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Very often we feel alone, isolated, unable to reach out to a sympathetic ear. This happens more often than we think and even as more and more ways are invented to bring us closer to one another, as technologies bring people closer to each other, there is still a big gap that exists not only between people but also inside a person. People get dichotomized by issues and ideas that pull at their hearts and minds and make them unable to find something that makes meaning without denigrating or defeating the other. One issue or idea might appeal to the heart while the mind or the intellect screams the opposite thus causing a big contradiction to exist within a person's psyche.
Very often we give our approval to something that we do not agree with just to buy a measure of peace. When someone pushes for his or her own agenda or point of view vigorously without regard to the consequences to other people and when they push so hard with such great pressure that they leave no alternative but to agree with them then they may have silenced real discussion and rammed their thoughts and ideas into another's throat. This happens more often than we imagine or know about. The loud and the vociferous will often succeed to shout down opposition to their thoughts and ideas and positions on any issue and many will agree with them not because they are right or that their positions are well-thought out but because they pursue their agenda very strongly.
When this situation happens in a family where one member lords it over the others and silence is bought at the expense of personal expression, then the feeling of isolation, of being a prisoner within one's mind, of being powerless to vent feelings and thoughts, increases and the avenue and ability to send signals for help becomes closed or diminished. This can bring about feelings of depression and helplessness. In today's world, even with the proliferation of communication gadgets or equipment like cell phones or radio, tv and the internet, many still fine it hard to find an ear who is willing to listen for a bit.
Our minds, never-ending thought machines that they are, often render us incapable to let any other thought in. This is the bane of modern life: too much information is being fed to people who are overloaded with information that they do not need. We are bombarded with so much information and data that may be good for marine biologists and experts in global warming or ornithologists but which we absolutely cannot relate to on a personal and day-to-day basis.. This increases the isolation in the midst of an information glut.
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Very often we give our approval to something that we do not agree with just to buy a measure of peace. When someone pushes for his or her own agenda or point of view vigorously without regard to the consequences to other people and when they push so hard with such great pressure that they leave no alternative but to agree with them then they may have silenced real discussion and rammed their thoughts and ideas into another's throat. This happens more often than we imagine or know about. The loud and the vociferous will often succeed to shout down opposition to their thoughts and ideas and positions on any issue and many will agree with them not because they are right or that their positions are well-thought out but because they pursue their agenda very strongly.
When this situation happens in a family where one member lords it over the others and silence is bought at the expense of personal expression, then the feeling of isolation, of being a prisoner within one's mind, of being powerless to vent feelings and thoughts, increases and the avenue and ability to send signals for help becomes closed or diminished. This can bring about feelings of depression and helplessness. In today's world, even with the proliferation of communication gadgets or equipment like cell phones or radio, tv and the internet, many still fine it hard to find an ear who is willing to listen for a bit.
Our minds, never-ending thought machines that they are, often render us incapable to let any other thought in. This is the bane of modern life: too much information is being fed to people who are overloaded with information that they do not need. We are bombarded with so much information and data that may be good for marine biologists and experts in global warming or ornithologists but which we absolutely cannot relate to on a personal and day-to-day basis.. This increases the isolation in the midst of an information glut.
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