12 February 2019.....wow

12 February 2019

For the most part I have figured out why I was feeling somewhat depressed. I don’t know if I will say right now. But I had to jump through some mental hoops. I will still probably go see a professional. Then again. I was a professional at on time. We will see what happens. 

I have no problem with the idea of professional mental health people. I just think they are not needed for most problems. Most problems we can take care of on our own. Some problems are so big we need help. 

I think of mental health as a ball of string. At some point the string gets all tangled. Some messes we can untangle by ourselves. It takes time and effort, it’s not easy, but we can do it. Some messes of tangles require someone to sit and observe us while we are untangling the mess we have. Maybe we didn’t create the mess, but we are left with the mess and we have to deal with it. Regardless of the mess we have, we individually have to untangle it. Maybe we can do the untangle all by ourselves. Maybe a friend can make sure we have all the tangled bits fixed. Maybe we need someone that is a “professional” at identifying the tangled bits. Not easy because no person can physically touch another persons string. All anyone can do is identify the tangled bits and make recommendations about how to untangle them. Every person has to untangle their own string. 

There are some jobs out there that you can’t make or do for another person. The other person has to do for themselves. You can make recommendations but the other person must do all the work. A few examples teachers, mental health workers, actors, some parts of customer service. The list goes on.

Objects, things can be manipulated. People must do the work themselves. It’s true people can be manipulated, but the results can be disastrous, for the person doing the manipulation and the person being manipulated. I am using the word manipulate in strictly a negative connotation