Land of Dochia, Issue No. 4, March 2023

Mentalhealth

The relevant historical timeline: what we thought and how we lived

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Letter from the Editor

How you choose to define mental health is now left more and more up to you

Bombarded by definitions and opinions of all kinds, we tend, in health, to follow those whom we admire and respect Like in all other

The difference is, that in the field of mental health, we ' re lost We do have the freedom to choose how to define it, yet not have many tools to make those decisions

When not knowing, it is good to look at those that thought the thoughts before us

Happy reading,

Of all the moments I pause and ponder over, the ones that tend to slide between my fingers like fish under water are those of unrecognizable joy, abundantly flowing, unexplainably taking over my being.

There is no preparation for moments like that. No lead. No foreword. They just happen like the most torrential of storms. Decadent sounds, pounding heart, smiles that run from ear to ear, and a nebulous sensation of perfection.

“O wonderful, wonderful, most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all whooping!”

William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Buzzwords have the distinct ability to obscure their beginnings. Buzzwords are a civilization at its peak, a bride saying "I do", the moment of birth, the first step on the moon. They come and go and leave us with the choice of forgetting fast or slowly but either or, there will be forgetting In 2023, the two that will rule, Wellbeing and Wellness are the two sisters that will be put down as personal reference by every business or individual that wants to be in the spotlight They will be ubiquitous Ironically, as that happens, they leave the realm of a permanent and aspiring future and enter that of a quickly disappearing present.

But how did Wellbeing and Wellness come about? Without proper understanding of their beginnings and awareness of their evolutionary path, they will only last as much as a frog's breath between its hibernation cycles. Here is a short but relevant timeline of what wellbeing was, is and will be, forever.

the holistic health age

Health was simply a part of everything else.

Prior to Hippocrates positing that humans are, in fact, somewhat in control of their own health, prehistoric societies had their own take on preventative measures. Not every human life was viewed the same. Our ancestors believed in the importance of the health of the few and were heavily reliant on the whims of Gods to secure their wellbeing.

While there is no distinct proof of a wish to prolong life, the high popularity of health gods over others safely conveys it

In a holistic society, humans have a bond to everything else in the universe and due to that bond, a place in the overall context.

Prehistoric societies had clear demarcations between individuals, and the class-based balance tipped with grossly unequal values towards the less favoured ones. To maintain the health of the "few", the "many" were offered as the ultimate sacrifice.

Edifices from this era are often too primitive to be interpreted as intentionally meaningful. The hut in its many forms obeyed simple principles of practicality and spirituality at a time when humans did not have the reasoning to distinguish between the two.

Holism in that sense, is the absolute identification with everything else to a point where a distinguishable separation is only temporary and ephemeral and as such, irrelevant in the context of life as a whole. Homes were part of the owner in the most absolute sense.

to be continued...

WELLBEING

Ramping up slowly through the past few decades, the hyperfocus on wellness has now reached almost obsessive proportions, and with it, healthy humans are the next big thing. Water that is better; food that is organic; minds that are cleaner; air that is purer; time that is better used. Mantras that we are all too familiar with by now. In fact, living in the new roaring '20s can be summarized with one word: wellbeing

It is certain that in 2023, the contemporary global movements toward wellness and wellbeing will expand to firmly re-evaluate fields as diverse as fashion, architecture, gastronomy, interior design, ecotravel, education and many more that we have yet to learn about

It is also certain that increasing attention toward the inner Self will become predominant in establishing new parameters for an optimum lifestyle

THE WHEEL OF LIFE

In 1960, Paul Meyers invented a graph in the form of a circle that maps each area of your life and moves it like the spokes on the wheel Family, friends, health, career, spirituality, fun, money and love are the eight spokes of the wheel that can be used to Self assess and self-improve your life This construct is now a powerful tool in life coaching.

Within the context of the current neuro-revolution, it's time that a ninth element would be added, that of the Self itself. One that is not the sum of the rest but the reactionary result of interactions of these parts The most profound yoke of existence splashed on the tire of the wheel, between selfanalysis and the many conjunctures of external factors. Self is seen as skin that is both a container of thoughts and flesh and a reactor to external outputs. Most importantly, a self that joins the two together.

Concepts of Self have primarily developed at the beginning of the 20th century by psychologists that shared a standard view still valid today, that the human mind is multitier Differences ensued regarding what is more prominent, but all and all, the multi-dimensional mind is a fact.

beyond skin

BEYOND SKIN

In a world where fields and context are as important as physical boundaries, the notion of skin as the limit of our bodies is obsolete.

The influence of surroundings on human perception has reached a point where, through Selftropy ™ , among others, it is being transformed into a complex method of controlling wellbeing.

And first, there was the "green movement" and biophilic design. They both promote the benefits of reconnecting with nature, a return to older ways of life, gentler ones that maintain the planet's health and implicitly ours. They carry a reactionary set of rules that aim at reducing the damaging effects that the man-made world we live in has.

The next step is to turn away from the planet and move the spotlight onto ourselves. Because aside from a damaged world, humanity's evolutionary path had another effect: an increasing disconnect between ourselves and our surroundings

Started during the enlightenment, it was a direct result of the scientific approach and its isolationist methods We stopped belonging to our surroundings We began to look at how we are different instead of the same. We stopped identifying the notion of Self with what we are surrounded by and instead isolated it and polished it in a vacuum.

Selftropy is centred around the benefits of reconnecting with one's surroundings and rekindling those ties that were so happily dropped when science took over. It has been invented, tested and defined in the Land of Dochia for over ten years Homes will increasingly develop in tandem with their inhabitants, hotels will progressively cater to fully personalized and semi-personalized experiences, restaurants will adapt to semi-custom menus, and all will adopt the selftropic self-relevant ambiance.

With homes in particular, as people will not change houses as often as in previous decades, the focus will slide toward creating a nourishing and stimulating home environment instead of the quick turnkey jump from one place to the next.

With that, a shift will happen toward responsible consumerism in which purchases will be made more frugally than before and with careful forethought on use. This will allow for more reflection on generating your environment to not only suit your style but genuinely contribute to your mindset.

Reaching beyond skin is only the beginning.

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