That little voice inside your head…

If that little voice inside your head tells you to do something- do you listen?

Ever found yourself in a deep conversation with that “little voice” inside your head?

Only to wonder

“Wait, who’s actually doing the talking here?”

Let me introduce Roger Sperry

Neuroscientist Roger Sperry researched the “split-brain phenomenon”

By studying patients who had undergone corpus callosotomy (a surgical procedure to treat severe epilepsy)

His work advanced our understanding of brain structure and function

Rodge the brainiac, essentially decided it was a good idea to slice and dice some brains in the name of science

His split-brain experiments were like a big ol’ twisted game of Operation

But instead of removing funny bones, he was cutting the cord between the brain’s hemispheres

Turns out, when you snip the corpus callosum (the brain’s Wi-Fi connection between hemispheres)

Weird shìť goes down

You’ve got one hemisphere humming “I’m a Believer”

While the other is all about “Bohemian Rhapsody”

And neither side has a clue what the other’s jamming to

It’s like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand’s typing

Literally

Rodge would flash an image to one eye (and by extension, one hemisphere), and suddenly, it’s like two different personalities showed up

One hemisphere could recognise a chicken

But the other had no clue why the heck there was thoughts of chucken nuggs goin on in their brain

Now

Here’s the bit that has kept me up at night…

What if that voice in your head isn’t just you?

But another version of “you” trapped in the cranial confines of your own noggin?

One you is the captain of the ship, steering the wheel and calling the shots

While the other you is the backseat driver, shouting directions but never actually getting to take the wheel

You’re mulling over life’s big questions when suddenly, a debate breaks out between Brain A and Brain B

Brain A’s all like, “Let’s quit our job and join OnlyFans!”

While Brain B’s screaming, “Are you insane? We eat too many cheetos for that be an option!”

Don’t get me started on schizophrenia or DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)

Maybe those peeps aren’t hearing voices from outer space or as part of ‘mental illness’

But instead, just trying to decipher the multiple-choice cacophony happening inside their own craniums

So, next time you catch yourself having a heart-to-heart with that chatty Cathy in your head

Just remember: you might not be alone up there

The other verison of you just doesn’t have control over your pie hole and meat suit