Autopilot You isn’t the real you — she’s just the version your brain has rehearsed the longest. The version built from old habits, old fears, old routines, and old assumptions your brain refuses to update.

And here’s the bone-chilling part:

Your brain would rather keep you stuck in the familiar than risk the discomfort of becoming the person you actually want to be.

Today, we break down:

🧠 How the striatum turns repeated behaviors into “identity”

🧠 Why your brain chooses the same actions even when they sabotage you

🧠 How the Default Mode Network (DMN) loops old insecurities and stories

🧠 Why familiarity feels safer — even when it’s ruining your potential

🧠 How to interrupt autopilot and put Real You back in control

This episode is a reminder that you’re not stuck —

you’re sidelined by patterns your brain hasn’t been taught to outgrow.

And once you understand the mechanics?

You stop choosing comfort and start choosing transformation.

Sources Mentioned:

• ​ Yin, H., & Knowlton, B. (2006) — Research on the striatum, habit formation, and automatic behavior
• ​ Raichle, M. E. (2001) — Discovery and function of the Default Mode Network (DMN)
• ​ Schultz, W. (1997) — Dopamine reward-prediction error and behavioral reinforcement
• ​ Merzenich, M. (2014) — Neuroplasticity and behavioral rewiring