Self harming.

In Britain 2013, 1 out of 12 youngsters physically self harm. Why?

If you asked them, they probably couldn’t tell you, but it is likely to be as a reaction to some sort of anxiety, depression or sense of low worth. In fact, this anxiety is probably no different to that suffered by anyone else, but being young in this day and age, everything is more exaggerated. This is a mental problem which causes people to harm their body, by perhaps cutting themselves, biting, extreme diet, maybe even leading to suicide. So why the young?

In this modern, corporate world, the pressures to conform are great – to be perfect like the people in the (airbrushed) magazines. As we get older, we become duller and more indifferent, and have learnt our ‘place’ in to the corporate high street.

As sentient beings, we instinctively know when things are not right. This is essence-awareness, but our mental faculties cannot translate this properly so we stay confused. When we mix with others who have learnt the corporate rules for fitting in, we can feel completely out of it! In fact, they are the ones who fear experiencing low self-esteem, and so cover it up with ‘being cool’. At a young age, we are very sensitive to hormonal energies…they are rampant!

So we seek some sort of control, or a sense of release, or relief. But this will only be temporary. It’s the same as smoking, or drinking, or eating, or shopping, or working…doesn’t this smack of corporate addiction? A sort of mind control? It’s called neurolinguistic programming, and has infiltrated the media, fashion, music, TV and gaming.

We all want to live in the perfect family. Nowadays, this is very rare. Social engineering has seen to it that families break up, or are dysfunctional, so that the corporations have more influence over our lives than the family does. We don’t even eat together any more!

Many people are out of work. Others feel extra pressure at work to meet artificially imposed ‘targets’. Job security is not certain any more. Financially, we are all being put under more and more pressure. Self-worth has been eroded: not many people are confident in their lives, although they may appear to bluff their way through! Class is more apparent: the ‘haves’ have a lot, and don’t hesitate in displaying it. Products are made abroad cheaply, to increase profits for those who have. It’s an increasingly unbalanced society.

So how to undo self harming? Understand that there is no need to conform! I know this is easier said than done. We have to watch out for pride, jealousy, anger and fear: for the young, all this is an emotional overload. We need to change our environment, and simplify life.

The corporate world makes everything a ‘big deal’. It screams at us to “Live the dream!” “Improve your image!” “Join the cool crowd!” “Appear to be different than you are. Pretend!” This is the world in which we live – there is even pressure to have to learn a new language of abbreviations and acronyms. We really do have to take our control back, but a creative way, and without being destructive.

The school environment has to be looked at. It fosters left brain addiction, so youngsters feel they have to conform, or risk being bullied. Right brain is more creative, non conformist and daring! There is so much more to us as humans: we are amazingly intelligent and adaptive creatures, but we have allowed ourselves to be dumbed down to conform to a narrow advertising standard. How many kids are locked into their mobiles, and find it hard to string a sentence together face to face…or even spell!

Those who do conform live in fear of being caught out, so they subconsciously apply pressure on others, through their own projections. This behaviour is high maintenance, and quite exhausting: if others around do not conform to their conformity, they feel threatened and can become aggressive and confrontational.

Before we can help these youngsters, we have to get our own heads and hearts on straight. Pills and psychiatric wards will not help – we have to get to the heart of the matter…the conventional, corporate, twisting of consciousness of what is now considered to be normal.

In addition, if hormones are pumped into food, this will play havoc with young bodies and minds: we all know when someone has too much testosterone, as they appear aggressive and threatening. Equally, if the levels of testosterone and progesterone are reduced, this could have the effect of causing a lack of confidence.

Self harm is the result of social engineering. Maybe this starts with push chairs, which are often designed so that, instead of being able to maintain visual contact with the mother, the youngster faces away. Isn’t that interesting?