I know “they” mean well, BUT and I don’t mean BUTT, that’s a different thought. When I say “they” I mean Psychologists and everyone else in that field. If you have a theory about helping someone with a problem it’s a good idea to make sure you have all your facts straight. When it comes to mental disorders, did stress cause the problem or did the problem cause the stress?
Here’s what an Indian (from India) sage once said: “Mental disorders can affect you physically and physical problems can affect you mentally”. That makes perfect sense to me, I think. Here’s what I read, if you have anger issues or you are stressed about something it can affect your immune system and in the end cause heart problems, cancer or other physical problems. If you agree raise your hand. Just kidding, I can’t see you.
When I was younger, I heard that if you are angry or mad, get yourself a punching bag and take it out on the bag. I don’t think that ever helped anyone. All it did was make you think about what that person did to you and it made you madder. In the end your fists were sore and the person you were directing your blows at felt nothing. Besides sore fist you may even have compromised your immune system. Double ouch.
There are a lot of areas that can cause stress. You probably know what they are but in the moment you don’t think about it. Here’s a short list: your job, your marriage partner, your kids, your enemies, your lack of money, your car, driving a car especially if you drive a cab or bus or fly an airplane. Just change you attitude towards these things.
Remember prevention is the answer not pills. Preventing disease is cheaper than curing disease. Reduce stress, anger and worry and you reduce sickness. It makes perfect sense to me.
Emile ( What do you think? ) Fougere
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