Why is my brain so scattered and unable to focus on simple tasks? When I take my medications, I feel a lot better, but I’m so curious why this happens in the first place. Am I missing something in my brain? Are neurotransmitters not working? plz.
In: Biology
The brain is a delicate balance of forces. If your brain is too consistent and repetitive, your creativity is low and you don’t contribute very much to the tribe. In prehistoric times, that could get you killed, or at the very least not selected as a mate.
If your brain is more variable, you have bigger creative sparks and you can invent new things. That’s generally useful, but finding a mate generally involved learning to control impulses and self-censor your most outrageous ideas.
Today, we have drugs, which can make learning this sort of control easier, but it’s still far from easy. We have an education system that’s less likely consider you “possessed by the devil” and stone you to death, but that’s another dimension where “easier” ≠ “easy”.
Everybody has characteristics, like being tall or left-handed, which bring their own challenges and advantages. Everybody’s learning to exploit their advantages and control their challenges. Hopefully mental challenges are being managed more humanely, though your mileage may vary.
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