One of the most common phrases you can hear on the street is that "people are crazy". In most cases, it's a misinterpretation: All those stressed, depressed, aggressive, frustrated and dissatisfied people have not yet gone crazy to set aside (just for a moment) their daily responsibilities and pressures. The fact of postponing or denying those moments of madness is very harmful, and the consequences quickly move from the mental to the physical.
Kids screaming. The smartphone and its alerts. The search for quick dopamine in social media. Relentless classes with ridiculous schedules. Abusive and ignorant bosses. The sleep that disappears. The '9 to 5' cancer. Trash TV with toxic journalism and poisonous politics. The car that breaks down. Bills to pay. Money. Money. Money. Money.
Experts wonder why people are sick and unhappy, when the world does nothing but establish and defend the ideal conditions for that to happen.
We seek refuge in alcohol, tobacco, drugs and other addictions, but their effectiveness is temporary. And once someone decides to shout "enough" and abandon everything, the world points the finger and says "he went crazy". What the world must understand is that that madness is a necessity.
Madness as a necessity
In Spanish, terms like "nervous breakdown" are often used, but across the pond they have an excellent word: "Breakdown". Now, the most important difference is when the breakdown leaves its temporary profile and becomes permanent.
One thing is to declare to the world via Twitter phrases like "if I have to put on pants to do it, it's not going to happen today", and another is to be submerged in a dangerous depressive state. But if the body itself has its breakdown at bedtime, why deny that same possibility to our minds?
I know it will sound a little strange, and even contradictory, but the key is that the attack of madness be "healthy", in such a way that it allows us to establish new connections with those things that we consider truly valuable to us, and that the "damn routine" blocks.
Perhaps, through that madness we find a way to change course and face other challenges that make us, in short, happier and better physically. Of course, it's much easier said than done... but we have to try. Let the robots keep the "24/7".
