Social Insanity

I came across this beautiful piece by Neil Strauss (American Author - The Truth) which coincided with a personal mind-boggling meta-analysis tracing facets of childhood experiences (our dear exclusive personal conditioning) that feeds into our current personality, anti-fragility and level of general consciousness evolution.  This is an attempt to look back at the buttons (survivalist approaches and defence mechanisms) that I was installed with at the start of my life: 1.   Preach virtues of your own tribe and find self-worth in prosecuting the vices of others. 2.   Read a book that's your gospel and make no effort to understand/incorporate it in your life. Mostly use it to run a cognitive dissonance of toxic moral righteousness on others and use it for manipulation for self-interest.   3.   Blind loyalty to your tribe is respect/loyalty/affection instead of being a boundary violation by compromising your self-worth.   4.   Unstable self-esteem/toxic se...

Image: Pinterest There is a general stigma around seeking help for complex matters such as mental health and/or counselling around general stress levels, work, life and relationships. It's the classical human bias, being ignorant of our own ignorance - not realising that someone is out there an readily available: to unclutter your freighted life, not as an alchemist but an independent, competent and true supporter. This is how I think about it:- You're going about your busy life and your car breaks down. Will you give up your day job to fix your broken car by DIY/YouTube channel? No, you go to a mechanic who has skills, time, competence and an economic function to help you get on with your journey. OR do you keep on pushing the broken car, just because you're in denial? Similarly, let's say you have your life's hard earned savings stored in a bank. Do you give up your day job, to guard that bank because you have trust issues or get anxiety about financial matter...