AFFAIRS OF THE BRAIN

Demons of our own that thrive in our negligence.

With our ignorant concerns towards deteriorating mental health crushing upon the individuals driving them to the extreme measures of “Self-Annihilation”, it has silently entitled itself as the main cause of the steep rise of 60% in suicide cases in the last 45 years only. People of age group 15–29 years of age make about 1/3 part of thousands of cases reported every year, while the mental health status remains unaccounted for.

Depression, anxiety, paranoia, loss of hope; are very real and not entirely based on environmental stimulus but are also backed up by hormonal imbalances. Insufficient or even excessive synthesis of hormones like dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin is known as happy chemicals. It is imperative to understand the chemistry of our own bodies. While insufficiency of the above can give rise to depression, anxiety, sleep deprivation, Parkinson’s disease, psychosis; excessive synthesis causes euphemism, hyperactivity, hypertension, schizophrenia, anaphylaxis, and so on. We must ensure that anyone in need must reach out for appropriate help from certified professionals and must do the same for ourselves.

Suicide is not the ultimate consequence of prolonged mental sickness we are concerned about, many other ghastly numbers manifesting the inaccessibility of acumen and fitting treatment for disorders like bipolar, schizophrenia.

Besides drugs being administered into the subject’s body and isolation into psych wards for prohibiting patients to indulge in self-harm or harming others; therapy, as well as acceptance of diagnosis, constitutes a crucial part of the puzzle. Forced treatment never yields the kind of result that a patient can receive upon voluntary submission to the process, hence patience and empathy play a key role in fighting the Anosognosia (outright denial of a diagnosis) and determining the career success path of a psyche physician.

Brain being of the complexity of a paradox box has a very mysterious way of functioning or malfunctioning for that matter, stimuli for many prominent disorders remain unknown yet. Diagnosis in this field requires a very thorough, understanding sympathetic physician cognizant of the fact that unlike physical disorder psychological ailments do not demonstrate with vivid linings. Each infirmity can be attested coinciding with a relatively long differential. Preliminary misdiagnosis is also a major cause of failure to deliver the best care possible. A competent specialist not only is required to be enriched by the human attributes but also have an accurate judgment diversifying environmental factors, psychological factors, and physiological factors as the cause of the ailment

Trauma is the major cause of deaths among the American with their emergency wards registering more than 400,000 injured Americans every year. While traumatic injuries heal over a period of time psychological wounds are often the case of ignored infectious wounds necrotizing the existence of an individual. Emotional trauma is a deep-rooted monstrosity that devours a person emotionally from inside until the individual is a dead man walking. These conditions are not only on alert for self-harm but also a threat for people close by. Although traumatic events cannot be reversed the art of dealing and amplifying the endurance for emotional pain can and should be exponentially increased for life must go on. But this whole feat requires therapists that are skilled to help these troubled souls get there. A breakthrough is what experts call it when their patient finally comprehends and face what triggers those psychotic episodes.

Drug abuse is another method of escaping mental pressure. Self-annihilation due administration of drugs into one’s system is an uncontrollable spontaneous response of the addicts. Of all the infirmities, addiction is the hardest to fight off. The U.S registered more than 70,000 deaths from overdose in the year 2019. Facilities like rehabs have been established to help people overcome addiction, where addicts are given lowered doses every day until their bodies register the lack of the ghastly poison in their bloodstream and develop a coping mechanism. “Cold-turkey” is a quick-fix which is an abrupt and complete cessation of taking a drug to which one is addicted. An organization, known as AA (Alcoholic Anonymous) arranges a meeting to monitor the progress of their sobriety, where addicts share experiences and as a community relies on each other to keep them from relapsing under anonymity as often relapse is far more destructive and catastrophic. Therapy sessions are mandatory to ascertain the prompt for drug abuse and healthy ways of diverting it.

After encompassing the environmental factors some underlying genetic malfunctioning also affects the mental state. Genetic mutation can transmit diseases like Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) and various neuro-degenerative ailments like Lew-Body Dementia (LBD) spectrum comprising of Alzheimer’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), etc to their offspring.

Losing the battle against the demons of their own, one is rendered hopeless and needs reaffirmation for them to keep going. We as responsible citizens of the nation need to create awareness to clear the air of stigma around psychological disorders. The authorities must ensure deployment of adequate resources; human or financial to the field of psychiatry while creating awareness against the ostracizing of the mentally disturbed.

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