the banana ”
Serotonin is soon metabolized, so you have to keep seeking
the one-up position to keep feeling it
The good feeling motivates you to repeat behaviors that raise
your status
I’m not saying we should think this way, but we
do
Natural selection built a brain that makes social comparisons to
promote its own survival
It rewards you with serotonin when you gain a position
of strength
It alarms you with cortisol when you see a potential
threat to your relative position
You don’t think this in words because the animal brain
cannot process language
These facts were revealed by a century of research on
mammalian social behavior, but now they are taboo
It’s easy to see the mammalian urge for status in
others, especially those you don’t like
It’s easy to see the one-up impulse throughout human history
It’s hard to see it in yourself, your friends, and
cute furry creatures
But getting real about these feelings gives you power over
them
Neurons connect when serotonin flows, so whatever raised your status
in the past wired you to expect good feelings from that
We all see the world through the lens of our
old neural pathways
We all keep striving to stimulate serotonin and avoid cortisol
in ways that worked before
We all create one-down feelings and one-up feelings despite our
best intentions
We all keep making social comparisons because it’s a core
mammalian survival impulse
What’s a big-brained mammal to do?
Status Games shows you healthy ways to give your inner
mammal what it needs to feel good
It helps you put yourself up without putting others down
It helps you spark serotonin without junk status
It helps you manage the cortisol of one-down moments
Repetition will build new pathways so it feels normal
You will always be a mammal among mammals
You have power over your brain but not the brains
of others
You can wire yourself to enjoy nature’s serotonin
You’ll be glad you did!
Your questions are invited:
[email protected]