As far as I am aware there are multiple functions of our body that require our brain to operate but we cannot consciously change or even stop those behaviors. For example pain, I understand it is a survival technique, and we experience pain so that we can consciously act upon whatever might be ‘wrong’ with our body.
However what I don’t understand is how for example if I stub my toe and have some lingering pain for a while even after looking directly at my toe and acknowledging that my toe is reletivley fine maybe a little bruised, why does my brain (which is also ‘me’) not allow to just stop the pain? Even if I am consciously thinking ‘this would be better to not have this pain right now with little to no downsides’ I cannot ovveride the sensation of pain to give myself relief.
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The title and the caption seem to be non sequitor here. Pain is a very conscious thought, and I’m not sure how conscious vs subconscious thought would play into the conscious perception of pain and the conscious attempt at subduing the pain.
Are you perhaps asking why you are unable to consciously override all of your body’s autonomous nervous system functions?
Think of conscious brain as CEO, subconscious as autopilot system, can’t override it easily.
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