Predominately we respond subconsciously
Most of our emotional responses to life are framed by around the age of 7 and we will respond subconsciously to what is going on around us.
This has been shown to be a high as 90%, making the premise that we are thought driven human beings even more redundant as a concept to understand human behaviour. We need to slow down in order to assess our responses to life in order to give ourselves a chance of being able to understand the why.