After a particularly down day, my husband turned to me and said, “You know what? You are your own worst enemy.”
How many times have you heard or thought that yourself? Usually, this phrase comes up when you’re being a little too critical or hard on yourself. But did you ever consider that this is actually true? I don’t mean figuratively, I mean literally true.
We all know that our brains and our evolutionary wiring hasn’t quite kept pace with our culture or environment. Our brains still act as if we’re in the stone age; hunting and gathering and running from saber-tooth tigers, while the biggest threat we face in the Western world is a long line at the Starbuck’s that might make us late for our next meeting.
To read the original article: Your Survival Instinct May Be Killing You
