The terminology has been heard by many, he “snapped”, she “lost it”, in more extreme circumstances in which it is required that a persons mind be regressed to an earlier state (e.g. militairy training, brainwashing) some can even refer to a mind as becoming “broken” but I ask is such possible? There is no doubt that the nervous system on any creature is a delicate item, a humans spinal cord, being a single example, is exceedingly vulnerable to harm but this is the body, a physical entity which can be altered and twisted, what of the mind, something only existent within our words and writings? No more physically visible than the wind and yet evident. Do you believe this being can be genuinely harmed to the point that it is “broken”?

Topics: psychology, philosophy, body, mind, human beings