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The steps of paranoia are a painful one!

Running around with your head chopped-off does nothing but make you die faster!

Jumping from one paranoid episode to another!

The propensity for people to jump from one crisis into another is happening yet again, right now, but this time, it isn’t terrorists but finances that are at the top of the list! What exactly did being scared of terrorists solve? NOTHING! If you review the news reports, trillions of dollars where spent, lives lost and even worse, the roots of the global economic crisis going on RIGHT NOW where formed. This is happening all again right now, the news has nothing good to say, governments are passing laws that make little sense and yet again, borrowing money they don’t have to put on the backs of the next generations to pay down. This has got to stop! You don’t dig yourself out of a hole by digging faster!

Where does paranoia come from?

Paranoia comes from not knowing what is around the corner… it served us very well in the ancient grasslands of Africa when many animals wanted us for their diner but now, with mass media and instant communication… this is killing-off our societies ability to maintain a clear vision regarding the future. There are problems now, there will be problems later but one things for sure, there will ALWAYS be problems. Going from a cycle of ignorance or indifference into paranoid frenzy as soon as a friend of a friend’s brother’s uncle’s grandfather looses a bit of money does nobody any good. The media, social groups, friends… all help create a severe winding-up of fears which only end-up making the entire situation worse for all involved, not better!

Paranoia affects your mental health!

I would be completely unsurprised if hospitals reported a significant increase in patience suffering from heart attacks, strokes and many other accidents… mostly due to the constant level of stress they put onto themselves. For instance, you lost 60% of your “savings” in the stock market over the past year… that would stress anybody out but if you treated the markets like a casino (they are one in the same in my opinion), you NEVER would have put your money in there to begin with. Never put money you can’t afford to lose on the market or with others, you are just asking to be burned.

So what is the solution?

The first is to accept that chaos will always win against stability, this is an important fact that is too easily ignored at our own peril. Second, a clear, long-term vision is required where small deviations might be necessary but the bigger picture of goal never getting out of sight. Micro-management isn’t any good for anybody.

Opportunity in Chaos

Each and every time there is extreme turmoil in society in general, you have winners who see the opportunity and losers who do not. This financial crisis is no different. Look at the marketplace, competitors are dying-off, retailers are eager for new products to sell and generally people are looking for escapes any way they can. The video game industry is booming right now as well as a few other sectors… try to think of what you can do to profit and actually help people, in the process, of making some money. Your goal shouldn’t be just getting out of this chaos alive, it should be to come out ahead!

The Bottom Line

Paranoia causes nothing but mental and physical stress, don’t allow yourself to be sucked into it!