The Inevitable Enemy

Have you ever incurred an injury, which was painful and left a bad scar? Well, that was a physical injury which could be seen, treated and more importantly, healed. Mental injuries, unlike physical injuries, go unobserved by the rest of the prying world around you, which allows all of us to show our mental side as the superior one. It is very similar to a cat thickening its tail and holding it straight up to pose as a bigger creature to fend off the threat. There is an inherent disadvantage of being concealed: even people who are close to you do not know about them, and if you do not know where a person is hurt, you may end up worsening their woe more and not even know about it. The misery of these wounds doesn't end up with these.

Your temporal lobe controls your physical actions; however, your sub-conscious has more control over your mental processes. If you had a broken leg, your temporal can act on it by never allowing the load to be applied on that leg which allows recovery at an accelerated rate. It is very different in case of mental injuries, where the sub-conscious makes you the type of human you are. It gives you the emotional surge for different situations, and by far, mental injury is not something it worries about. It continues to shape your thought process as it has always been immaterial of the pain your mind is in. Sometimes these feelings just do not allow the pain to fade away. It is a constant reminder of the misery your mind is in. Your subconscious has become the inevitable enemy of your own mind.

To give you a feel of the scenario, consider a situation you were deeply hurt in by some person.  Make this assumption so that you cannot in any way change or affect that person. The sane response in this situation would be to go as far away as possible from the person, and not think about it and at the same time continue working on other aspects in life. In this scenario, if you are a caring person you will still care about the person, which is good in the grand scheme of things but the worst you can do for your recovery.

You must have heard that time heals everything, and mental wounds are harder to deal with than physical ones. This is the reason, your inevitable enemy, the one inside you is inhibiting yourself from getting better. This deadlock seems unbearable at a point. That exact point where you realize that you need to do something to make things worse is also when you understand that this is mental warfare where you just cannot rub ointment over a cut and hope for it to soothe the pain as it heals. You are helpless. Time is the only healer. The randomness of a situation is the only hope that the situation leading to worsening the situation has to be dealt with cautiously, because in the end it is only you who is responsible for what your plight is, and also what you do. No one will understand your inner scenario, which may sometimes compel you act different from what you are. Choose your actions wisely!

"Your eyes are where your demons hide,

Your mind is where they play"