The Art of Humanity in Healthcare - Draft

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The Art of Humanity in Healthcare

Author N. Daniel

During my turbulent ups and downs in life I have traveled through many afflictions. From Post traumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation to stage three cancer and low grade chemo, my body and mind have been ravaged in many ways. The dynamic of interconnection and survival of the fittest has changed dramatically over the centuries. It used to be that only the strong would survive. Human civilization has now evolved to become “we will not survive unless we learn to protect the weak and powerless.” Medical treatment is incredibly expensive and though I would love to attribute my bankruptcies to my writing habits it is my cancer and mental health that tears my writing down. So, the lack of proper treatment, in my experience, has hindered creativity, free thought and open flow of information. The prevention of illness can help humanity thrive as some of our most brilliant minds are disturbed. There is nothing as stagnant and limp as a healthy, stable rational psyche. For society to improve we desperately need the sick and profoundly ill to advance, if only to inspire with tales of hope and resilience.

There was a period of two weeks when I didn't know if my melanoma was stage three or stage four. I was only thirty-three years old with a lot of good time between then and the future. In the six years since I wrote six books. I touched the lives of countless individuals. I know this is the way we should look at healthcare. What would we be losing if these individuals are lost? We accumulate knowledge, experiences, skills and wisdom as we age. When a person dies all of that potential is gone. The youth should be encouraged to create, progress, innovate and endure. Healthcare protects them and holds them dear. Where would they be without this support? Not only do the youth lose their leadership in illness but their fragile lives could also be cut short. Sickness could ravage their minds to the point where they wouldn't be able to share what God intended them to. We might never know what they were meant to learn or explain to us. The knowledge they provide could save their elders, in turn they could inspire more progress. Free healthcare should be a fundamental right for these reasons, not a privilege afforded to only those who can manage the finances. A poor man could save the planet with a new idea just as soon as a wealthy person could. A poor man might be meant to where a wealthy person could come up short for not comprehending the suffering and impoverished. Ignoring our hospital system is slow death.

I explained in earlier works that mental illness is a type of enlightenment that our bodies cannot understand. Our physiology is not advanced enough to harbor our newly illuminated points of view. As bipolar patients we see the multiple outcomes they speak of in movies. With depression and anxiety we experience altered points of reality or the multiverse. As sufferers of post traumatic stress disorder we have visions and feel the stress, pain and fear of humanity in advanced empathy. Mental illness is a super power that needs to be studied and observed. When the super heroes are all ill how do we save them? Mental illness is like God attempting to give you a gift that you are not ready for. We are not at the point in evolution where we need to be because of individuals who have chosen to suppress our goodness and ability to receive this knowledge.

However, pain has become like a mutation that shows us real change. Trauma reforms our brains. It shows us what we could become. It shows us how to avoid tragedy by letting us know what might pass if we don't change. The fear and dread spin around our heads, baptizing us in fire so that when the time comes we will be strong enough to face down our demons. Mental illness is a trial, a test to give us the resources and thick skin humanity needs to thrive. We couldn't do it on our own so the universal consciousness has decided to toughen us up so that humans might see tomorrow. We could know success from climate disaster, war, poverty but most of all ourselves. Surviving mental health conditions is proof that we are worthy of advancement. We can do this. We have the ability to move forward.

Physically our bodies move at a much slower pace. We use medicines and psychotropics to encourage growth and healing. I believe that on a long enough timeline evolution evolves in order to reduce the amount of pain it requires to get through. Perhaps it can happen faster, more efficiently, and modern medicine is a huge part of that process. Medicine and treatment mutates our body at a much faster rate. Chemotherapy might teach our cells to fight off cancer when we are at a younger age so that when we have children as survivors they could be more immune. The methods we receive could be training our bodies and the bodies of our descendents. It's impossible to know right now. Medicines that help our minds could also guide our children's brains to mature and develop. Our lineage is forever touched by these modern practices which is why it is so important to have them rooted in healthy and natural remedies. There should be more emphasis placed on diet and exercise. There should be more emphasis placed on healthy family relationships. Modern medicine will fail without a complete spectrum of healthcare. The likely result without a comprehensive approach could be slow death.

In this way when we look at our system, spiritual, physical and psychological growth is impeded in congress. Healthy initiatives are hindered by lobbyists looking to make a profit off of the old methods of doing things. They are against legislation that streamlines and innovates healthcare because it is not lucrative for them to change. It takes time, patience, thought and movement. Instead of seeking to profit off of the changes themselves, they force politics that keep the old methods financially stable so that donors don't need to innovate while humanity agonies. It is easier this way. Healthcare in politics is in a constant state of suffering, need and dread. Caring for others requires time, compassion and patience. We need to focus on empathy and sympathy rather than politics and finance when it comes to our health. If we don't, we might never thrive and humanity will be doomed to fester in sickness, earth floating in a sea that is forever waiting and encouraging us to dip our feet into her hopeful waters.