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Misdirected and misinterpreted messages

Manuscript · pages 114–115

Misdirected and misinterpreted messages

An immature or disturbed brain can extract and transform information, resulting in an erroneous message and a false conclusion being sent to consciousness. In psychiatry, this phenomenon is referred to in English as “An Ill Posted Message”. Thus, a faulty message is transmitted.

“For various reasons, the AS person suffers from these distorted messages.” Fortunately, we can learn to observe and correct these distortions in order to rectify the messages within our brain! We must engage in dialogue with our brain!

The brain uses multiple areas to store this information in a two-dimensional way, recording both the characteristics of an object or person and their position in space and time. Cross-referencing these data generates answers and clarifies the conclusion. The latter turns into an algorithm that can lead to automatic behaviours, the establishment of routines and automatic recognition.

Social space, a point of view and markers of the original information.

The brain imposes a structure on us for perceiving the world.

Observation often takes place through a directional grid, with the brain recording images through a fixed structure comparable to a shoebox. The eye captures the opposite corners through a hole in the main wall, following diagonals leading towards those corners. Anything that appears crooked is corrected and aligned with the grid. The brain operates as if it had a pair of pre-oriented binoculars, projecting information through this grid. Confusion arises when the assembly of information is disrupted and the data used for calculation are incomplete, leading to a flawed final synthesis and a feeling of emptiness. The AS person regularly suffers from this type of disturbance. Paradoxically, the AS brain is capable of detecting changes or the presence of new and different objects with great acuity. “What's that thing there?”