The Brain

Did you know that the brain is composed of two near-symetrical halves? These halves are called the right and left hemispheres. These hemispheres combine and communicate via a highway called the corpus callosum.

Each hemisphere processes specific types of information. Together they create your perception of life. This perception of life generated by your brain is you. It is your existence.

The left brain is considered to perform rational and analytical functions. The right brain is considered to perform creative and intuitive functions.

Your two brains work together. You may be left brained or right brained. Did you know that you may be balanced brained? You'd use both hemispheres more or less equally if this were true. Some of us are balanced brained.

Your brain has various sections from both hemispheres that allow you to perceive the world. Each section is comprised of specialized neurons or brain cells that are designed to do specific tasks, basically, all the things we do as humans. These tasks are generally the same in you as in me and all other people.

This is how we coexist. Your brain functions in such a way that various signals that are generated from another brain, say the brain of a friend, teacher, spouse, anyone, are read and interpreted by your brain and vice versa. These signals are basically body language and oral language.

Sometimes we get it wrong. There are numerous reasons as to why you may get a signal from another brain wrong. Usually, you have learned to read the incoming signal wrong. For example, say a person had an abusive childhood. As a young person they learned to read signals from others so as not to upset the abuser. In this way the brain tries to protect us. As an adult this person may over-read an anger signal and wind up not liking the sender. The problem is that an anger signal may not have been what was communicated. That person may be having a bad day or in some way appear to be angry when they are not.

The same idea is behind unrational fear or certain conditions such as unrational anxiety. Your brain wrongly interprets a situation that in the past may have produced a fear or anxiety response (when it should have). The problem is that now there is no need to be fearful or anxious. Your brain recognizes certain events and is simply trying to protect you by warning you with the particular response.

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