Increasing mental tension : danger - signal of a day
Today modern science and technology have minimized distance and have brought races and peoples together as they had never been before. Conflicts and clashes in the world seem to be on the increase, and on account of the breakdown of physical barriers, disturbances among the people of one country or continent quickly affects even those living thousands of miles away.They are creating all over the world a tension, or rather a hyper-tension, which has been called more deadly than CANCER. This threatens to ruin the physical and mental health of an increasing number of people all over the globe.
Speaking from his experiences in the United states, an American doctor once pointed out that one out of every twenty persons goes to a mental hospital sooner or later in his life. Besides general hospitals, there are many special hospitals for the mentally ill. The demand seems to be on the increase. (Dr.S.Bernard Wortis. Quoted by Herbert V.Prochnow in The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest, P.25. Ref--Adventure in spiritual Life)
here is reminded of the story about Dr.Johnson who, when he was courting Mrs.Porter whom he afterwards married, said to her one day ; " My dear, I am of mean extraction, I have no money, and one of my uncles was hanged." to this the lady replied : " I have no money either, and if none of my relatives was hanged, I know there are fifty of them who deserve to be!" Even so, not all the mentally disturbed are shut up in hospitals; there are many more at large. the brand of lunacy is no doubt a terrible thing, and there is rather a panic about it in the world ; but it is quit possible to overcome our mental maladjustment by taking proper care in time.......................................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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