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There was a study done that discovered people with vivid imaginations would imagine they were doing a certain task that they needed to do, and their imagination of doing it was so powerful that their brain checked it off as being done. I wish I had the citation for this, but I can't find it.
So you get the satisfaction reward for accomplishing your tasks without actually doing them.
I think this mechanism explains some things.
i sometimes literally don't know if i did something or if i just thought about it