How ‘feelings about thinking’ help us navigate our world | Psyche Ideas

If thinking is for doing, feeling can help us think.[27]

thoughts, perceptions and emotions for what they are — constructions of the brain as opposed to external realities.144 Metacognition implies not just awareness of what goes on in our heads, but also a nonjudgmental attitude. It is the difference between wise self-knowledge and neurotic self-consciousness. Applying this skill in the context of movem

we find that at some moments our attention is more toward the feeling end of the spectrum, and at other moments it is more toward the thought end. We can remind ourselves that neither are wrong. Both have their place, and both are ultimately of the same essence.

Feelings are often the first form in which we become aware that something is wrong with our life. We need thought in order to know what to do, but feelings often alert us to the existence of a problem. If our response to feelings that seem to challenge our ordinary routine is to ignore or repress them, then we condemn ourselves to living mechanical

Our prefrontal cortexes allow us to think about our own minds. Our brains think about themselves. Psychologists call it metacognition.

In order to avoid these psychological kerfuffles, and to maintain a sense of hope, the Thinking Brain develops a tendency to draw maps explaining or justifying where the Feeling Brain has already decided it wants to go.

The human mind perceives, forms concepts, learns, makes judgements, feels emotions, uses language, remembers, invents, dreams, desires. How can so much complexity be captured in a single image? Clearly, some aspects of mental life must be prioritised at the expense of others. But which ones? And after those choices have been made, does the 'picture