Suryakshetra 121 Bipolar Disorder

[Guest guest]

My dear friends and likeminded persons,

 

After quite a long time I am presenting Suryaksetra Series.  This particular

paper is referred to the strength of India versus other Western Countries.  Let

me be clear that I am not particular to highlight the strength of India, but

surely this remains to be an impartial analysis may lead to self realization of

all of us. 

An interesting study on projected breakdown of research funding for the 2008

National Institutes of Health in USA reveals that an estimated at below $250

million for Bipolar;  for depression $334 million; for Schizophrenia $363

million; and for Other brain disorders (not including Alzheimer which receives $

642 million) -$4.7 billion while Diabetes slightly over $ 1 billion.  Other

study reports speaks that American Adults who have bipolar disorder are 5.8

million (2.8% of the US population); position of bipolar on the World Health

Organization Scale ranking causes of disability worldwide-7; Life expectancy of

an adult with serious mental illness shall be 25 years shorter than that of a

person without bipolar disorder; Bipolar patients who attempted suicide ranks to

25%; Bipolar patients whose suicide attempts have been lethal 15-20% and this

becomes the highest suicide rate of any psychiatric disorder and more than 20

times higher than the rate of

suicide in the general population and more interestingly about half of all

suicides in the US can be attributed to Bipolar. 

Rate of Alcoholism in bipolar men is three times more than a normal man and it

is five times more in bipolar women. First marriage divorce rates for people

with bipolar disorder is twice as high as that of people with any other

psychiatric disorder and three and a half times higher than the rate of divorce

in the general population. Bipolar is not a simple madness as explained by Marya

Hornbacher in her book “Madness†and herself being a Bipolar patient, she

gave a stunning record of the problem.  And now what all this means to people

of India.

 

Let us see what it means for India – till recently Indians enjoyed Joint

Family Life and there were sentimental attachments between people in a family. 

The festivals etc from time to time brought people in the society together to

share their experiences and relax.  Interestingly Ancient sages who desired

that we should lead a comfortable – sensible life designed the materialistic

society with a blend of spiritualism and sentiments.  Let us assume for a while

that there are no festivals in India like Holi and Rangoli etc; each of us sit

in our homes in a desperate mood and this becomes the root cause for a

Bipolar.  Our Ancient Traditional Sciences are to be therefore respected; they

include and lead us to a purposeful, eventful life.  At no point of time, we

think that our life remained as wastage, but each life is filled up with

eagerness, attachment and so on.  The divorce rate was too low till recently. 

Unfortunately it is increasing day

by day leading us to face unusual socio-economic problems in the days to

come.  Children are made to ignore the values of life -  I DARE TO WRITE THIS

AS WE – ELDERS – OURSELVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INJECTING LAZINESS,

HATREDNESS AND many such into the way of life of children for known and unknown

reasons and we started disrespecting the suggested lines of life of ancient

times. 

 

Let us see the remedies for this Bipolar, to understand how better we were, and

how better we are, and how worst we are leading to. Yoga  (which is a main

remedy for Bipolar  - is from the Holy Land of India and it is  a  order of

life and are we serious of our own treasure science?); meditation(this is a way

of life for any Indian particularly a Hindu and without worshipping some Lord we

do not normally step out of home, but today this system is getting diluted); 

 baths( unless we take bath we do not do any prayers in the morning which means

spiritual life is an in-built life for a comfortable and sensible life and we

are unfortunately sending our children even without giving them a bath to the

school, for, children get up from bed at JUST school hours and we are silently

appreciating this); going out of home and interacting with other human

beings(This is a way of life in India due to several festivals and sentimental

attachments which help us

to join in groups for all functions in the home); long periods of sun

shine(this is what we do each day offering waters etc to Sun Lord and this is

what we are comfortably forgetting); seeing family and friends several times a

week and critically staying sober ( this is what we normally appreciate and do

and this is what we are now giving up).      Are we not responsible for the

loss of excellent treasures of Tradition? What should we do I shall be back

again soon

Yours affectionately

 

HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI