Commitment and Chiropractic

It’s 10:45 PM right now. I made a promise to write on hive everyday for 25 minutes. This would be one part meditative, one part trying to bank on the fact that I can keep commitments to myself. That I can really do what I have laid out to do. I want to do this — I want to be here. I am grateful to be able to write like this.

I am with an old friend and we have been talking about our lives together. The one that happened so long ago, and yet — seems like yesterday. Being with her reminds me of the girl I used to be, reminds me how far I have come — and why.

My why is what I have been working a lot on. We talk a lot of peoples reasonings about why they chose the career they did. I always knew I was in the right career field; I just struggled with my vision afterwards. I couldn’t see past “grad school”. And maybe that was my problem. I put far too much focus on education that I forgot WHY I was choosing to be educated in the first place.

So why — why am I in chiropractic school? I am here first because of the philosophy that they have inside their classic texts. The idea of chiropractic stems from the premise that the body can heal itself. That we indeed capable of health and healing; and that innate wisdom comes from inside us, inside our bodies. And second I am here because of how chiropractic direct impacts mental health.

I think it’s an angle that is not taken a lot of the times, most people have no idea what chiropractic has to do with mental health — or how they can even be related. Here’s a few good videos on the topic:

The atlas, if subluxated can put pressure on brain stem, it can limit venous draining and arterial flow. It can impact mental function. Yet how many times did you here a psychologist or psychiatrist talk about this? It’s a part of mental health that is not being talked about. And it must.

I am also in chiropractic school due to the fact that I want to do research. I want to be involved in looking into the current practices and outcomes in the mental health field. I want to take apart the systems with my writings. I desire to document in clear fashion what is happening. I want to share this with the world.

I want to be apart of the solution one day, even if it doesn’t come in my lifetime. That’s why I am here writing for 25 minutes per day on a Tuesday night. I want to get this process started. I want to warm up my fingers, get into the habit of writing to people, for an audience. I want people to gain hope from my writings. I want people to believe that they aren’t broken. I want people to seek solutions that are helpful and beneficial for them.

I want to turn the industry in a new direction. I am not the only one that wants this. I am also not the only person whose life goals are directed in this fashion. I know there is a team of people being risen up — I know there is an army being built right now.

The army contains people who are sick and tired of not getting help, rather getting swindled by the pharmaceutical companies.

I am not okay with what they are doing?

Are you?