03/05/2026
If any of us are privileged enough (yay for environment?) to not be affected, let alone have to think about or even consider the state of current events, those rose-colored glasses need to come off.
Another short story. A short story of the human condition, if you will.
It is rare, even from the beginning of my life-experience and career, that a client or their story rendered me speechless.
Admittedly, this particular story may not be the best fitting, but I have a follow-up story.
In the 20-teeens, when I worked as a clinical therapist for a community mental health facility, I encountered a young man.
This young man was on the run legally. And, no, as far as I have been trained, we cannot and we do not report them to authorities.
This young man's story was so outlandish that I did not believe it initially. It was not until I spoke with his med provider that I knew he was telling the truth.
Now, this individual experienced a lot of trauma. By that, I mean he experienced trauma in the way that firstly hits your mind and then other ways.
He ended up on the news.
Two weeks prior to this when he landed on my caseload and we talked for a while, I told him, "That cockiness will get you caught."
Another example.
At U.C. Berkeley and Yale did a study in 2020 regarding political science.
In a nutshell, a certain group of thinkers were subjected to additional information of all the things and started to rewire their brains.
Opinions changed. Stances changed.
However, after the study they reverted back to the initial place of information that they were at to start with. All changes made became reversed.
I'm not a tech person, so someone remind me, if you know the program, how easy is it to override that program? Shoot! lol How easy might it be to override the system as a whole?
