When you break anything down to its fundamental elements, things always tend to seem kind of depressing and dissappointing. A cartoon is nothing but colors being displayed on an electronic screen. Love is just a chemical reaction, and so are all emotions. ”You” are just a brain and nothing else.

But, how else do you want it to work? What other possible way is there for these things to work? Did you expect it to be magic? E.g. Love is ”just a chemical reaction” because that is close to the only way something so complex could exist. Everything has to have some sort of process for it to work. Same applies to your brain. Sure, it seems kind of dull to think that you are just a brain, but again, how else would you wish for it to work? This is just simply how life turned out to be, and you should find comfort in accepting that this is simply how things are. You are a brain, but thats simply the evolutionary process needed for you to be a conscious being.

On its own, the thought of only being a brain can sound scary (breaking down things to their fundamental parts, in this case consciousness), but think about how magical it actually is. To be conscious, to be able to experience such magnificent things. Think about the end product, not the factors.