What is ‘it’?
‘It’ is the latest epidemic.
The one everyone seems to be suffering from!
Listen to what people are saying, things like:
‘I just never catch up’; ‘I am totally overwhelmed’; ‘I don’t know what to do next!’; I have NO time for myself!’; I am SO tried’; ‘I can’t concentrate on anything’; ‘I feel disconnected’, and many more.
Distraught, distracted, overwhelmed, unfocused, absent-minded, worried, confused, anxious, agitated, frantic, stressed, disquieted, unsettled, flustered, tense and perturbed are some of the words used to describe this disease.
And probably the worst, is ‘I feel out of control’!
All that is happening in the world, at my work, in my community and even in my family that it feels completely out of my control.
Years ago, I was fortunate to meet Dr Richard Restack and was deeply interested in what he told me about how the brains of teens who have lived under very difficult circumstances, literally shut down, especially when puberty hits. This is a self-preservation mechanism, the only way to de-sensitise from the constant stressors of living is to become unaffected by all that is going on around you.
And this is what I am beginning to see in many of us.
What to do?
We must consciously choose to shut off some of the constant barrage of messy inputs. Watch less TV; listen to fewer news broadcasts; turn off your phone.
Do spend time in nature; listen to beautiful music; sit in silence; float in your bath tub – take control of YOU!
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