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Originally Posted by TheDragon
dark heart - I personally think that overplaying what schizophrenia/bipolar/whatever it may have been in the past is just too often romanticized of what could have been, since it was just as likely those that were different were ostracized or worse.
However, you are absolutely right that the standard model of living we have now days is extremely flawed, and leave many with regrets towards the end of their life. It's not necessarily those with MI that don't fit the box, because there are plenty here who live that kind of life and are content, but often those that are different who become innovators, entrepreneurs, inventors, artists, etc.
I think that humans have always suffered one way or another, which is why Buddhism has had such strong roots in certain cultures, and the question of purpose is one that humans have always longed for an answer to.
Obviously, I don't have the answers, and I personally believe that the whole idea of a "true purpose" is what humans use to counter the possibility that there is no purpose or reason, but it doesn't stop me from living well by treating my mind and body right, and for striving for what I want, outside of "the box."
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Well, all things get romanticised. But, here's the thing, I'm a big evolutionist. I am spiritual, but I see how evolution makes sense. The weak are over taken by the strong. So I believe there must be some purpose for being this way. There must have been something so that it perpetuated through history to be here now. There must have been something attractive about it to be part of the current population.
Really, you can look at it two ways. If bipolar
is an illness, then it's something that malfunctions in the wiring which causes us to have these symptoms. If bipolar
is not an illness, and just a way that that human mind is built this way for a certain purpose, then it's a purpose that is no longer used by society and instead makes us appear to be malfunctioning.
For example, there was some research recently showing how people with high anxiety levels would actually be beneficial to a tribe. They are more likely to be high alert to things others may not pay attention to, thus saving everyone from dangers.
So why not psychosis? Maybe it served some purpose to our ancestors. Paranoia can be a lot like anxiety....
But, I am not a scientist or a doctor. It's just an idea.