The sorry state of mental health services.

[Spiritualchaos]

Allopathic medicine, within which is the mental health sector prescribing pharmaceuticals to manage symptoms, focuses on data collected from standardized tests and protocols which do not take an individual into consideration. That is not to say people are never helped from this; allopathy is very good at dealing with acute situations.

Somehow allopathic medicine has circumvented common sense in many ways. Diet, exercise, and connection to others and nature doesn't seem to have a place in addressing health concerns from their standpoint. Whatever the situation, whether pharmaceuticals are indicated or not, connecting to nature and others, good diet and some sort of exercise would be beneficial.

The general state of mental health across the world I also think has been very affected by the digital age. Many people are attached to their phones/devices watching life rather than even noticing what is going on around them, including the people they love. I'm not trying to place blame, I only see this happening and that it is very addictive from my observation. The internet has paradoxically allowed more connection (virtually) and more separation (in the real world).

There are plants that help with balancing mental health as well, aside from the paradigm-shifting psychedelics, such as St. John's Wort for depression. Plants are the healers on this planet. It's worth researching herbs and plants for particular issues.

I actually was at the dentist the other day, and I was sitting in the waiting room, looking around as I always do, observing life. One guy was also sitting in the room, who wasn't on their phone. And he must have sensed that I was happy about that and he started a conversation with me, and I said to him it was nice to see someone else engaging with life, and he agreed that people need to communicate with each other more. All of that by NOT being on a phone. I don't own a cell phone, people think it's weird. I think it's weird, that my Dad as an example, makes sure my Mom has a cell phone, even though she has zero need for it, she lives in a small town and doesn't like to talk on the phone and works one block away.  It's such a large part of our culture that people think it's a necessity when it's just something more to distract us further from what is going on around us.

As for herbs, I agree they can be quite therapeutic. I have used them for pineal gland decalcification and had very positive results. I used Fenugreek and Blessed Thistle after I had my son to help increase my milk production, as my PCOS was causing me to make very little and it was extremely heartbreaking. It helped quite a bit (but tasted awful) and I was able to give my son a bottle every day and a half, as opposed to hardly anything, and I was able to help boost his immunity for 6 months. I do think pharmaceuticals also have their place, but I don't think they have the kind of use that most people prescribe them for. I once was on 3 antidepressants at a time, and was in a chemical depression from that plus the other 5 or 6 prescriptions they had me on for a variety of other things. As an example, I took Pantoloc for years for my acid reflux, but having low acid in your stomach for extended periods of time tends to create a situation where you are more susceptible to stomach ulcers. I almost had a stomach ulcer, had to take a ton of antibiotics to kill the bacteria, and then had to have a Fundoplication instead (because I couldn't afford to increase my Pantoloc dosage as my plan only covered one pill a day per month), which undid itself in my 30s, and there was actually no point of putting myself through that 4 hour surgery and 3 days in the hospital for the damage caused by painkillers and anxiety. It is a slippery slope from trying to maintain things to trying to mask them completely, and even then, maintaining can cause more damage.

I think the health care/mental health care system needs a serious upgrade, maybe taking it more out of a solid logical standpoint and start considering emotions, our connection to plants, and chemical sensitivities, etc. etc. to find other alternatives.