Breaking Bad is not about meth. It is about unleashed destructive forces. That is the common theme in all that Breaking Bad is about.
It is about cancer. It is about the suppression of anger. It is about not stopping in expressing one's destructive forces.
The TV series Breaking Bad has stirred many people, including me. Why does it have such a great impact on so many of us?
Cancer is rampant. So is suppressed anger. Suppressed aggression.
When one lives a life of unexpressed aggression and stifled anger it slowly but surely builds up. The toxic residue keeps building up inside while the outside shows a mellow, subdued, sophisticated surface.
We as a society do not know how to express anger appropriately. We do not know what to do with our aggression and destructive forces. We have no outlets. Some people find some creative ways to allow their anger express itself and some of us are better than others in recognizing fear before it builds up to a level that it evokes anger and tangible sense of aggression.
Most of us have learned to suppress and cover up all these undesirable emotions - fear, aggression, anger.
Cancer is an aggressive force that spreads inside the body until it attacks all areas of the body and destroys it. It is an angry, aggressive force. The series of Breaking Bad followed the implosion of aggression in the form of cancer `and then the explosion of aggression in a person, not unlike many of us.
The degree of destruction that the six seasons followed in the world of crime and drugs, captured the degree of unexpressed aggression throughout the life of a common person.
Destruction went rampant while the person's physical body became more alive than it was throughout his whole life.
Creative self expression and finding a way to not suppress our anger are big tasks in this society that does not welcome expression of destructive forces.
Process groups are one of the few places I have encountered striving towards healthy expression of our own destructive forces. In our everyday life we suffer without being aware what ails us when we are kind and good. Anxieties, depression, anger outbursts, interpersonal trouble keep popping up in our life and we don't know where to look for the solution.
I believe that finding ways to express one's wide range of emotions is a crucial part of a healthy, well-balanced life. Anger and aggression are just as part of that broad palette of emotions as all others. Process groups can create a safe container for us to examine our anger, fears, and aggression and learn to expresse them in a non-destructive way.
My view of the parallel between the body and mind - aggression turning inward in the form of cancers - comes from my homeopathy background. The solution of participating in groups set up with the intention of understanding and releasing our interpersonally stuck expressions comes from my current interest in group therapy.
I believe that the creators of Breaking Bad showed the viewers a very vivid and compelling picture of this process unfolding.
It is about cancer. It is about the suppression of anger. It is about not stopping in expressing one's destructive forces.
The TV series Breaking Bad has stirred many people, including me. Why does it have such a great impact on so many of us?
Cancer is rampant. So is suppressed anger. Suppressed aggression.
When one lives a life of unexpressed aggression and stifled anger it slowly but surely builds up. The toxic residue keeps building up inside while the outside shows a mellow, subdued, sophisticated surface.
We as a society do not know how to express anger appropriately. We do not know what to do with our aggression and destructive forces. We have no outlets. Some people find some creative ways to allow their anger express itself and some of us are better than others in recognizing fear before it builds up to a level that it evokes anger and tangible sense of aggression.
Most of us have learned to suppress and cover up all these undesirable emotions - fear, aggression, anger.
Cancer is an aggressive force that spreads inside the body until it attacks all areas of the body and destroys it. It is an angry, aggressive force. The series of Breaking Bad followed the implosion of aggression in the form of cancer `and then the explosion of aggression in a person, not unlike many of us.
The degree of destruction that the six seasons followed in the world of crime and drugs, captured the degree of unexpressed aggression throughout the life of a common person.
Destruction went rampant while the person's physical body became more alive than it was throughout his whole life.
Creative self expression and finding a way to not suppress our anger are big tasks in this society that does not welcome expression of destructive forces.
Process groups are one of the few places I have encountered striving towards healthy expression of our own destructive forces. In our everyday life we suffer without being aware what ails us when we are kind and good. Anxieties, depression, anger outbursts, interpersonal trouble keep popping up in our life and we don't know where to look for the solution.
I believe that finding ways to express one's wide range of emotions is a crucial part of a healthy, well-balanced life. Anger and aggression are just as part of that broad palette of emotions as all others. Process groups can create a safe container for us to examine our anger, fears, and aggression and learn to expresse them in a non-destructive way.
My view of the parallel between the body and mind - aggression turning inward in the form of cancers - comes from my homeopathy background. The solution of participating in groups set up with the intention of understanding and releasing our interpersonally stuck expressions comes from my current interest in group therapy.
I believe that the creators of Breaking Bad showed the viewers a very vivid and compelling picture of this process unfolding.
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