This is a saying from Dr. Eric Thomas. It is said when something out of the ordinary is occurring. In today’s times I find myself saying it more and more. If you watch the news and hear about the state of the US, you can’t help but say what in the world? No matter the political party the events that are happening in the US are deplorable. It is hard to support such conditions. We are appearing to be the divided states, not the united states.
Even if you don’t watch the news, you hear and see things on social media that contribute to the division. Race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status are blaring. Families are being ripped apart, businesses are closing, gas has skyrocketed, rent is astronomical and the overall cost of living is depressing. There are more people being diagnosed with mental health conditions. It is estimated that more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness. 59.3 million in 2022; 23.1% of the U.S. adult population. www.nimh.nih.gov › health › statistics
Medication is being prescribed like candy. There is a pill for this or a shot for that, sometimes at a patient’s request not necessarily because it is medically necessary. Working in the field of addiction I witness first hand how substances fix one thing, but causes another. Those things that we do to “fix ourselves” actually hurt us in the end. What in the world have we become and how do we get back to humanity?
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