LOOKING TOO FAR AHEAD

Hello:

After the second World War ended, many of the politicians in England entertained realistic, --- but also  fanciful dreams about the wonderful future for the world at large, that lay before them.   Winston Churchill cautioned them about their focus of attention with the following words:

   

"Do not spend so much time dreaming about the wonderful future that lies ahead of us that you fail to salvage that which is left of the old world that we actually live in."

Both attitudes have value.  I think that moderation as in most cases, --- is the key.   After all, even though they displayed an outward level of high confidence, I am convinced that most Britons were very pessimistic about their chances to defeat Hitler for the longest time.  

So it would seem almost natural for them to want to think positively, even if somewhat fancifully, now that the war was over.   On the other hand, of course, Churchill was absolutely right.  Salvaging what is left of the old should indeed be ones ultimate or primary focus.  

My next words fall in line with the politicians in the above story, rather than with Churchill, but as long as I make them with the knowledge that moderation should prevail than I think they still have value.

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I am convinced that conglomerated and/or distorted fears are the real cause of stress related problems and not genetics entirely.  In this regard then, I make the following, tongue in cheek, comments that might appear in a local newspaper, or in the internet, some time in the not too distant future.   At least I hope it won't be too long.

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Dateline January 1st. 2025

BIO-PSYCHIATRIC PROFESSION

 PLUNGES INTO DEPRESSION

As a result of clarifying theories about distorted and/or conglomerated fear; certain forms of cognitive behavior therapy have been enjoying phenomenal success in their ability to help people with stress related problems that have the potential to result in depression, anxiety, OCD, and other forms of "so-called" mental illness.

The above situation has caused the general public at large, to almost completely ignore the bio- psychiatric profession when they decide to seek help for their problems.

This situation has also caused high levels of stress in the bio-psychiatric profession; so much so that they are also experiencing high levels of depression for their own members.  

That high level of depression is further exasperated by even higher levels of guilt and remorse for the untold misery that their misguided theories have inflicted upon their unsuspecting patients.

In a voice overwhelmed and/or dripping with irony, a bio-psychiatrist observed:   "At least if we go to a CBT for help, he or she will not fill our bodies and minds with mind altering drugs that have the potential to damage our brains, --- like we did to our "disappearing" patients."