Those without issues cast the first stone
Everyone is damaged. No one can genuinely say that they are completely free of mental torment. We've all been emotionally damaged in some way and we all have our idiosyncrasies. That's why normal doesn't exist. We're all too different to be tarred with the same brush, but we do have something in common, and that's our individual mental anguish.
We all have problems that come in varying degrees. No one is worry/issue free. We've all known pain, heartache and anxiety. Yet we still judge others on popular misconceptions about how we're wired mentally and emotionally. Emotion is not prescribed, yet our behaviour and attitude towards it is.
If we broke free from the chains of social expectation, we could be honest about our feelings without the fear of humiliation, judgement or weakness.
We only over analyse behaviour because people aren't honest about how they feel, so we need to dissect body language, actual language and reactions to make an assessment about that person's state of mind. What I'm trying to say is that if people stopped trying to conform to society's expectations, they could be candid. This emotional honesty would free them from the burden of pretending to be OK when you're not or you might be OK, but just want to talk openly. Either way, you should be free to express it without having to justify it.
It's OK to have a down day. It's OK to be anxious over money or work. It's OK to like someone you barely know. It's OK to cross dress at the weekend. It's OK to be jealous. It's OK to be disappointed. It's OK to have pangs for an ex. It's OK to be constantly angry at your family. It's all OK, we've all been there. We all know what it looks like. It could be something or nothing. So why do we keep negatively judging each other because of it?
It's been almost a year since Robin Williams tragically gave up his fight against depression. And it'll be about the same time each year that our feeds will fill up with articles about the subject. However, the issues don't go away, so why shouldn't we be talking about it the other 51 weeks of the year?
First published 22/05/2015
We all have problems that come in varying degrees. No one is worry/issue free. We've all known pain, heartache and anxiety. Yet we still judge others on popular misconceptions about how we're wired mentally and emotionally. Emotion is not prescribed, yet our behaviour and attitude towards it is.
If we broke free from the chains of social expectation, we could be honest about our feelings without the fear of humiliation, judgement or weakness.
We only over analyse behaviour because people aren't honest about how they feel, so we need to dissect body language, actual language and reactions to make an assessment about that person's state of mind. What I'm trying to say is that if people stopped trying to conform to society's expectations, they could be candid. This emotional honesty would free them from the burden of pretending to be OK when you're not or you might be OK, but just want to talk openly. Either way, you should be free to express it without having to justify it.
It's OK to have a down day. It's OK to be anxious over money or work. It's OK to like someone you barely know. It's OK to cross dress at the weekend. It's OK to be jealous. It's OK to be disappointed. It's OK to have pangs for an ex. It's OK to be constantly angry at your family. It's all OK, we've all been there. We all know what it looks like. It could be something or nothing. So why do we keep negatively judging each other because of it?
It's been almost a year since Robin Williams tragically gave up his fight against depression. And it'll be about the same time each year that our feeds will fill up with articles about the subject. However, the issues don't go away, so why shouldn't we be talking about it the other 51 weeks of the year?
First published 22/05/2015
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