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Essay / Therapeutic Theater - 2338
Ways of knowing, ways of acting": Therapeutic TheaterThe world's rat life, as represented through different media, has a brainwashing effect on the viewer: he consumes a manufactured she rather than producing one of his own. The unconscious is constantly repressed, while the conscious is stuffed with images that appeal to the controlled linear processes of the brain. The psychiatrist CG Jung writes: “The source of. numerous disorders and psychological difficulties caused by the progressive alienation of man from his instinctive foundation, that is to say by his uprooting and his identification with his conscious knowledge of himself, by his concern for consciousness with. at the expense of the unconscious The result is that modern man can only know himself to the extent that he can become conscious of himself; his consciousness is therefore oriented primarily by observing and studying the world which; surrounds him, and it is to his particularities that he must adapt his psychic and mental approach. technical resources. This task is so demanding and its accomplishment so profitable that he forgets himself, losing sight of his instinctive nature and putting his own conception of himself in place of his real being. He thus slips imperceptibly into a purely conceptual world where the products of his conscious activity gradually replace reality. The separation from his instinctive nature inevitably plunges civilized man into the conflict between the conscious and the unconscious, spirit and nature, knowledge and faith, a split which becomes pathological as soon as his consciousness is not more capable of neglecting or suppressing his instinctive side. » (1) The prozac world we live in is a direct result of doctors wanting to “fix” or “cure” disorders by administering prescription drugs. These medications do not cure illnesses, but rather numb their symptoms, as part of their daily ritual of managing life. into a zombie-like trance instead of confronting the horror, terror, and chaos essential to the nature of the world in order to better understand the self and its place in it. It is easier to turn off the receptors that trigger emotions, thoughts, or ideas. We don't like confronting impulses rather than exploring their origins. This method of treatment is not only dangerous, but frightening, as it threatens the very existence of humanity by paralyzing the internal self-communication necessary for the formation of individual identity. This requires a radical change in the health system (2)); where the responsibility falls on doctors to address a patient's psychosis on