Untrustworthy little bastard 🧠

wait till they find out about the belly brain, and how microbiota affects mood

Yeah, there’s me, and then there’s the One Who Knows Things. He’s not always helpful.

My brain is often an asshole and we argue every day.

It really is. Haven't you ever been trying to remember something, actively racking your brain to remember it, but it is completely lost. So you give up. You move on. Hours later, you're talking to someone about dinner plans, driving in rush hour traffic, weighing the merits of Chinese vs Mexican, every part of your conscious mind handling the moment. And then suddenly your mind goes "DUSTIN HOFFMAN PLAYED CAPTAIN HOOK!"

That wasn't "you", the person, the conscious mind. That was a you that works backstage. They had to go down into the sub-basement to the deep stores, dig through a warehouse full of useless knowledge for the right factoid.

I call mine Derek. Derek just ran back up the stairs kicked in the door and delivered the query results after being dispatched hours ago. That wasn't me that remembered that info. Derek did.

Had a parent (in full denial about a possible ADHD adjacent diagnosis) excuse their child's actions (defiantly running away from their carer and across a road) as "their brain must have been tired".

FFS you are your brain*, the rest is just transport.

* I argue that your brain is just the substrate you run on and there can be several of you running there.

Autistic experience is talking about your entire body this way. "The body is irritated" or "the body is overwhelmed".

Especially when shutting down, thinking like that helps cope with the feeling of being "helplessly trapped".

The wetware processing-storage hybrid part does the calculation or it gets sleep deprivation again!

Psyche and Soma. Separate entities that work hand in hand but sometimes keep secrets from each other.

Take care of your wetware.

Eh, wat. Is there any sane person who after a day of, say, real hard studying, cannot distinguish that "my brain and mind are tired from all the load they've pulled, but I am actually relieved it is finally over"?

Your brain is technically piloting a golem of flesh/bone that feeds it.

Because the sack of shit is a different being it feels like. It hates me often.

Sometimes my brain doesn't take care of its flesh vehicle for a while; typical situation is I don't get a shower or shave for a little too long. And then my brain becomes convinced that it doesn't like itself very much. Then another part of my brain realizes what's going on, but has learned that my brain isn't very reliable, and is also fairly open to suggestion. So my brain takes a shower and shaves and puts on clean clothes, and then my brain is tricked into liking itself again.

It's literally like playing peekaboo with your own self-esteem in the mirror.

I do do that and I do carry a couple of diagnoses so I guess it's accurate? How I wish that asshole blubber of a lump of useless fat was a bit more cooperative.

I am my brain, at least the forebrain. My issue is some of the other parts are trying their best, but they weren't given all the tools they need for the environment I'm in.

Not sure if I'm maladapted or if my environment is just poor tho.

Audhd here, I have 2 of them in my head 😭

I trust my brain for about 15 seconds when I wake up, before reality kicks back in.

It's the "self" part that's the illusion there. There's just consciousness and its content. There's no "you" in there that's somehow separate from the process in your brain causing it to feel like something to be.

I've always said my brain is my biggest enemy and I need to defeat it and keep it in check every day. it's a fucker. you don't need to exercise, nah making a meal is too hard just eat toast, you can have a smoke now it's 4.20 don't worry about whatever is on next.. my brain literally tells me to do the opposite of what I need if to do, so now I do the opposite of what it wants me to do. no you don't need to exercise, go for a run no, don't cook tonight, cook properly no, have a smoke it's good bro, wait until later no, cut the grass next week.. cut them grass

it's hard and I don't always win against my brain but it's a battle I win more often than I lose

brains don't know right from wrong, they just pattern match, so we need to define the patterns and make new ones.

I know right from wrong so I have to keep my brain in check. it's a constant battle.

It's just an organ. How do you speak about your heart, or your stomach, especially when they make you suffer ?

"I don't know sbout your brain but mine is really bossy"

Laurie Anderson

so a computer hard drive IS the operating system! wow big if true.

I hate my brain, it betrays me on a daily basis. If it was normal, my life would be so much better. So yes, yes, it is a separate entity from my essence! 🤣🤣

I am my own person, and my brain is just a passenger.

^ohshit.^

I love the subtle overlap between adhd, autism and plural systems. I We are only plural but still when texting with a few others on the spectrum, the overlap of sentiments and quirks is really large

Because it is! There are lots of us, and then there is The Brain, which isn't any of us.

It's