The meds meant to kill pathogens also kill most of the symbiotic gut microbiome. Unless you eat well (including fibre), and take probiotics, you will return to the purveyor of scientific medicine with some other illness.

Alcoholism or even drinking “normally” depletes zinc, as one major nutrient involved in psychological function. So, your observation is correct, regardless of the chicken & egg conundrum. Many prescription drugs deplete nutrients, too – something to consider. Not to mention a crap diet.

I don’t use the terms as framed but what is a healthy mental function? Not control!

if we address our own thought, feelings and imagination from a decision to align as or in an integrity of being – not of thought or emotional identification but simply being. Not in conflict or control but opening to what is as it is or reveals itself to be. Then thoughts feelings and imagery all serve something that I am at one with being – as the living of life and not as framed by fear-based thinking masking as solutions of self-medicating or self-augmenting diversions.
if you read this you can pars a lot of the issues projected onto our Big Movie World – as it increasing operates to anyone without a grounded reference point in their being.

We don’t have to predictively control. We need to know what we need to know when we need to know it. But we can experience getting in our own way so as to generate every kind of block that effectively demands priority to then give you your life back – but look at where that leads!

There are deep disturbances within our sense of self and world, and these demand as much self-honesty as we can allow or self-deceits can feed on them to be reset or boosted to a deeper sense of disconnection from our own life, from each other and from our world – not the hyper-net of what if – but our lived experience now.

maybe just a test to see who is resilient? horses for courses, but after the past few year??

so many do not perceive “wrong” ..

yes, but

it helps a great deal in a fukt up society…
especially given any individuals circumstance to escape the hell…

i ain’t excusing it, too much with a bad heid is chaos, but the correct dose, with a healthy work ethic and useful real life/purpose, makes a lot of things tolerable.

just saying, not an excuse.

i’d love to gie the drink a bye, but we all live in oor ain heids.

peace and love, and slainte ; )
x

tiocaidh ar la?

and, we, in dreams, behold the hebrides..

hearty, worn, highways abound, we’ll never be beat !