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This post will contains spoilers from the series, which, if you haven't watched fully, you may discover some important plot points.
The whole gist of the show is that he's talking to an older guy, who we discover is his dad; who mentors him as a figment of his imagination -think Fight Club-, and we discover at the end that he actually abused him, and he hid it so much in his subconscious that he had to be coerced to divulge such a thing. The premise of the show is great, and the whole show is sort of similar to some of the stuff that happen in the world. And luckily, nobody had the fate of Kubrick after he made Eyes Wide Shut, if you believe the rumours. But I'm here to talk about Elliot, the main character, and what he goes through in his process to foil plans with bigwigs just to avenge a death or two. And how, everything changes once he sees the eponymous Mr. Robot. Which leads us to...therapy. Ah, yes, the miracle that has happened in the past 100 or so years, and has helped, generally, hopefully, people all over the world deal with their shit. In essence, talking to people, and finding out things from your past that could help solve your issues is the key, but talking with someone who doesn't judge you, only merely wanting to help you, and in essence, making sure you're not their client anymore, should be satisfaction. However, what if what you discover breaks you completely that you don't know what to do anymore? Something similar happens to Elliot throughout the show, with key conversations with his sister, gang member, and therapist, that destroy him by the end. The Elliot from the first few episodes is very different to the end-point Elliot. And that can happen to people in life. Including myself, although maybe not that kind of trauma or experience, but by discovering things from my past, I have become a different person. Whether for the better or not, I can't completely say, just like I can't say for Elliot. What I can say is that life experiences can change you, and only when you say them out loud, or communicate them with someone, or write/draw them down, will they completely settle in. And when that happens, things will get very interesting, fast. P.S. One thing that Elliot has done is to label his thoughts, and more importantly, he has created a shadow version called Mr. Robot, and just like in Fight Club, they can help, or break you. And I'll say more about that another time. It's National Mental Health Awareness week in the UK.
And I think it's important to acknowledge this kind of thing, and more so to promote it so that it gains traction. There are a variety of platforms in the UK, some of which are Mind and Samaritans. And I can say that there isn't something like this in every country. Hell, in some countries, including the one where I'm coming from, people mock you and point at you if you're feeling down, glum, burnt out, or a worse variation of that. I guess this is one of the differences between certain countries, especially those that are progressive and offer a better life to people. But besides this, there are also a few games out there, especially in recent years, who delve into mental health stuff. Before I forget is a game about dementia, trying to make you feel and see what someone with dementia feels. Gris is a game that goes into the depths of depression and pulls out a whimsical story with music and colour that makes that kind of sadness seem charming. I played this when I was in nihilism, or rather trying to come out of it, and it was quite inspirational. Celeste is more of a hero of a story game, however, you don't defeat bosses to find a trinket or save a person, merely to overcome yourself, including your shadow, which I will talk about in another post. I'm sure there are more games out there, yet these ones seeped through the vessels of time and landed on my iris. And to conclude this, we live in a very comfortable world where some of the biggest hardships happen in our heads, for various unknown reasons, and that leads to more problems than one can imagine. It's more important to be open this than to mock someone that is opening up about it. Unless you want blood on your hands. This is going to be a weird one.
Some people when they think of mushroom, they think of a great vegetable that can be made into all sorts of dishes and tastes a bit like a chicken. But for other people, their mushroom of choice is a psychedelic. For some of you who don't know that, it improves your brain, makes you reflect on past issues, and will make you happy. I didn't write "can", rather "will", because it does work wonders. You see, for most of 2019 I battled nihilism, or "what's the point of it all" to the point where I wasn't even looking forward to doing things I actually enjoyed doing, like a run or a gig. However, one thing that actually helped me in that year was the "discovery" of this kind of psychedelic. Sure, bungee jumping is cool and all, going on roller coasters, or driving fast, fun stuff, but have you ever laughed, for no reason, yet your mind found one, for about 3 hours? Now that is entertainment. That is a thrill that cannot be properly explained other than maybe your mind wanted a change? I'm not into sharing my story too much on this subject, but I will say that it definitely helped me in a lot of ways. And nowadays, they're trying to go mainstream with this kind of thing. You see, back in the late '60s early '70s, a guy by the name of Timothy Leary began doing something like this, but with LSD, and he was hounded by the American President of those times. I suppose there may be some stigma attached to psychedelics, but then again, there's stigma attached to anything, so I suppose this is more newsworthy because the government can make some money off it. They say we share about 60% DNA with banana. And we share a bit less with mushrooms. So aren't we some form of cannibal that's trying to expand their brain by eating a lesser form of itself? Whatever your feelings are, I'm of the opinion that if more people would try psylocibin, we'd be in a better place. And make of that what you will. |
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