Be Wary: Your Brain Doesn’t Know The Difference Between Reality and Imagination

Joe Gibson, Above The Middle
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6 min readApr 2, 2024

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The more research I do on psychology and the brain, the more I realise the brain is both fascinatingly complex and deceivingly simple. Today I wanted to touch on that.

Our brains can’t tell the difference between reality and our thoughts.

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Joe Gibson, Above The Middle
ILLUMINATION

Your path to authentic love and secure relationships starts here. Above The Middle, a blog by me, Joe Gibson.