Many times in my life I’ve wondered why people do the dumb things we do. Sometimes we seem to work against our own interests, or we want contradictory things. I want to have a restful weekend but I don’t want to miss out on what’s happening. I want to fit in but I also want to stand out. With many things that I do, I sense these conflicts.
A lot of people I know are getting tested for ADHD, but I turned away from practical solutions to philosophy. I had studied a bit about desire – Sartre, and Freud and Jung – but it didn’t click for me until I saw video called ‘You are Two’ (on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/wfYbgdo8e-8). Maybe there is an actual physiological basis for these internal conflicts – not necessarily hemispheres as the video suggests, but perhaps between higher and lower parts of the brain. I have zero evidence or authority to suggest this, but it makes a lot of sense to me and the way I operate.
Twist and Click 