But why is there so much mental illness today ? What is THIS Symptom of the Universe ?

Why is there so much mental illness today ?

Something is going on people

There IS a

SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE

In my years of study and research into this area it had led me to an undeniable conclusion; Something is going on ! People things are not as they once were, this new wave of depression Anxiety and fear is a planned attack, a move of the tide, and symptom of the universe. If we go back in time; 50, 75, 1000 years we never come up to a place where people are taking their lives in large numbers, crippled with fear and paralyzed with depression. No something is wrong and in fact the irony is this – In all the years since the beginning of time we have never had it so easy. We have more things to do for fun, more toys to play with and less real life changing dangerous circumstances (baring places in the world where terrorism and real hardship exists. ) But I’m talking about the U.S.A for example. The year 2016 has brought us to a place of easy fun and self indulgence like we have never seen. Now compare that to say 1941 when the USA was at war, food lines, loved ones going off to war and many not coming back. There was no such thing as vacations and play time but struggling simply to survive the uncertainty of world extermination. Yet what is so perplexing is – there was very little mental illness, depression anxiety panic attacks cutting (self mutilation) or mass suicides. People just worked hard and excepted what was and just moved on. They did because they had to and there was no time for complaints and clinical depression – BUT was there something more ?

My findings and speculations

I had to diligently dig into this conundrum to find an answer and one answer at the top of the list was – People of THAT Generation and I believe it was the last of the great generation – the “Greatest Generation” because of some simple facts. #1 Is that they were a faith based generation, #2 They were a Me 2^nd generation that always put others first, #3 They were a generation that didn’t expect much from life but to simply survive. They were a hard working THANKFUL generation who didn’t think they deserved anything. BUT was that all that there was ?

The reasons why we today are falling like dominoes to metal illness, despair and fear

All character traits and moral attributes aside, I truly believe there is something much bigger going on. One is that of a spiritual nature. There is a dark spirit of fear hovering over our world and has been allowed to fall on us because we have turned from God's power and to our own desire. There simply isn’t any fear of God or a desire to honor Him.

Second is an environmental issue that may be thee reason but yet one used by God for this purpose (Judgment) or worse, used by the Dark one for His purpose. People there is a chemical nature to most mental illness. See our brains run on electrical impulses and they not unlike an engine need to fire on on cylinders. An example would be taking your computer and unplugging just one wire inside of it.. Though all the parts are there the signal isn’t working or getting through to the other component. End result is an wonderful complex computer that doesn’t work or at the least function as it should. The same with that ENGINE – unplug just one spark plug wire on an 8,10, or 12 cylinder engine and it just wont work properly- it will work but not to its full potential.

Now we know in computer talk that one virus can slowly destroy your system and so in like manner one break in communication can cause our brains ( Minds) not to function – IE Mental Illness.

But what is eating our “Brain Wiring “ ?

This is where I believe much of this comes from. Its in the foods we eat the chemicals we use the electromagnetic and radioactive components we are exposed to every single day. People its all around us and these ( super infused chemicals) we allow to get into our body has an effect. Add to that the negative programing in schools from K- University age and its the making of a perfect storm. Place on top of all that the “simple” body functioning aid medications that we take-- all in a quest to live as long as we can and the cherry on the top has been placed.

But what can we do ?

Well sadly we are the victims of our surroundings and allot of the damage has already been done. We can drop all of these chemicals and go live on some natural farm but you would have had to have done that from birth. Friends we live in a fallen broken evil world and what we really should be doing is turning to the one who is above Evil and the destroyer of it.

Turn to Christ , turn away from as much harmful chemicals and unneeded things and then get the help that I mentioned in my last blog .

I wish there was a better answer or simple switch to flip but there is not and this wave of mental illness will sadly grow worse and worse. The Bible says so and its simply the nature of the age. Ephesians 6:12 says it all.

But THERE IS always Hope !!! Hope in Him for there is no other Hope..

SR Kraniak Th,B – M.M.C.C.