The Divided self was a very interesting chapter, especially because I am a psychology major and was able to comprehend and relate to the divided self.
I found it really interesting how we as humans are always trying to have full control of our mind. We try to stay away from things we know that are bad and do not benefit us only to our flesh. For example we know that we shouldn’t be having unprotected sex but there are so many people out there who still do, why? Because it feels good to do it. However, over time their consequence appears to them it the form of a pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease. Another example would be eating. We know that its bad to eat too much sweets and fats, but sometimes we just can’t help it and eat whatever we want. And as a result of that we can become obese and get diabetes. I didn’t know why we as humans sometimes cannot control our brains and resist temptation and just simply listen to our conscience. But it turns out it has to do with our brain and how it functions. Our brain is very sensible and if one thing goes wrong in our allot is affected in our body. When I read about the schoolteacher who had completely lost the ability to inhibit inappropriate behavior and to think about consequences all because of a tumor was surprising. Its scary to think that a human who doesn’t have a way to stop himself from committing a crime or felony just because the human has lost control of its mind. Even though we may try so hard to do good in our lives in can all come to an end when we lose control of our brain and commit horrific things we never thought of doing.
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