Maggie's Farm

Frontal lobes. Some are damaged by drugs or head injury, but unnoticed. It's one of the reasons strictness (though not abuse) is often beneficial, bringing in other parts of the brain - fear, affection - into support for the weak area. Heck, most of us benefit from this at some period in our lives, especially in training. Eventually you have to fly solo, and if you can't, put yourself in a situation where you have to keep up account. A pastor I knew found it hard to be disciplined in his Bible reading, so he made himself volunteer to teach. The deadline imposed by the class made him produce, where he would not have had he relied only on his daily motivation.

You can trick yourself into doing the right thing by painting yourself into the right corners.