Why does my brain make intrusive thoughts I hate?

Experiencing intrusive thoughts can be hard because they so often conflict with what we care about in life, they show us horrible experiences we would never want to see, they threaten the things most precious to us. If you’ve been struggling with them, at some point, you may have wondered if you can swap your brain out for a better organ, like a spleen. Or you may have wondered: Why does my brain keep bringing me junk I hate?

Well, understanding why your brain is the way it is will make much more sense when you learn that your brain is a cat. The TOOLKIT team explains more in our latest video: