Self Awareness

Self Awareness

"self observing profoundly changes the way our brain works. it activates self regulating neocortical regions which gives us an incredible amount of control over our feelings. every time we do this, our rationality & emotional resilience are strengthened. when we are not being self aware most of our thoughts and actions are impulsive, and the idea that we are randomly reacting and not making conscious choices is instinctively frustrating, the brain resolves this by creating explanations for our behaviour and physically rewriting it into our memories through memory reconsolidation, making us believe we were in control of our actions. This is also called backwards rationalisation, and can leave our negative emotions unresolved and ready to be triggered at any time. they become a constant fuel to our confusion as our brain keeps trying to justify why we behaved irrationally."