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The chemistry of self-empathy
Article on how attuning-to-self releases good chemicals. When it refers to "threat" this is often in the form of inner critic activity.

http://www.livescience.com/14151-neuroscience-esteem-criticism-compassion.html

Watch minutes 9 through 13 of this vid by self-empathy guru:



It is the mammalian brain vs the reptilian brain. No wonder we feel soothed when we are with ourselves without judgement!