Best Conflict Solutions debunks the amygdala hijack. The amygdala is not a fear center that seizes control of your brain. It is a relevance detector, a smoke detector that flags what matters, and stress chemicals hand thinking off to habit. Handoff, not hijack. Learn why conflict escalates so quickly, how triggers work, why we are built to overreact, and how to train a calmer response. From mediator Kimberly Best, drawing on the research of LeDoux, Barrett, and Arnsten. St. L