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The bus ride home

 I like watching people. Okay wait that came off wrong. I like watching people when they don't know that I'm watching them. Okay, somehow I made it worse. There's something about watching and observing social situations that is so much more different than partaking in one. You start noticing not just what people are saying more clearly, but also their body language and their face expressions with the caveat that you aren't involved in the situation, you're just an observer. I've always not been great at social interaction, be it among peers or those older or younger to me. It isn't something that comes naturally to me, but watching others do their thing and understanding why they do it? There is something so...satisfying about it. Humans are at their rawest most unfiltered selves(for good or bad) when they don't know that there's something or someone judging them on how they perform. This gives you some situations that enlighten you much more than wh

Addiction and Dependence

Addiction is a word that has really come into popular use in recent years. Largely in part due to the growing epidemics of alcohol consumption and drug abuse. Addiction is a state of being so enamoured with a certain substance or sensation that you can't stop yourself from seeking it and steadily lose your self control at least when it comes to aforementioned substance or sensation. Addiction isn't just some vague emotional response. Contrarily it's a phenomenon rooted in science.  Let's take the example of Cocaine one of the most well known hard drugs in modern times. Consumption of cocaine usually affects you neurologically to produce a sense of euphoria. If you take a scientific view to what the nature of happiness is, you'd realise that it's the result of a complex cocktail of hormones released due to the presence of stimuli, which in this case is the cocaine. Excessive consumption of cocaine can cause hallucinations i.e you see things that aren't really

The commodification of mental illness

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Mental illness has been around ever since people could think which is a really long time to say the least. Picture a caveman who doesn't want to hunting for mammoths with his mates one day and just lies in his corner of the cave. Hilarious, I know. Unlike conventional illnesses, and disorders, mental illnesses and disorders don't usually have visible signs or symptoms of disease unless you consider changes in behavioural patterns. For this very reason it's extremely easy to presume that a person suffering from a mental disease is being idle or unproductive of their volition.  This is indeed one of the greatest struggles of those who suffer from mental illness, to get their struggle recognised and to obtain the help they desperately indeed. Instead of receiving help they're treated with scorn and derision. Fortunately as of recently, much light has been shed on mental health and the need to take care of it just as you would take care of your body. Steadily, mental health