The Coming Mental Health Crisis needs To Be Addressed.

Right now the worry is as to how long this virus crisis will continue. Will we be able to eliminate it like polio or will it become a permanent fixture like a flu. The question is will we conquer it or will it destroy us. It has already destroyed life as we know it. There are lots of lessons we need to learn in order to prepare for the changed life that is upon us and is coming. We need to be prepared among other problems for the coming massive mental health crisis. From unemployment, depression, sleeplessness, bad relationships, bankruptcies, lack of entertainment, from sports to the club scene; life has already been turned upside down. We are now all Generation N (New). I can bet there is no money allotted in this relief package for mental health services.

Another vital issue we need to look at is the massive shortage for trained professionals like doctors, nurses, health and emotional health professionals. The old educational system where the curriculum is so huge that it takes years and years to educate these professionals will not be adequate for the immediate unescapable demands. We need to shorten the courses to address specific health issues. Above all we need happiness counselors.

There are over 40,000 books on happiness and yet not one makes us happy. It is because all these books try to teach the mind happiness but when the brain is wired for unhappiness then it is the brain that needs to be healed. Educating the mind helps towards happiness but it more like ‘Mind Washing’ rather than what is needed — ‘Brain…