Does painting good for your body?

Do these things do more bad than good? Do we really need all these dang commercials all the time like... Are you sad? ...well now you can take this pill and it will make you happy...but just so you know the most common side effects were: anal leakage, nausea, nose bleeds, headaches, diarrhea, constipation, increased blood pressure, loss of appetite, insomnia, thoughts of suicide, anxiety, irritation, ringing in the ears, increased risk of heart attack...ten drummers drumming and a partridge in a pear tree. That's enough to make me depressed all over again.

I mean...are you serious? Is there something wrong with this picture to you?

Here's my take on the whole thing:

When most people experience pain, whether it be physical, mental, or emotional they think something is "wrong" and the pain needs to go away, one way or the other, whether it be drugged, numbed, or cut out. People don't want to face their pain. We are habitually taught as a society to run from it. The pain is there to tell you something. It is there to bring you into the present moment and get your attention, to try to get you to change what you are doing and to make better decisions.

If you break your leg, it hurts because your leg is telling you to stay off of it and let it heal. If you have extreme mental or emotional pain, it is there because either you have serious underlying issues that need to be addressed, or a chemical imbalance which is most likely due to environmental or dietary factors, or even both. Even if it was something you were born with, it is most likely there because your parents or ancestors somewhere down the line either did not take care of themselves or were exposed to a harmful environment, and the subsequent genetic markers that were amplified in their offspring are simply a consequence, telling you that you should take care of yourself better than previous generations, so that your genetic markers can be restored to normal eventually. It's "absolutely necessary" that I take these drugs is a victim mantality. It would be more honest to say "in my present condition, these drugs help me live a more normal life".

Many "sick" people ignore the fact that they might not need drugs, at least probably not forever in most cases, and that there are other ways to deal with pain. People in general are too afraid to deal with pain. They just want to make it go away, because thats what practically everyone in the modern civilized world has been taught to do.

Granted, if you cannot live a "normal" life and would rather it end, sure, take some drugs to help with that, but look into other things too, so eventually you can try to get off the drugs.