So why does your brain know and panic that you need to get to the loo say to be sick or poop etc but not control it until you get there? Your brain literally tells you that you can’t do this bodily function where you are currently and makes you panic, then proceeds to do it anyway if you’re not fast enough?
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I would guess it has to do with how your brain actually works. See, your brain is made up of many different parts. For the sake of this question, I will break it down to “smart brain” and “animal brain.” Your smart brain is you. It’s your thoughts and ability to think and use logic. Your animal brain is all of the primitive stuff that all other animals have including humans. It’s the part that makes your heart beat and your glands work.
The part of your brain that tells you that going to the bathroom in public is wrong is your smart brain. The big reason people consider it not okay to go to the bathroom in public is because of social forces. What people consider right and wrong. Concepts like “right” and “wrong” do not apply to your animal brain any more than it does to a dog or a cat’s animal brain (those animals go to the bathroom in public all the time). Your animal brain does whatever it feels it should do to keep your body healthy and alive.
At a certain point, your body can decide your smart brain is being very stupid. Like if you hold your breath until you pass out, your animal brain takes over and forces you to begin breathing again so you don’t die.
This is the same reason you may lose control of bodily functions despite your best attempts to do the opposite. Your animal brain, which ultimately can take control of your body whenever it wants, decides “hey, why aren’t you going to the bathroom? We *need* to go to the bathroom!” And so… you do.
I hope this helped.
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