Why do we have these thoughts, like driving down the road and just feel like swearing or being High up and feel like jumping down
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Vsauce did a video on this a while ago. From what I remember – when standing at a cliff, two parts of your brain are conflicting: One part wants you to pull back out of danger, while another part realizes that you aren’t in any immediate danger. Your brain resolves this by making up something like you intended to jump or push someone.
When you begin learn something you have to exceed “active” thought processes. After you know how to do said thing your automatic brain facilitates actions.
Most of us do not think about walking. And can think and multitask. However when you run most need to utilize “system two thinking” process more.
Book recommendation: Thinking, Fast and Slow
2011 book by Daniel Kahneman
I have a theory that it has to do with the feeling of not being in control of anything in your life anymore, and that “the call to the void” is the last ditch effort to have some semblance of control.
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