My Brain Analogy

A series of events have led me to bring out the inner English teacher in me and create an analogy for how my brain works in comparison to other people's (in case you were wondering).

When a situation arises in my life that I have to make a difficult decision or is emotionally challenging, my brain says, "Fix it!"

Here's my analogy:

There's a leak under the kitchen sink. I, immediately noticing the issue, turn off the main water line and clean up (do a little damage control). I get a flashlight and look under the sink to see if I can figure out what has caused the leak. If it looks like a fairly easy fix, I go to the hardware store and get the parts to fix it. If I can't fix it at this point or it is a major plumbing disaster, I get help-I call a plumber to come fix the sink. This makes sense in my brain because I will eventually need the sink and there is no point in putting off the inevitable of having to get it fixed. The sink gets fixed and I move on to the next thing that needs to be accomplished.

I imagine other people's brains to work like this (this is not exclusive to anyone else whose brain does not work like mine):

There's a leak under the kitchen sink. Instead of turning the water off at the main water line, this person turns on the faucet (thus exasperating the leak). Instead of taking the initial steps to identify the source of the leak, this person goes and sits down on the couch. The leak continues until it is soon lingering around this person's ankles-this person perhaps thinks there are no worries, there's still time left. So, they continue to sit and do nothing. Before they know it, the water level has reached their knees and small furniture starts to float around the house. Although a little disconcerting, still, no effort at a remedy for the problem is made. It is not until the water is pouring out the windows that this person realizes the extent of the issue and has nothing left to do but completely freak out. It is at this point that the leak becomes real to them, but it is nearly too late to save anything.

I go no further in elaborating on the analogy, except to say: I would much rather deal with rational and neurotic than irrational and psychotic.

May God bless you and keep you.