Is my brain working differently?

Is it me that is different or is it my brain? Everyone is different, aren’t they? But is it because of my brain?

Many people find the diagnosis of neurodiversity helpful. It seems to explain why they are different from others. Society does need to adapt to the individual differences of people. But to be blaming our brains may not be the best way to look at the issue (see eg. previous post). 

Of course our behaviour, emotions and thoughts are mediated by the brain. But that doesn’t mean they are caused by them. People are more than their brains which is only part of them. The brain is of course socially constructed. It’s not just born ready made. But that doesn’t mean it makes sense to reduce people to their brains, which are only part of them. Descartes looked for the seat of the person in the pineal gland, an endocrine gland deep in the brain. But the brain isn’t the seat of the person. We are all damaged in some way which is what makes us human. We’ve become so obsessed by the neurosciences that we can’t see that it’s us that are alive not our brains.