What's "wrong" with mental illness? Nothing! The
question shouldn't be what's wrong, but what's right! What's right with
"mental illnesses” might be a strange statement for you to hear, but not
for me. Why is that? "Mental illness," I realize, is nothing more
than psycho-social warning signals from the Earth that affects 1 in every 4
Americans every single year because of our social ills and no one is immune.
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti
A physiological issue, connected with our social issues that
connects to a car: Compare the social ills I’m discussing to the “ill” warning
signs of a vehicle; the check engine light goes off, the ding! ding! sound
warning you to put your seat belt on, or that loud unusual putt, putt, sound
emanating from the motor, indicating that something needs to be looked at or
you need your safety belt on. Psychologically, these are all warning signs from
a car to you as the driver.
"Service Engine Soon!" There are environmental warning signs, too. These signs are
social in nature. They affect a person’s psyche namely the "mentally
ill." Not sure about that, think depression.
Hence, the union between psycho and social to form the
psycho-social connection. If a lifeless object such as your car can warn you of
certain issues, why couldn't the Earth, that is more intelligently designed, be
able to the same to you? It does, only those hearing the putt, putt, sound;
those who see the check engine light; those not ignoring the ding! ding!
sounds, they are what's "wrong" with "mental illness."
