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RE: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem and Depression
Absolutely I think that aspects of society at least play on our insecurities and therefore contribute to low self-esteem. Politically and through advertising, it's easier to sell goods to people, and ideas, when they are manipulated psychologically and otherwise. Yes, people are much easier to control that way. Advertising and politicians capitalize on this all the time. You made a very good point that if people are weak and needy, they are easier to control. Thank you for posting!
Thanks :-) I think all too often that is part of the problem, people who are treated badly by society are then stamped as ill when in reality perhaps all they needed was a stable life or people not being bad to them, society instead of taking responsibility for what it is doing to people instead blames it all on a chemical imbalance which is then used to pigeon hole people into a specific box, they can then be medicated and feel bad about themselves, whilst at the same time those people who caused the original pain in society are unpunished, our society is quite cruel in that sense, it criminalises and punishes the victims whilst rewarding authority and conformity.
Exactly! They are blamed and made to feel they have no control over themselves -- that's it's all 'genetic' or due to an imbalance of 'chemicals'. There's no self-empowering and the humanity is taken out of it. I believe in a balance of nature/nurture but the mainstream trend is almost all about what people have been given genetically and that they have no control over it and thus this justifies all of the pharmaceuticals, which in truth the pharmaceutical industry is behind this trend to push their own agenda through major funding and controling medical schooling. Most mainstream doctors are brainwashed by their training and It almost entirely overlooks what society and 'nurture' aspects have contributed to it as well as the holistic viewpoint.
Yes I definitely agree with all of that :-) What do you think are the solutions to it and how can it be dealt with better?
You ask good questions. I needed to give this one some thought. I don't think there's a simple solution. A lot of the answer is for people to be more educated and therefore more empowered regarding their choices of treatment. One problem is that pharmaceutical companies want people to be needy and dependent. It's a big business for them. And, they have the money for the advertising and funding of medical institutions. It's sad that many people are so easily brain-washed and controlled. I don't know an easy fix for that other than trying to help people in general to have more involvement and control over their physical and mental health through self-education and self-empowerment, outside the box of what society is trying to force them to be in for the profit of big business which are often corrupt. Don't get me wrong -- I'm not against busnesses as long as they are ethical and accountable for what they do and their products.
Yes I agree with that, I think very often the problem is whenever the profit motive or saving money motive is within the thinking of what healthcare should be, there is then a massive problem, because instead of then giving people what they really need they are given what is the cheapest or the most profitable, it would be really nice if human society at very least could create one area of society that was not dominated by money, healthcare should be that one for certain, it should be a basic human right, not something controlled by bureaucrats trying to save money or a board of directors trying to make money, it should be run by people who really care about helping others and it should be exempt from the financial system altogether, we often forget as society that it is possible to do something like that, after all money is just a human creation it is not as real as the sky or trees, it is time we started excising control over what it is so we can regain our sense of a people again :-)
Yup -- I tell people to look to the economics and there you will find the real motive and reason. It's so true that quality just doesn't seem to matter any more, but the cheapest and easiest way. I fight that with all my might. I've always felt that it's quality and caring that count the most and not to do something if you don't do it with those good intentions. Of course, one must maintain balance and some healthy boundaries in life and relationships. I also believe in karma and I've seen it at work without a doubt!
Yes it is terrible that everything in our society has been given a price tag, there are things that mean so much more than that and as a people we must reconnect with them. I would like to believe in karma but I find it hard, I have seen bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad too often, how does that aspect of it sit with you? Or do you think that is a misperception?
All I can say is that I've seen it at work in my life and others. It can take a life-time and yes, bad things seemingly happen to good people, but if one believes in reincarnation there is the realization that much is carried over from previous lives that needs to be worked out. Often we don't see or understand the bigger picture. I don't believe that cause and effect are always engraved in stone but there is a basic universal law that appears to apply to all things. I could be wrong, and sometimes things just seem random but once again, it may just be that we aren't aware of the grander, more cosmic pattern. I also believe that all laws can be broken too, and that where certain laws apply, they don't elsewhere. Once again, a very complex belief to give justice to here. I largely go by my own experience and I'm convinced I see it at work. Sometimes it's instananeous, and at others it takes 50 years, or several lifetimes. Btw, I do remember some of my past lives, so that opens up an entire other area of me seeing a bigger picture of things.