what did we do before
therapy?
I have been thinking about htis as I once again join the ranks of those who refer to their "therapist" more easily than their doctor even.
I have been in therapy twice, at uni I went into counselling for stress and now, 10 yrs on, I am in hypno therapy seeking a longer term solution, but again, it seems to boil down to stress.
People take time off sick due to stress, and we have a wide array of mental illnesses, dosorders, borderlin disorders and things to be treated with a wider range of therapies, medications, holistic and spiritual guidance. What happened way back when...
Were we less stressed, less anxious, were our bodies chemical and hormonal balances more, well, balanced, is it down to our current processed food, polluted environment and un natural way of living. We have light when the sun is down, we have heat with no fire, our bodies are exposed to all sorts of manmade outside influences, for women, who really "flows" with the tide anymore, even if you aren't on the pill.
In the environment of evoutionary adaptiveness (technical term, see my degree did count for something)would we have needed therapists even if we had them? and if not, does this not tell us that something is seriously wrong with the world we created, where the business of everyyday living has to be supported, salved and treated by therapy.
I have been thinking about htis as I once again join the ranks of those who refer to their "therapist" more easily than their doctor even.
I have been in therapy twice, at uni I went into counselling for stress and now, 10 yrs on, I am in hypno therapy seeking a longer term solution, but again, it seems to boil down to stress.
People take time off sick due to stress, and we have a wide array of mental illnesses, dosorders, borderlin disorders and things to be treated with a wider range of therapies, medications, holistic and spiritual guidance. What happened way back when...
Were we less stressed, less anxious, were our bodies chemical and hormonal balances more, well, balanced, is it down to our current processed food, polluted environment and un natural way of living. We have light when the sun is down, we have heat with no fire, our bodies are exposed to all sorts of manmade outside influences, for women, who really "flows" with the tide anymore, even if you aren't on the pill.
In the environment of evoutionary adaptiveness (technical term, see my degree did count for something)would we have needed therapists even if we had them? and if not, does this not tell us that something is seriously wrong with the world we created, where the business of everyyday living has to be supported, salved and treated by therapy.
posted by Hageltoast at 12:02 pm
2 Comments:
What did we do before?
- We stayed where we were (most people never left their home village)
- We accepted what we had (most people didn't study, or change jobs)
- We ate what we grew, woke & slept with the sun
- We bred, then died young.
- We probably weren't any happier, or any unhappier, but we didn't have the Internet to tell each other about it.
Yeah, I know, past my bedtime!
thoughtful comment, thanks. :)
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