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Originally Posted by bpcyclist
Wow. You just blew my brain out of my skull. I wonder whether there is some sort of occasional proclivity in some people with psychosis toward a greater sensitivity to concepts of social injustice, for lack of a better phrase. Neuropsychiatrically, that is. Maybe I am already, was already, wired in such a way, clearly, in me, from early childhood--no doubt about that--to be aware of and to notice cruelty, social injustice, general meanness. Some kind of heightened sense of "unfairness," whatever that is.
My mother was a tough, hardass, rancher's daughter from West Texas. Her favorite saying to my in all of childhood was: "Cyclist, you are just too sensitive."
You know what? I am pretty sure she was right.
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I feel like the other thing I perhaps didn’t express well is the I-centric nature of psychosis as in its my responsibility to take care of it, saving the planet and humanity etc. I thought I was the only one who could get rid of the devil.
One key to more balance is alliance. You need a group or team to tackle the worlds biggest problems. Take the billionaires, gates etc they may be spear-heading great organizations but without teams of scientists and engineers they could not get very far and those guys are undeniably brilliant. So you need an organization if that makes sense. It amplifies the response but dilutes the responsibilities. The Gates foundation is just one example, I suppose you could include Musk too, not quite so humanitarian in concept but still. The big changes require group action. Gates can code perhaps but can he make a vaccine for Covid? No but he can lead or pay people who can.
Find a group that fights for human rights in your favorite flavor and volunteer to help. Don’t try to do it all yourself. Hope that makes sense.
It reminds me of my early days at PC....I used to check in incessantly so I could help people through anything. Now I’m more relaxed. I had brought up this need to check with my T and she explained that even if I wasn’t there to help it was a group and I wasn’t the only one who could help, others could help just as well.