The problems with mental health

[ladiesman217]

The best analogy or metaphor I can use to describe the actual reality of it all... whether illness, disorder or otherwise, is like this:

- Take a vase, a mug, or any sort of similar item. Smash it to smithereens. Hundreds or thousands of bits. Gather them all up, and glue them together. "Amazing". "Just like new".

No. No amount of repair work can ever bring the mind back to its original state. No amount of therapy, no amount of drugs. Even the mug... no matter the amount of hours you spend making it look 'like new', it will never be exactly as it was. There will always be something out of place, even if it's invisible to the naked eye.

Most people are truly ignorant as to how complex our minds truly are. Our minds never forget. It can take events that happened so long ago, and cling on to them so tight that your conscious is oblivious to its existence. They not be stored as memories we can directly access when we want to, but they can be stored deep in our subconscious. And therein it can do the most damage.

The conscious vs the subconscious. The eternal battle.

"Are you okay?". You know, I really hate that question. They say there's no such thing as stupid questions, only stupid people. While I would mostly agree with that, that one particular question has got to be the most stupid question in human history. If you feel the need to ask someone if they are okay, then clearly some part of you knows that they are in fact not okay.

- Your parent/spouse/child/etc just died: "Are you okay?"
- You've just been assaulted: "Are you okay?"
- The building you were in has collapsed due to being bombed or felled due to an earthquake: "Are you okay?"

What, what are you expecting them to say? "Oh yeah, I'm fucking peachy!".

While not being mental illnesses or disorders, they are still events that can be considered traumatic to the affected person(s)'s minds, whether the nature of these events are physical or otherwise.

Once broken, the mind can never be brought back to 100%. Remember that. Tread carefully. No one knows the lengths that our words or actions can affect another.

If a train derails; you simply put it back on the tracks, and it continues its journey along the rail.

But if a raft capsizes in the middle of an ocean; it's virtually impossible to determine what is the correct heading - because every direction looks the same. And even if you're off by only a fraction of a degree, that difference gets bigger and bigger the further you travel. And there's no turning back either. Because even in reverse, the horizon still looks the same.