Scientists have found that when we go into a state of strong concentration or are extremely busy, we "turn off" the part of our brain that is self-aware. You've probably experienced this when you "lose yourself" in a task or are so concentrated that you don't even think about how you feel at that moment.

Essentially, you're a robot.

Which is why we all need to take time out and focus on ourselves, consciously working on being self-aware. If you're always on the go and life is so busy it's a blur, you're likely to never reach a high state of self-awareness. Especially when your brain just switches off.

Check out this article below for the details. It's pretty neat stuff.

Watching the brain 'switch off' self-awareness

By Gaia Vince from NewScientist.com

Everybody has experienced a sense of "losing oneself" in an activity - being totally absorbed in a task, a movie or sex. Now researchers have caught the brain in the act.

Self-awareness, regarded as a key element of being human, is switched off when the brain needs to concentrate hard on a tricky task, found the neurobiologists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. Read More…