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.
In: Biology
Think of conscious brain as CEO, subconscious as autopilot system, can’t override it easily.
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