They want you to label yourself, it helps. I have already speculated on it being helpful to the establishment for you to have problems or differences that don’t ‘fit in’ with society, covered in articles such as More Than Pain gets Killed, An Error But A Big One and a chapter in my book Meeting in the Middle of Nowhere called Labels (the chapter is available as an article).

We are led to believe in previous times that people who had mental struggles were put into asylums, the weak and feeble minded, simpletons who would never contribute to society or be capable. Sort of sounds quite helpful at first glance, to assist with a small section in need, to alleviate the burden on others. The reality it turns out is something quite different, because when you look at the history we are able to look at, it actually differs from that tale. Instead, asylums were used for all sorts of people they wanted to either remove from society, experiment on or who had suffered emotional trauma and actually needed to be helped to deal with life. Not removed from it and sometimes then being put through even worse trauma than the initial event. And this is where we aren’t so different from those times of 150 years ago at all. It’s just now there is a whole business model of profits surrounding it, and a vast network to implement it, helping to convince people they need ‘fixing’ in some way, either mentally, physically or emotionally. And sadly, often the need to think you actually need fixing comes from the very place that says it can fix you. No real surprises there. Create the problem, offer the solution, appear the saviour.

For years though, they have only really had access to people directly, for example if they went to the doctors themselves, or spoke to someone else, or their family intervened and got the authorities involved. And some have been set up along the way, to appear mentally ill when needed to either be a scapegoat, or for it to be a get out of jail free card, as we have seen in recent years in multiple countries. Now though, people are lining up to be diagnosed with something, to have a label and category they can believe neatly identifies them, or something about them. But why? Why do the authorities want people to be broken and in need? Why indeed.

Think of times past, of how the poor and ill were apparently treated. They say it was a community affair at first, looking after your own and immediate others. Then as places grew and religion took over, the church decided to be in charge of that type of thing, collection of donations, creating work and helping to distribute supplies to those in need. Little side note here though, that there has been a system of cashing in on the sick for a while, as back in the days of leprosy, it is said you had to apply for a license to beg and were given a set amount of money you had to ‘earn’, and then miraculously you were cured. After the church came the system of government, with their workhouses and new regime to single out the poor and sick and put them into large buildings built for purpose. Now, I imagine that was a bit of a culture shock in itself, apparently suddenly having all the rather large and imposing institutional building popping up here, there and everywhere. And to then find yourself herded into one because someone somewhere has decided a new ‘social standard’ must have been quite destabilising. As with today, we are seeing a similar but upgraded version, where they tear down the old and install the new, redefine the terms of law, and what they deem as social needs. Back then we are told people were encouraged to shun and despise the poor, mentally ill and infirm, that we have always been looking for ways to make it better and to ‘treat’ them.

Unfortunately to me, it now seems that was a guise to hide the fact they were doing the opposite. Creating the slums, to then blame the people and their ‘lack of education’, moving them towards housing carefully placed by the powers that be, for the jobs they wanted you to do – the industrial revolution. But they had to get rid of what you did before, where you lived before, so you think it’s your choice and it’s the only way forward. That also feeds nicely into then forcing everyone into compulsory education, and again putting a new strain on people’s mentality and behaviour. And again, I think of now, and how they are forcing people to change with removing industries, burning down whatever they need to push their ideal of what they require from society next.

And part of that appears to be confusion and a constant need for a prescription. Because those things are what make them lots of money, and create an industry so vast and far-reaching it’s almost hard to believe. With of course, a rather sinister and handy system of control that surrounds it, making you dependent on them. That helping hand and thing to ‘look after you’ was actually just grooming you your whole life, to be accepting of what they ask in return – taking your money in return for ‘services’ in the form of tax, then seeming as if there is now an implied ‘relationship’ occurring. Where they force you to go to them for ‘free’ education, healthcare and law enforcement. But it’s not free if you have paid for it, and it’s not free if you don’t have a choice – as with any other service you pay for, you are usually allowed to stop if it’s no longer what you want, or doesn’t provide what they promise to – and get your money back. But this one is different, you are paying with your time and money to entertain it, and time is far more valuable than money. But from us they take both, and pretend it’s normal, when in reality it is anything but.

That is where I feel the system of labels really comes in handy for the establishment, as it keeps people falling into the traps of society, and once they are in it’s hard to get out. We all know they use it against people when required, as some women have known for the longest time, and many others are catching up. Ask yourself, what purpose does it serve for a hefty portion of the population to believe they are mentally weak, or unstable enough to warrant being put on strong chemicals? Is it just so people keep lining up for those prescriptions and the eye-watering amounts of revenue generated from them? Or is it also because those chemicals interrupt the normal human energy flow, making it actually harder to find your feet and get past your bad patch, prolonging it, changing it into something weirder, deeper and even more confusing. Life can be extremely hard work at times, and I do understand why some may feel the need for assistance, and it would be really nice to think there is something out there to help you, listen to you and want you to get better. But in all honesty, the government isn’t it…

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