Dear or Alive: 31.5% Zombies
in America
Have you ever spoken with someone who has absolutely nothing
going on in his/her mind, as if he or she is either drugged or has been
programmed by a computer? Their lives take on little meaning, as they live
without spiritual or mental purpose, but continuing to survive only physically.
Perhaps, they are waiting for something—love, to win the lottery, or someone
just to tell them they have worth.
This state of mind is a trend in America, especially among
the people who are addicted to traits like watching television for more than 2
hours a day, playing video games for long periods of time, working a 8-10 hour
day and coming home to alcohol. This behavior numbs the mind and keeps the
person from stepping into life fully.
I have a family member who seems to live in this Zombie state.
I have a perspective in this case on why he acts this way. I believe his
behavior is a result of physical depression combined with no consistent
positive input.
I have never experienced, personally, such negativity as he
exhibits. If he were my client, I would insist he sees a psychiatrist and gets
on medication to treat the symptoms. When you can’t even come to the table with
any sense of normalcy, taking a prescribed drug is the first step. Most people
live in numbness by choice. They smoke dope, drink, or take a drug of choice to
keep their minds from thinking or deliberating a pain that was so harsh, that
they spend their lives avoiding it. This is called Attachment Disorder combined
with Addiction.
But not all people who have little to offer life are
addicted or depressed. Some just have been programmed that life is about growing
up, working hard, having a middle-class family, then retiring at 65. Their
entire lives are about the reward at the end of the 65 years. But these people
often smoke or eat poorly on the way to their dreams, leaving them with little
time to even utilize the money they’ve saved for retirement.
In a recent article I read on the “Effect of Smoking on Life
Span,” this resources says that one pack of cigarettes a day—starting at the
age of 20—could result in losing… get this, 25 years of your life. 25 YEARS! My
goodness, Joe Hard Worker suddenly works 11 hours a day for retirement at 65
and never gets there. That seems to be the hard reality. Or worse yet, he gets
there with no quality of life, having had throat or lung cancer and carrying
around oxygen or having a tracheotomy.
I talked to a brilliant man recently who contributes much to
life. He’s not the walking dead or a Zombie in America. Joe Hardworker makes
his job the focus of his life, with friends a close second. He has much to
offer life and relationships, but still has the same mentality about work and
the pay-off at retirement. Joe Hardworker is a smoker of 1-2 packs of
cigarettes a day.
Cigarettes are one of those habits that you feel will not
hurt you because one cigarette doesn’t feel as if it takes away your life. It’s
the cumulative effect of this problem that causes the issue. You can’t see the
big picture until it’s too late. It’s as if smokers are literally in a smoke
bubble or smokescreen that prohibits even children who watch their own parents
die of cancer, not to see the harsh reality of their habit.
I have an interesting perspective on this as I am a
hypnotherapist who treats mostly smokers and food addicts. I have at least a
90-93% success rate for smokers and even higher for other issues, especially
for those who follow the protocol. If the person comes in and commits to the
process, I have a 99% success rate.
The person who comes in who is hooked on a behavior, loves
to smoke and is ambivalent about quitting has the hardest time quitting. So,
they wait until they are ready, which becomes never. Suddenly, they become the
Zombies in America just waiting for a slow death to take away the joyful end to
their lives.
You’d be surprised that more women have this issue than men.
Women tend to be closet smokers who think 3-5 cigarettes a day on the back porch
or bathroom isn’t going to affect life. So, this issue is a bigger deal to
quit. Nonetheless, 31.5% of Americans
are smoking and are the Walking Dead.
No matter how much they contribute to life now, they are on
a fast-slow time continuum that keeps shortening every day. Don’t be that
person! Get some help now.
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