Do You Want to Be Enough?

"You've probably seen or heard it on the internet on just about anything hashtagged inspirational: "You are enough." It can be a helpful mantra in a culture that tells us we need to buy this and accomplish that in order to be worthy. But it's not necessarily a bad thing to be "not enough," neurologically speaking. For instance, errors-inadequate predictions-are what tell your brain how to adapt for improved performance"

"(literally, for the more efficient allocation of resources throughout your body, and for greater resilience in your environment.) Prediction error (behavioral-scientist-speak for being wrong or having insufficient information) is what triggers neuroplasticity, or the brain's (lifelong) capacity to adapt its structures and functions in response to experience (and awareness of experience). Your mind-and your nervous system-are all over your body. And your fascia is the largest organ of your nervous system."

"Your fascia-the interconnected web of tissues that covers your whole body and all your bones, muscles, and organs-plays a role not only in proprioception, or how you sense your body in space, but also in interoception, or how you perceive yourself and what's happening in your body. In other words, your fascia and fascial health play a vital role in stability, protection, communication, immune response, and emotional well-being."

Prediction error—being wrong or lacking sufficient information—triggers learning by prompting neuroplastic changes that adapt brain structures, functions, and behavior. Learning manifests as changes in the brain, behavior, and the frames available for understanding the world. Awareness that information is inadequate opens the senses and enables updated perception. Interoceptive sensations are tied to emotional values and can be shaped by emotional expectations, producing interoceptive illusions in which people feel what they anticipate. The fascia, an interconnected tissue network across the body, contributes to proprioception and interoception and supports stability, protection, communication, immune response, and emotional health.

Read at Psychology Today