We may not even know that we have
been institutionalized. It seems a big word; let me provide you the meaning of
it: established in practice or custom.
We live a life of habit. Monday
to Sunday, Morning to Night, our schedule is same. We are habitual of this
routine. We become comfortable with this routine after sometime. We may even
become completely different person and may not know. For example: a blind
person, once start seeing, may become so habitual of it that he may even forget
that he was blind once. This is called as adaptation. We adapt ourselves to
every situation and after some time, it becomes normal. The same rule applies
for everyone starting from a kid to senior, human to nature, killer to doctor. A
person may become habitual of a prison that he never wants to leave it, no
matter how hard the prison is. If you see an IT person, they know only one
thing and they kept doing that for their entire life. They are habitual.
Time Lapsed Life
The biggest advantage of becoming
institutionalized is that it becomes easy to live. You don’t have to worry
about anything, just live the same life every day. You can observe such
instances in movies such as Ranbir Kapoor’s Tamasha.
Well on the other hand,
disadvantage is that it gets boring. Way too much boring. It’s the same
schedule every day. It becomes worse when you work on the same task every day,
see similar faces, and eat same thing. Too much shame.
It is advised that you should
change your schedule once in a while to make your life healthier and happier.
Try to make simple changes such as if you are going home at 4 o clock daily,
try to go late one day. Talk to a new person one day, take a break from work.
Do something different for yourself, don’t go and jump off a cliff for
adventure, just do something different. Try something different today and
comment if you can.
