Thought-Disease

Dr. Sharma started his day as usual. It was going to be a long day for him as his patients were all lined up and waiting for him. He had a long night with another patient yet he was excited as usual and with a smile he enters in his small clinic and his attendant, Babu, started calling one by one patients. Then comes Mr. Joshi, he was in his early forties, happily married for over a decade. Mr. Joshi was very particular about eating, sleeping, and other daily schedules. He was one of the most talked person in the small dusky town of Rampur. He was known to be excited and happy all the time but today he was looking different. He was walking slowly, head down as something is pulling him down inch by inch, looked pale, very tired. He came and literally, thrown himself into the chair near Dr. Sharma. 

Dr. Sharma could not believe his eyes and enquired what’s wrong with him, to which he replied,

Dr Sahib, for the past few days, I get tired very soon, feel sleepy all the time, loss of appetite, thing which used to excite me - does not excite me anymore, and I am irritated all the time. Something is wrong with me. Please advise!

Dr. Sharma suggested few tests and prescribed some medicines and asked Mr. Joshi to see him after 3 days. On 3rd day, Mr. Joshi came without any noticeable change and narrated the same problem. Dr. Sharma somehow felt something off the track and thought to try a new method of treatment which he had recently read. He asked few questions to Mr. Joshi and after a while, Dr Sharma announced,

Joshiji, you are suffering from the most deadly disease called “THOUGHT-DISEASE”

Thought-Disease?? Must be some sort of life threatening disease, said Mr. Joshi.

Dr. Sharma explained him, thought-disease is an ailment caused or worsened by the unhappy thoughts that fill our heads constantly.

Are we all not victim of this “thought-disease”? Are we not constantly feel that something is off-track with me? And the worst part is we become victim of this disease unknowingly. Question is how do we know, we are suffering from this deadly disease. Let me share the symptoms of thought-disease. Know you have this disease when your statements are something similar to below statements:

1.  I am usually and constantly scared of some or the other thing.

2.  I have either no goals/aims in life or I don’t have courage to face the reality and work to change it.

3.  I don’t have any purpose in life and my existence is meaningless

4.  Every day is same day

5.  I have not made in any progress whatsoever in achieving my purpose

6.  My life is filled with despair

7.  The world is full of mess and it often confuses me

8.  Facing my daily task is utter boring and I wish I should not do it

9.  I live my life only on weekends

?10. Weekdays are full of struggle and pain

These are the statements which indicates you are suffering from this disease and believe me, I have not seen even one person surviving from this disease unless and until, one cure this problem in the early stage. This disease will not be visible but it will ensure you lose charm of your life, fun with friends & family and eventually take you to a point of total desolation from where coming back is not easy. You end up destroying yourself completely and people around you as well. You see most of the people around you are suffering from this disease though at different stage; some are at stage 1 and some are at last stage but they are unaware of it. This disease attacks your nerves, senses, and feelings. You want to achieve big in life, you want to do things that changes the output but something stops you , something always pulls you down, something deep within constantly bother you, you always wish for some miracles to happen. Isn’t it true?

So what is the cure?? Cure that heal this disease, cure that brings you back on track, cure that help you focus. Do you want the cure??? Good news is I have and I know the cure….Will share in next article