Brain week 2026
dr. Lia Katarina Kompan Erzar
HOW TO PROCEED WHEN THE BRAIN IS SCARED
Dr. Lia Katarina Kompan Erzar will talk about the regulation of fear in the brain along two “rails”: fast and slow (A. Schore).
The rapid process is automatic, physical and survival: when the brain senses danger, alarm systems (e.g. amygdala, autonomic nervous system) are activated in a split second and signals of danger flood the body – so in a panic attack, the body often “goes wild” first, and only then we try to understand it; this is a common response from the nervous system, not a sign of weakness or “madness”.
The slow process is more conscious and” top – down": the prefrontal parts of the brain can evaluate and calm the alarm, but they can only do this when at least some security is established-especially if a person has been in stress, bad relationships or after traumatic experiences for a long time. We will also touch on the methods by which we can regulate this.
Dr. LIA KATARINA KOMPAN ERZAR, univ. Diplom. psych., she is a therapist of individual, marital and family therapy, a supervisor with a SZS license and also an associate lecturer at several different faculties of the University of Ljubljana.
Teden možganov 2026
Dr. Lia Katarina Kompan Erzar bo govorila o uravnavanju strahu v možganih po dveh “tirnicah”: hitri in počasni (A. Schore).
Hitri proces je avtomatski, telesen in preživetveni: ko možgani zaznajo nevarnost, se v delčku sekunde aktivirajo alarmni sistemi (npr. amigdala, avtonomni živčni sistem) in telo preplavijo signali ogroženosti – zato pri paničnem napadu pogosto najprej “podivja telo”, šele nato ga poskušamo razumeti; to je pogost odziv živčnega sistema, ne znak šibkosti ali “norosti”.
Počasni proces je bolj zavesten in “od zgoraj navzdol”: prefrontalni deli možganov lahko alarm ovrednotijo in umirijo, vendar to zmorejo šele, ko se vzpostavi vsaj nekaj varnosti – še posebej, če je bil človek dalj časa v stresu, slabih odnosih ali po travmatičnih izkušnjah. Dotaknili se bomo tudi metod, s pomočjo katerih lahko to uravnavamo.
Dr. LIA KATARINA KOMPAN ERZAR, univ. dipl. psih., je terapevtka individualne, zakonske in družinske terapije, supervizorka z licenco SZS in tudi izredna predavateljica na več različnih fakultetah Univerze v Ljubljani.
