When balanced, your emotions might signal when something is off with your survival needs. For instance, you may feel scared, worried, or uneasy about finances or your home. This is your inner call to "pay attention." Another example is how your need for species survival is connected to your sexual impulses, even if it's not about procreation. Your survival instincts might reassure your emotional center, telling it to "calm down" rather than "pay attention."

But what happens when people are telling stories to themselves and others about you, that you don't notice or you aren't part of directly? Or when realities are being formed in other people's minds about you and your actions that don't match your reality?