The human brain

It helps to think of the Human Brain as a play-by-play football commentator. We are wasting time arguing with this narration in our head when all it is doing is commentating on what the chemicals are doing. Imagine the ball being snapped, the quarterback throwing an incomplete pass, and we are then yelling at the play-by-play commentator for what a stupid play that was and demanding that the commentator fix it. The commentator (Human Brain) has no control over what is happening on the field (Lymbic System). It is just doing play-by-play. It’s just narration after the chemicals have already been decided. So, when we are conflicted about eating or waiting to eat a marshmallow, we don’t need to waste energy negotiating with this narration.