Dangerous Minds

Once upon a time, Charlemagne son of Pepin the Short King of the Frank, designed a formal education system, later on enthusiasts altered such to meet the social and economic demands of the industrial revolution. Fast forward to today and the current global economic climate, it seems apparent that the now established education system is unable to meet the needs of our hyper-connected societies that are in a constant state of evolution.

The value of a mentor/mentee relationship continues to prove made clear each and every day. Serving as a mentor can make a powerful difference in another person's life. Most of us can point to an influential person (or maybe several people) who has helped shape who we are today. Let’s be honest. We are not always the best judge of our abilities. We tend to have blind spots.

Mentoring is a mind custodianship, it allows to accurately evaluate skills, to see blind spots and to determine a plan for self-improvement.

Golf looks easy. We’re just hitting a ball with a stick. Life is like that. We see everyone else doing it and it seems like it’s not that hard. But to truly succeed in life and work, we need help. Just like every pro golfer has a coach, we can benefit from a coach or mentor in both our life and work. In fact, our success depends on it.

Same as Masters in the Asian Cultural context have not only realised their true self but also work selflessly to inspire others to seek the wisdom within themselves.

Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States--one percent of the population--have an intellectual disability (previously referred to as mental retardation). The numbers and percentages are staggeringly greater when it comes to social and professional deficiencies. Same goes for the remainder of the world.

For the last decade, Communities have been trying to solve a problem most people don’t even realize exists.

In 2016, the world became deeply aware of the existence of online echo chambers also known as ideological echo chambers or the more longwinded closed ideology echo chambers, is a group situation where information, ideas, and beliefs are uncritically bounced from insider to insider and amplified, while dissenting views are censored and/or ignored.

There are blue echo chambers, red echo chambers and libertarian echo chambers, You don’t have to live in North Korea to live in an intellectual Hermit Kingdom. People self-isolate from competing perspectives. They don’t do it maliciously. In fact, they often do it unconsciously.

Unlike a few years ago when such cases being mostly prevalent among the adult population, the cases have now shifted to teenagers and children.

There are isolated cases of drug and substance use which can induce depression, but there are so many cases caused by the emptiness that crops up from the mere lack of parental and social connection while growing up.

As a result, resentment (also referred to as ranklement or bitterness) a mixture of disappointment, anger, and fear kicks in. It comprises the three basic emotions of disgust, sadness and surprise—the perception of injustice.

Letting go of resentment or ruminating is no easy task. Rumination refers to rethinking a situation over and over again, allowing it to remove you from the present moment and make you feel negatively frustrated.

In psychology, frustration is a common emotional response to opposition. Related to anger, annoyance and disappointment, frustration arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfilment of an individual's will or goal and is likely to increase when a will or goal is denied or blocked.

For all too many veterans, returning from military service does mean coping with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as is the case for numerous refugees and asylum seekers.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, or other threats on a person's life. Symptoms may include disturbing thoughts, feelings, or dreams related to the events, mental or physical distress to trauma-related cues, attempts to avoid trauma-related cues, alterations in how a person thinks and feels, and an increase in the fight-or-flight response. These symptoms last for more than a month after the event. Young children are less likely to show distress but instead may express their memories through play. A person with PTSD is at a higher risk for suicide and intentional self-harm.

Most people who have experienced a traumatic event will not develop PTSD. People who experience interpersonal trauma (for example rape or abuse) are more likely to develop PTSD, as compared to people who experience non-assault based trauma such as accidents and natural disasters. About half of people develop PTSD following rape. Children are less likely than adults to develop PTSD after trauma, especially if they are under ten years of age.

Isolation and loneliness are common struggles among those living with any mental illness. Anxiety can keep people lonely and isolated, as can the low self-esteem that often accompanies any mental illness. Stigma, too, frequently keeps those living with mental illness alone.

Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society. It differs from loneliness, which reflects a temporary lack of contact with other humans. Social isolation can be an issue for individuals of any age, though symptoms may differ by age group.

Social isolation has similar characteristics in both temporary instances and for those with a historical lifelong isolation cycle. All types of social isolation can include staying home for lengthy periods of time, having no communication with family, acquaintances or friends, and/or wilfully avoiding any contact with other humans when those opportunities do arise.

Leading to Fanaticism, which is rampant nowadays. It is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or with an obsessive enthusiasm. Fanaticism occurs when someone is unwilling or unable to accept a differing point of view. It is the excessive intolerance of opposing views and unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs, often manifested through violent flares.

Violence is ever-growing. Through the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community. There is a huge concern about violence in the world today. Some people are able to control anger or frustration and channel these feelings to non-destructive outlets, but others don’t.

Unless such ailing elements are truly averted through essential mentorship, an upsurge of social mayhem and individual implosions is but inevitable to befall!

Food for thought!