[u_me_him]

I don't know. It sounds a bit too much like excuses. I was also a teenager and was not stupid enough to try anything stupid. My reptilian brain always managed to stop me. Like this time I was going to get into a fist fight (it was not my first), I was willing but my reptilian brain was not in agreement. It actually tried to freeze my legs.

[ceejayoz]

The concept of a "reptilian brain" is a) no longer espoused by neuroscientists and b) if true would be the thing egging you on, not freezing your legs.

[u_me_him]

Think of it as a metaphor. There is definitely something there acting independently of me. I try to veto it but I'm not always successful.

[woodman]

> It sounds a bit too much like excuses.

Said with a dismissive wave to the body of research compiled by neuroscientists that says otherwise.