Your brain works on automation, driven by subconscious mind software called “survival.” The majority (80–90%) of this software is installed through the emotional experiences you had from ages 1 to 12. Then, automatically, it starts deciding who you will be: your emotional patterns, fears, anxiety, and how you react to specific situations.
If you think you know yourself, you may know yourself only as much as your brain allows you to feel. You might not know the real version of yourself, because you did not have the opportunity to choose your childhood experiences.
Have you ever felt: “Why do I feel this way? Why am I lazy? Why do I feel anxious before going somewhere? Why am I afraid of normal communication with random people, even though logically nothing bad will happen and everybody is the same?”
Your logic does not always align with your feelings, because logical thinking is one of the least powerful parts of the brain. It was developed much later than the emotional and survival parts.