Mitochondrial Diseases & Psychiatric Disorders

There are an estimated 30 Trillion cells in your body. That number is 30,000,000,000,000. These cells all perform different functions from making up your eye, to your brain, immune system etc. The cell is made up of different components which do different things. Toxins destroy the functioning of cells. These toxins include chemicals in our environment, heavy metals and toxins created by pathogens.


 In this article, the authors discuss mitochondria dysfunction and its relationship with psychiatric disorders. This includes migraines, seizures, cognitive problems, autism, schizophrenia and others.

http://www.cchrflorida.org/blog/mitochondrial-disease-and-psychiatric-disorders/

Proper detoxification and nutritional measures are able to get the mitochondrial functioning normally. Antioxidants are of particular note.

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Psychological Aspects of Disability

 One of the bigger challenges of disability is the social aspect of it.  I have learned painfully that no matter how much evidence or logic one can produce, generally people will fail to accept you. The medical system is adept at this as I learned - their job is to process patients since medicine is a business model, an economic machine. 

One of the things I learned is when people can't understand something they lunge for an easy answer even when their logic is wrong. I suspect that has to do with both deficits in IQ and in EQ (emotional intelligence). Forgive me if I sound brazen. 

Psychology understands the Herd Mentality and you can see that exhibited in American society  which largely depends on the media for its information and viewpoints.  If the mass of society believes something then it must be true, this is an error. If you fight against the trend then you will suffer being castigated. Herd mentality is an avoidance of thinking for yourself and drawing conclusions that are based on logic and reason, it is the easiest path to follow. If we find out later that we were wrong then the course is reversed. No one likes looking the fool. I think that most deny the truth since it opens vulnerabilities which we naturally do not like. "If it happened to him, it could happen to me" they reason. The fear of the vulnerabilities cause us to dismiss the truth and find other explanations or perhaps avoiding the situation all together since it makes us uncomfortable. 

Sadly most emotional responses are faulty, rather than attempt to understand the problem people resort to other means to cope. Anger, resentment, blaming, hatred, castigating and avoidance are common attributes for this.  Most reach for answers that are incomplete and illogical which do nothing more than cause more harm.

Something happens in the body/mind/emotional axis when a person gets sick, perhaps is the hopelessness and lack of resolution. Others describe it as being porous, vulnerability would be another example. Science has demonstrated that auric fields exist, these fields are electro-magnetic and surround the body. Thoughts do not necessarily come from just the mind but a network of senses including our electro-magnetic field. This is why we feel comfortable around some people, places and things and uncomfortable around others. Harmony would be a good word to use.

Having a disability is something people do not choose, they do not use it as a crutch but rather they are courageous and innovative people who have learned to cope in a difficult society that refuses to help them carry their cross.


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From time to time  you begin to reflect on your life and what direction you are pointed in. You take an inventory of sorts and try to see yourself and your actions from another's perspective. Sometimes you see good and sometimes you realize you need an adjustment.

• First do no harm. 
• Help - don't hurt 
• Have the courage to admit you are wrong and make the corrections to make it right.
• Forgive and choose to see the good

The Road (I & A)

I have learned through many painful trials that the Road can be cruel. For some the Road can be tangled for others it is easier, this is rarely due to 'good choices' but requires a cauldron of good fortune. We attribute our success to ourselves which is not always the case.

A community is a group of people. The concept of community is that the sum is greater than its parts. Ideally a community is a microcosm of people that contributes to the whole so that all thrive in which the community is paid back. In theory it is a win-win situation.

Through our path we come to kinks in the road that we are incapable of understanding so wisdom would teach us that we ask for perspective from others. We rely on this information to be accurate and good.  If the information is wrong, we risk diverting from the path even further and finding ourselves in more difficult circumstances.

 I have learned that in order to solve a problem, one must know what the problem is. I have found that most people guess at things and stamp their imprimatur on it to avoid looking foolish. Sadly this is the equivalent of wrapping muck in a nice decorative box, on the outside it looks pretty but inside is rotten.

You can never give someone what you don't have. If you come to the kink in the road, find someone who has walked it and not someone who thinks they have walked it. 

Gut/Brain Axis

Science is making new discoveries all the time. One key study revolves around looking at the body as a complete organism rather than from a singular perspective. For instance a disease rarely affects one part of the body, often it sets off a domino like effect. Traditional Chinese Medicine understands this clearly.

Diseases of the nervous system (depression, anxiety etc) have been shown to be caused by outside forces rather than the archaic idea of 'mental illness' which is nothing more than a stigma cast by ignorance.  Poor nutrition plays a key role in this which has been known for decades. However new research is showing the relationship between the gut and brain.

This researcher explores this concept in this article:

www.biolmoodanxietydisord.com/content/4/1/10

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