It freaks me out that most people do not realize this, and instead think that consciousness is some sort of magical or metaphysical process. It's really danger

It freaks me out that most people do not realize this, and instead think that consciousness is some sort of magical or metaphysical process. It's really dangerous because it implies that psychological illnesses are not "real" like other non-psychological illnesses are. This causes people to believe weird things, like that you can just will yourself out of a certain state, or that these illnesses are caused by laziness, and in some cases think they are just totally fake. Like you said, all of your psychology, your consciousness, emotions, sensations, etc are physical reactions happening inside of your brain and nervous system, there is no nonphysical aspect to any of it. All of it is just a bunch of "circuits" inside of your brain tissues and various nerves in the body. This isn't even a debatable issue unless you believe in some sort of magic nonphysical thing that exists outside of the 3d space we reside in. Nonphysical things by definition do not make any sense. This applies to more than just consciousness too, the same basic idea applies to "spirits" for example. When you cut someone open you don't find a spirit inside of them, it's just a bunch of physical organs and tissues.