My thoughts on “Mental illness”

Here is a definition I found on the internet:

A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is mental or behavioral pattern that causes either suffering or a poor ability to function in ordinary life. Many disorders are described.^[1] Conditions that are excluded include social norms. Signs and symptoms depend on the specific disorder.^[1]

The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are usually defined by a combination of how a person feels, acts, thinks or perceives.^[1] This may be associated with particular regions or functions of the brain, often in a social context

I thought I’d strip this mental illness concept down to it’s “core”, rather than looking at all the types and subtypes, variations and nuances and I’m aware that there are many and there are COURSES of study, professions, policies etc devoted to the various forms of mental illness. I know people suffer in various ways and can (thanks to precedent) make legitimate claims about their illness and it’s symptoms and I’ve no doubt people suffer as I have suffered.

But is it really as complicated as that? Sometimes and most often the most obvious answer to a problem or question is best. I believe that the true origins of MENTAL disorder are physical first and foremost, located right in the center of your chin as it would happen. There we find the MENTALIS muscles which provide innervation to the rectus abdominis muscles or ABs’ as they are more widely known.

Function:

The rectus abdominis is an important postural muscle. It is responsible for flexing the lumbar spine, as when doing a so-called “crunch” sit up. The rib cage is brought up to where the pelvis is when the pelvis is fixed, or the pelvis can be brought towards the rib cage (posterior pelvic tilt) when the rib cage is fixed, such as in a leg-hip raise. The two can also be brought together simultaneously when neither is fixed in space.

The rectus abdominis assists with breathing and plays an important role in respiration when forcefully exhaling, as seen after exercise as well as in conditions where exhalation is difficult such as emphysema. It also helps in keeping the internal organs intact and in creating intra-abdominal pressure, such as when exercising or lifting heavy weights, during forceful defecation or parturition (childbirth).

Fairly important muscles then, what is of note is that these muscles are paired muscles, there are two running in parallel and so it is possible to create imbALAnce by improper use. The reason I just highlighted the ALA in imbalance is because like the word mentalis the word ALA is from latin, it means wings, now we are all aware of the two wings of politics, right and left, well here is a concept for your consideration, perhaps where we find this ALA in words as only AL as in “MENTAL” or as LA as in the word “lament” (a passionate expression of grief of sorrow) what we are seeing is an ALlusion to the fact that 70-95% of the earths population is right handed and probably suffer to some degree a physical imBAlance. Some are even unfortunate  enough to be categorized as LAme.