Helplessness: Fixing the human brain

 

 

What a terrible feeling this is, to not be able to know how to fix something that’s broken. A person who is very different from the one you love and depend on for strength. All of a sudden, they are the child, and you are the parent. A very unique role to play, when most of your life they play the role of a strong father figure to you. Now they look to you for strength and direction. Suffering silently with something they can’t explain.

Mental illness is something so misunderstood in our society, it’s frustrating. The bum who’s schizophrenic, and seems scary talking to himself. What we really need to fear is the sociopath, and insecure control freak. Not the person who is just trying to fit in and failing. The main thing to assess when meeting a person that seems crazy, is why do we feel uncomfortable around them? They are a little too loud, too intense, don’t understand normal social cues, and are too loving/angry. But what have excesses of these emotions ever really hurt. It’s the cold, calm, calculated killer/abuser who is the real threat.

Deep in our gut’s or third chakra to be exact are the answers. Our bodies have our brains all over, they are called cells and synapse between neurotransmitters which are spread throughout the body. Did you know that the majority of serotonin is not found in the brain but in our gut? When we get a sharp pain, or butterflies in our stomach they are also our bodies talking to us. If we are in real danger we know it. So we need to move as a society, away from fear surrounding mental illness and closer towards a place of learning and compassion.