GABRIELA OSORIO VILLASEÑOR PSY. D. WWW.PSICOTERAPIACATOLICA.COM 2 The psychological torture to which we have been subjected h24 for a good 3 years by newspapers and television has triggered collective panic and massive phenomena of total cognitive dissonance. The restrictions imposed on movement and socialization, outdoor sports practice and freedom (both fundamental to mental health), the horrible (and useless) lockdown, the even more horrible, useless and unconstitutional vaccination blackmail in order to live and work, the nullification of free thought and the imposition of a single thought to which to conform, as well as the now undeniable explosion of even more serious post-vax adverse effects such as heart disease, neurological and oncological illnesses, have only made an already worrisome condition considerably worse. Disorders that were latent have exploded, and already existing diseases have drastically worsened. Dévora Kestel, director of WHO's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, says, "Nearly one billion people suffered from a diagnosable mental disorder before 2020 [...] With the pandemic, depression and anxiety are estimated to have increased by 25-27 percent. Treatment and care remain scarce, inadequate, inaccessible, or too expensive, and widespread stigma discourages people from seeking help. It is estimated that one in four people worldwide suffers from a psychological disorder, with treatment deficits as high as 90 percent in some countries. Making matters worse are stigma and misunderstanding, which prevent sufferers from identifying their own and others' psychological disorders and seeking help."1 . People thus found themselves suddenly faced with illnesses far worse than Covid itself: eating disorders, anxiety, depression and psychosis, addictions to alcohol, tobacco, drugs, electronic devices and pornography, phobias and paranoia... Thus, for many individuals and their families soon began a painful journey, a Way of the Cross often without results, between psychiatric facilities, visits with more or less trained psychologists, psychiatrists, mental coaches, yoga sessions, meditation classes and more, in the desperate search to regain serenity, joy of life and the strength to face a new day.
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