One of my mental illness symptoms is hyper-religiosity,
which I have truly managed as well as I could, no matter how much people might
still point out that I am annoying and uptight sometimes. I know I am, and I know that my scrupulosity
is a fault as much as it is a burden and source of pain. But I was thinking
today that some of my excessive moralizing might have served a practical
purpose, and as much as I have had to fight it, I have also had to use it. I have a theory that it isn't just part of my
brain on overdrive, but it might be something I have had to do to try to
counteract other weaknesses that seem like character issues. Both my mental illness and the medicine I
take cause lethargy and reduced motivation and alertness, so I really have to
convince myself that chores are important in order to exert any energy
whatsoever. I mean I practically have to
view everything as some integral part of the whole world's salvation or at
least my own survival and behavior record to even get up from a chair and fix
some cereal. And I am actually wondering
if this might be a theory about schizophrenia, which sometimes includes extreme
negative symptoms of apathy and inertia, as well as grandiose delusions for
some people. I mean maybe the herculean
effort that it takes to get out of bed does make people think they must be some
kind of important hero. I do not know if
that is how the delusions form, but I just today started wondering if some of
my hyper moralism and excessive religious thought is from building too much
strength as I have had to continually tap into my moral reasoning and religious
faith in order to do any basic chore at work or at home. The fact is that there
might be a reason why people like me imagine ourselves getting a reward on
Judgement Day for merely considering doing a load of laundry, or find ourselves
quoting the band of brothers speech on the way to the coffee shop.
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