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Be Wary: Your Brain Doesn’t Know The Difference Between Reality and Imagination

The more research I do on psychology and the brain, the more I realise the brain is both fascinatingly complex and deceivingly simple…

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Joe Gibson
Apr 02, 2024
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The more research I do on psychology and the brain, the more I realise the brain is both fascinatingly complex and deceivingly simple. Today I wanted to touch on that.

Our brains can’t tell the difference between reality and our thoughts.

Practically, this only makes sense. For example, It doesn’t matter if an anxiety suff…

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