Social Chaos

<p>Episode Title: “Social Chaos” By Tracy Kenela, M.A., LMHC, CRC, CEDS, ACHT of Lokahi Counseling</p> <p>Intro: Tracy Kenela is the founder of Lokahi Counseling and Calming the Chaos Podcast. In this episode, Tracy discusses how people in our society can cause other people mental and emotional chaos. She begins with an overview of the civil unrest and social chaos that is currently happening as a result of recent events around the world, including racial discrimination and law enforcement which has resulted in international protests,  violence and hate. She then presents some insights about how we can calm the mental and emotional chaos that happens when we the people are faced with these social issues.  </p> <p> </p> <ol> <li>What is currently happening in the world?</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ol> <li>Two deaths on film of black men by a law enforcement officer</li> <li>Outrage from citizens of international communities</li> <li>International protests (peaceful and destructive)</li> <li>Hate, fear and Civil Unrest</li> </ol> </li> </ol> <p> </p> <ol> <li>What is Going on here (mental health perspective)</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ol> <li>People see what is happening and are outraged, saddened and afraid for their lives</li> <li>They begin to think in terms of survival – reptilian brain</li> <li>Emotional Mind prevails over Reasonable / Factual Mind</li> <li>Attacking and Defending Behaviors based in fear happen over social media</li> <li>Social Media fears and differing opinions spread and hate results</li> <li>We as a society become more divided instead of more connected</li> </ol> </li> </ol> <p> </p> <ol> <li>“Houston… (and Minneapolis, Atlanta, Seattle, Tulsa, Washington DC, London, New York City and other cities)… WE HAVE A PROBLEM!”</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ol> <li>We first need to acknowledge we have a problem</li> <li>We then need to decide where we stand (continuum): ß--------------------------------------à</li> </ol> </li>