Can You Trust Your Own Brain? by Steven East
Steven East is a staff member who is becoming quite an expert in the process of treating addicted people. Steven gets philosophical in this entry about "trusting your own brain."
Do you feel that you can trust your own brain? I believe this ambiguous question will allow us to delve into the mysteries that make up our cognitive processes.
Some of these mysteries include; the actions derived from mental processes which come at the result of very little thought, constructs that define us as who we are, what we think about, who we think about, and so on. All these complicated missions lead us to believe there is some underlying control over the outcome, but it appears in fact that this is a misconception.
In fact, our brains spend a great deal of time adjusting our realities to match the often spontaneous reactions that it instructs in reaction to an ever changing complex, socially demanding environment.
Our Vain Brain
Our Egocentric self is part of our psychological make up and is also one of our strongest assets. Let’s begin by examining some of the advantages that the so called ego brings to the table. It seems that this part of our brain is a crucial component for the healthy maintenance of self-esteem. Our vain brain has evolved to become extremely effective in maximizing the importance of our successes in life, while minimizing our failures.
Our egos are also responsible for our deprecation of a lack of certain talents, while spotlighting the ones we readily excel at. Our vain brains also allow us to be able to evaluate potential conflict and whether or not our protestations are based solidly in reality we still cling to their very fabric. With these abilities we are capable of incredible accomplishments. Most of the greatest historical figures we think of with great reverence acted in ways that, if not successful, would have been deemed reckless and incompetent.
Clinical Depression
It seams that this part of our brain, when not functioning as usual, distorting reality, can be a significant detriment. This is exactly the case with individuals who suffer from clinical depression. Most of the general population would beg to differ, but it is the clinically depressed who actually are able to recognize the deposition of events as they occur. This ability to be able to disengage the vain brain propagates the focus on the failures by 
these individuals. With perceptions of ever persistent hopelessness the motivation to overcome such monumental obstacles is fleeting for these individuals.
- Steven East,CADAC II
