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Do I think about what?

Do you think about your brain often? Do you think about the unconscious? 

Well before this class I never really did. 

That was my response to the question in seminar last Thursday. On a normal day I think, I study, slove problems, and do all types of things that I couldn't do with out my brain. But I never think about it. I never say "oh hey good job brain", and I never really think about things that I do unconsciously, in fact that sounds like an oxymoron. Think about your unconscious. It was interesting to see when we went around the room all the different ways you could see your brain. As an organ, a wrinkley thing, a puppet master, like chocolate. So I just wanted to take the time right now to say Thank You to my brain, because after Thursday I felt like it's something that I take for granted. It's amazing how everything in your brain works and how when you injure it, things could seriously be messed up for you. I would never not want to not be able to recognize people that I know. That would be awful. How can little parts of your brain control something so important as being able to make you feel good when seeing someone? I will say it again, AMAZING!

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