Mentality

Control of yourself

Are you checking something endlessly, worried that something will go badly wrong if you haven’t performed a ritual? After hours of therapy one word sticks out: maybe. Maybe it will go bad, maybe it won’t. Maybe it is not your fault. Maybe you can deal with the consequences. If you fall ill, most likely you won’t, but maybe you will recover soon after. If someone breaks into your house, you will deal with the mess and maybe it won’t be so tragic after all. Bad things can happen. Bad things might happen. Maybe. The chances of something bad happening might be slim but can’t be ruled out. That will always be true but maybe what you are doing in the belief that they will prevent bad outcomes is making it worse. Maybe reducing your behaviours might lower the danger.

Maybe the more you wash your hands, the more the skin will be susceptible to infections. The germs will win. Maybe the more you check the door is locked, the more chance someone will see you and think there is something worth stealing in your home. If you tap the wall more than two times, you awaken the karma gods. They will become irritated and will hurt the one you are hoping to protect. Moderation. If you overdo what you are doing it will make it worse for sure, guaranteed.

Bad things might happen. Maybe, maybe not. Never mind. You will deal with the consequences one way or another.

Don’t carry out your ritual, let others die. You will go to their funeral. You will remember them in your thoughts. Deep down you know it will not be your fault; the rituals would not have helped. So, let them die.

The lack of control over yourself made you superstitious. Being superstitious is bad luck. Your superstitions made the chance of them dying slightly more likely, not less likely to perish. If you reduce the rituals, bad things are less likely to happen.