Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #22 | “When Waiting Makes Us Sick”

We find ourselves waiting to get help too often in our society, whether it’s waiting  to see a doctor or waiting online or on the phone for technical support. Waiting for help reproduces a childhood situation in which the child is helpless to get the attentive care of a parent.  Such states of helplessness cause us to get depressed, cynical and/or angry. We even blame ourselves rather than a system that is indifferent to our welfare.