A vampire does his thing in the dark, right? He’s a fictitious creature of the night.
But in Heal Your Mental Disorder, doctors say we’re the opposite: We’re meant to be active in the daytime, like the squirrels, bluebirds, and elephants. (See Chapter 12.)
The doctors say you can tell this by the way our hormones work. Come daytime, the hormones that get us up and going—like cortisol
and adrenaline--are at their peak. Then once nightfall comes, the sleepy hormone, melatonin, takes over.
But there’s a part of our body that gives this away, too. Can you guess which one it is?
Here’s a hint: You can’t see it unless you look in a mirror.
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ANSWER:
It’s our eyes. A lion, racoon, and skunk can see in the dark. Their eyes give it away: These animals are naturally meant to be active at night, not in the daytime.
But without a flashlight or candle, we’d stumble around in the dark. We need the light of day to even see where we’re going.
Nature designed us to be creatures of the day. And when we go against that, we’re more likely to trip over something, hit someone with our car, or have other accidents.
Criminals know what bumblers we are in the dark, and so they often plan their antics at night, when the darkness hides it from us.
The doctors in Heal Your Mental Disorder say if you want to heal your mental disorder, use your body the way it’s designed to be used. Take your hormones and eyes to be your operating manual. When you use your body machine according to the instructions in the manual, it works better. When you don’t follow the instructions, the machine can break. And when your body breaks down, your mind can break down along with it.
