TRIGGER WARNING

(Topic: Human Trafficking, Social Conditioning, Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse.)

Human trafficking is the REAL PANDEMIC that has been occurring right under our noses and our home country. The human trafficking industry is the modern slave trade that is occurring. It's disheartening to know and hear that these types of evil and vile acts happen. That there are millions of children and adults who are being used as slaves, sold and treated like they are items. -

This industry has a lot of traction and billions of dollars being poured into it. Countries like the Philippines, Thailand, Yemen, Syria and Venezuela where the condition of availability for work and high rate paying jobs are very limited. These countries are just an example of poverty that is occurring in some countries. Poverty is a social issue that is one of the main cause of human trafficking. People in these countries have very limited access to opportunities that remove them from poverty. Where they get manipulated and persuaded into working in brothers and other dangerous conditions. Where they act from a survival mode and instinct.

Living in the condition of poverty many get trapped into doing things they don't want to do. Although due to the lack of money, material abundance and opportunities they pursue working in these industries such as sex workers. -

Many recruit agencies that work for the brothers will manipulate and persuade children to work in these places. It's like a chain reaction, where they use one slightly older child to get closer to other children. It's manipulation tactic they use. They sell this narrative that it'll be amazing and they'll get loads of money with barely doing anything. Having someone who pushes past the children's boundaries will eventually breakthrough. As many children are left unsupervised because their parents are at work and busy trying to make ends meet. Childhood is the time where we learn about boundaries and certain tools to avoid being manipulated and used, although there are circumstances where we can not learn those tools and one of those circumstances is poverty.

We have to shift our mindset and perception when trying to educate ourself about human trafficking. There is a reason why certain countries have higher rates than others. When we observe we’ll notice that countries that have a higher rate of poverty will most likely have a high rate of human trafficking. These countries are left undetected, with a high rate of corruption with the authority figures misusing their power and have low coverage in regards to the mainstream media. It's left unattended and continues this cycle of stealing and using humans as slaves.

We all have a free will and can choose what we pour our energy towards. We can choose to turn a blind eye and ignore. Or we can choose to educate ourself and learn ways of contributing to spreading awareness and light to this horrific industry.

For people who have trouble comprehending or even believing that people in power, celebrities and government agencies could do such evil acts to random children and people. To put it in perspective, some people do these evil and vile acts to their kin, under there own homes. It's daunting and confronting coming to terms with this information. There is no denying that sexual violence is not an issue. Which it is. It isn't an individual issue, it is a social issue.

The issue today with social media and certain contents people produce is they very desensitized and over-sexualized. Sexualizing contents are exposed to children everywhere they look through film, television, popular music, advertisement, print media and the internet. Once we open our eyes to see through all these programing we begin to see how certain creators try to plan message within young peoples mind about over sexualising themselves. Example of this is in the popular show Riverdale. Let's not forget the charters within this shows are in high school. There is plenty of scenes where they over sexualise these characters. - It's not about banning all these types of content. It's about being selective on what we consume and what we present to young children.

Many people who have a certain power and status within our society ie. celebrities, people in government agencies, social media influencers etc. these types of people have a certain power attached to them. With that power comes with influence. They might not be consciously aware of it or even care about it although they have that attachment to them. With those type of power comes responsibility. Everyone has their free will on how they should create and produce their artist endeavours and ways of making money.

There is nothing wrong in expressing ourself through our body and being proud of our sexuality although we have to think about the influence it has with younger generations. We fill in and desensitize them the harm and violence. Creating this mindset of an adult in a child. When they can be easy manipulated by adults to act in sexual manners. This is the type of influence that social media influencers, popular music, movies and TV show that has on children. It's disturbing, it is an act of grooming children to be me compliant and normalized sexual act in such a young age. When reality it isn't normal to have this much sexualisation over children. -

This is one way of controlling and manipulating the mass population into the agenda of normalising pedophilia. There was a TED talk by Mirjam Heine (a medical student) who spoke about pedophilia being a sexual orientation that was "unchangeable". Which rubbish, pedophilia is NOT A SEXUAL ORIENTATION. It is a mental disorder. Anyone who is sexually attracted to a minor is an indication that there is something mentally wrong with them. It is the wiring of their brain. There is no justification for being attracted and sexualising young children. -

Pornography is very accessible nowadays. Where we can get any type of porn with a few taps on our devices. Many believe that it’s ‘empowering’ for people to work as porn stars. Although what we do not see is behind the scene of these takes and the deep-rooted reason why many people go in this industry. Which actually lead back to trauma. Here is a video of someone’s experience in the porn industry; ‘Growing up in the Porn Industry’.

The porn industry is tied in with human trafficking. This industry contributed to normalising sexual violence such as rape within sexual intimacy, creating harmful and objectifying contents are not realistic. There have been cases where missing children were found on the website PornHub. Their abuse was filmed and put up on the internet. There are many cases where people had to continue with their healing with the knowledge that their abuse is on the internet for the world to find. Here is a link of Jessa’s story found on the Instagram account Fight the New Drug.

The industry of human trafficking alone makes 99 billion dollars.

This industry is the real pandemic that has been occurring for so many years. That occurs in so many ways. Not just through porn or kidnapping. Traffickers target people who are vulnerable, experiencing homelessness or coming from broken homes. They use violence, fear, illusions, threats and many manipulation tactics to groom their victims. This pandemic does not only target a skin race or skin colour. This targets everyone, as long as the traffickers make a profit off it. This a vile and sickening industry that is occurring every day. It’s heartbreaking to know this information. It’s also alarming to know that it is not being broadcast on mainstream media as much as the covid updates.

This writing piece is to shine a light into the shadows within our society and how we have been conditioned. When we do not address the elephant in the room it is not going to go away because it is ignored.

There are ways we can help and contribute to ending human trafficking. By educating and being aware it is occurring we are taking the first steps. When we stop turning a blind eye we can use our voice and speak up for those who can not. Some organisations deal with and tackle human trafficking. Where they organise rescue missions and have put in support for the survivors healing recovery.

It's uncomfortable having to come to terms with human trafficking and children being exploited for sex and work labourers. The wildest thing is it's not just children, some young adults go through these horrific conditioned. Some who have been exposed to this from the day they were born. To try to comprehend what they have gone through and are going through is something that is just pure evil. Many have stared the devil in the eyes. These devils are victims and survivors abusers. - So when I tell you Hell is real and it's here right on Earth. Trust and believe many have been through hell and back. -

With this shadow comes a light too, as we can experience Hell we can also experience Heaven. As Heaven is the opposite polarity of Hell. - Everyone’s Hell will look different for everyone, so will Heaven. We do not need to die to experience both. When our psychical body stops working our consciousness and soul do not dissipate, it lives on. - Each and one of us deserve healing and to have our voice heard.

We have a voice for a reason and we can choose how to use it. We can put it to use for those who are silent and do not know how to use their own. When we begin to use our voice for those who do not know they have their own or the power to do so, we are stepping into our greatness. We are stepping into helping the innocent and the collective. Being the example for those around us and the younger generation to use their voice when injustice occurs.

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Mental illness is misunderstood and miscommunicated. Each and one of us have experienced a level of Anxiety or Depression. Those two illnesses that many are being exposed to right now, especially during COVID lockdowns. Although there are plenty of other illnesses that many people go through such as Bi-polar, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Borderline Personality Disorder, eating disorders and many more. In the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) there is nearly 300 mental illness listed in that book. Majority of people are not aware of this and are not exposed to it. Although, there are others who are exposed to mental illness every day either experiencing it or someone around them is.

Mental illness carries so many stigmas, bias and prejudices. It also carries a weight of lack of education of the reality of mental illness. Not just with the signs and symptoms but what it does to our body, mind and soul. Our brain is the engine to the entire body system. Our brain is the backbone of our wellbeing. When our brain begins to malfunction and not get a certain level of chemicals that are needed to function in our day to day lives. We begin to get sick, just like any other illnesses we go through in our body. Any muscles we strain and hurt we have to go to the doctors and get it looked at which then requires caring and healing for. That is exactly the same as for our brain. Where mental illness is operating, the difference is its completely inside our mind. There are no visible wounds that show we are suffering from it. Unless we open up about it and even then it's daunting opening up about.

We are conditioned and live in a society that creates and benefits from our mental illness. Where we were assigned gender roles before we were out of the womb. Where were taught that emotions were either feminine or masculine and negative or positive? Where being praised for being strong which looked like constantly smiling and being dominate. Where vulnerability was taught as a weakness and a lack of self-control. - When in reality vulnerability is one of the best and useful way to connect with someone in a deeper level. A level that most of us crave for. A level that makes us feel seen, heard and understood. Vulnerability is seen as something not to be proud of and somehow shamed. When in reality vulnerability take courage and bravery to be able to share ourself in such a way we were never taught. Which we've internalised as shameful and judge towards ourselves and others who is open to being vulnerable. Vulnerability takes guts and bravery to show our authentic self in a world that benefits from fakery and facade.

Being diagnosed with a mental illness is something not hide or be ashamed of. It's something to acknowledge that we are ill, which is exactly what mental illness is. A sickness/illness that is occurring within our brain. The part that helps us function and operates our entire body system. Without our brain, we become vegetables.

I believe the first step in stepping over stigmas and prejudice is being able to open and embrace mental illness. We can not remove the stigmas if we are not able to speak about the main topic. Acknowledging our illness for exactly what it is which is an illness. An illness that we can heal and recover from. It's not a permanent state, our brain is so complex and amazing that we can rewire our connections within it. Creating a better wiring pattern that will heal our mindset and change the way we move in life. It's a journey that requires effort and work although it's such a rewarding work to do. As we begin to heal and discover ourself outside of our illness.

Mental illness will not look the same for everyone. It will have different shapes, shades and sizes for anyone who’s experiencing it. This does not mean we don’t deserve healing because we’ve told ourself ‘oh it’s not that bad it could be worse’. This type of narrative dismisses and we actually gaslight ourself into thinking we do not need healing. When we do this to ourself, we denial parts of our reality and ourself. We create this shame and judgement within ourself which we then projected onto others and our external environment.

Having to acknowledge that we are not doing okay and our emotions and feelings feel heavy, can be the first stepping stone to letting go of the narrative we tell ourself. Permitting ourself to feel what we are feeling without dismissing and gaslighting ourself.

Mental illness is not a justification for acting poorly or toxic. Our illness does not define us. When we begin to heal, accountability comes within that process. When we begin to accept ourself and our actions whether out of pure intention or from a place of hurt. We can’t deny others realities of how they’ve experienced the interaction they’ve had with us.

This isn’t a time where we welcome more shame and judgement. It’s just about holding ourself accountable that when we are hurting we tend to want to hurt others too. For whatever reason it might be, it doesn't justify that our behaviours were toxic and had poorly affected others around us. - That saying 'Hurt People, Hurt, People' is very true. We tend to have a desire to hurt others just the way they've hurt us. Which is linked to the narrative we have told ourself. That nobody knows or will understand how we feel, so instead of expressing it. We have to show them through our actions on how they've made us feel.

This also links back to stigmas and prejudices we have adapted and currently programmed within our society today. Which is that victim mentality, where we give our power away by blaming instead of taking accountability of healing ourself. Nobody is the world had a choice of what family and environment we were born. That is something nobody in the world had control over. As children, we are vulnerable and in a sense powerless. Although the beauty in being in our adulthood, we can take and stand in our power. Not just by taking accountability for our actions, also taking accountability for our past. Finding the blessing within them our experiences. Although a disclaimer; before we can find the blessing within our traumas and experiences we have to heal the emotional aspects of it. The pain, the wounds, the scars that are attached to our traumas and experiences; we have to attend to them before we can see the blessing within the storm.

The stigmas, bias and prejudices that many of us experience is the global pandemic. In the context of mental health, the judgement and shame someone experiences because of an illness they can't help or have control over is detrimental. Stigmas, bias and prejudices are not personal issues, it is a social issue. That is happening on a global scale. We have to begin working on our own stigmas, bias, and prejudices to be able to tackle it as a collective. We all have to be on the same page on tacking an issue that many of us are exposed and affected by on the daily.

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Where do judgment and shame come from?

Judgment and shame are something we have all experienced in some shape or form. Either from others or ourself. Those two aspects are not normal emotions. They are just chemical reactions that we get when we receive information that doesn't support our Ego's narratives. They also come from how we have been conditioned during our upbringing and from our interpersonal relationships throughout our life.

When we experience these being projected to us during our childhood we internalise it. We begin to create narratives and blueprints that ties to judgement and shame. As children, we want to be seen, heard and understood by our loves ones around us. When that isn't reciprocated we internalised these behaviours they acted towards us. Either by pushing away our own needs, shaming and judging our work etc. there are many other examples and experiences that each individual have gone through that is tied with their own internalised shame and judgement.

The main cause of judgement and shame is hurt and pain that many experienced as children. Those same hurt and pain have been buried underneath all the social conditioning, the family and friends dynamics, the education system, the work lifestyles etc. Many will not be aware that we carry those weight till this day through the judgement and shame we project onto others. Because in some aspects of our life we have experience judgement and shame but instead of pulling ourself back and creating a healthy inner dialogue to process those projections. We internalised it and push it away deep within ourself. Pretending that it didn't hurt and that we were not affected by it. Although if we were honest with ourself we will come to terms that we were hurt and it did affect us.

It doesn't matter what ingredients we have for our hurt, pain or trauma it doesn't change the fact it's still pain, hurt or trauma.

The social conditioning made us believe that we have to compare every aspect of ourself to others. Maybe not to feel good but to be able to relate in some way or form. Although, when we begin to try to 'one-up' others in the context of pain or even beauty it becomes toxic. That behaviour of wanting to be better than others is toxic and creates such unpleasant energy to be around. - We should never compare our pain, trauma, beauty and life with others. It's unhealthy and creates more internalised shame and judgement, which then we project. It's this continues cycle we go on and we have to break them to stop experiencing them. We have to be able to break those cycles within ourselves first and become aware of the narratives that we have been re-telling ourself.

It begins with questioning the conscious and the unconscious narratives we are holding on to. - Was it from our conditioning or was it something we created because of an experience that was out of our control? Did it keep us safe at some point in time? Does it still align with who we are today in the present moment?

It is being able to reflect and unpack our life without having to create more judgement and shame. This can be done on our own, although we might not feel confident or even know how to do it. So it's best if we go to a professional who is trained in looking into mental health issues.

I'd like to emphasise that seeking professional help in regards to anything is not something to judge or be ashamed of. There is nothing wrong with wanting to heal and know more about ourself and the illness we suffer from. Being open to professional help doesn't just benefit us, it also benefits our love ones. It can be daunting to seek professional help when it's something we are not used to or some cultural conditioning, although it's a way of stepping into healing. Just because we seek professional help does not mean we will continue it for the rest of our life. It's about having a safe space to unpack and reflect on ourself and our experiences, without judgement, shame or bias. A professional worker's job is not to judge or discriminate against us. Their job is to create a safe space and give us unbiased and professional viewpoint on what we are disclosing.

Our trauma stays in our nervous system until we are consciously aware they are there and ready to be healed. Majority of people are not aware of this. They are not aware they are following till this day a blueprint and programming that they made from a place of wound and pain. It's just bringing these hidden blueprints into our awareness. It's not easy to accept these concepts although there is this saying my therapist told me which was "you have to go through it before you can overcome it." In the context of our emotions, we have to be able to feel them, sit with them and befriend them to be able to let them go. We can not let go of something we have repressed and denied for many years.

From personal experience of trauma and mental health healing, I had these narratives of "why am I not over it yet" or “it happened years ago, I got the help then”. I use to punish, judge, shame myself for feeling the way I did. It was because I lacked knowledge about mental illness and trauma. I also didn’t understand my own emotions and I was afraid to dive in them. It was because those emotions, feelings and inner wounds were created from my traumas which still lingered around my nervous system. - Which operates our emotional responses. That's why when we feel triggered we lose it because of all the build-up emotions, and feelings we have repressed and still holding on to unconsciously. Which then ties back around to having to heal ourself and being open to professional help. Which then links us back to our prejudices and stigmas on seeking professional help with mental illness or even acknowledging we are mentally unwell.

Everything links and ties back to one another. That’s why it’s important to just focus on one thing, which is our own mental health. When we heal ourself, we also heal the aspects of our own stigmas, bias and prejudices. We also break the cycles of the narratives, blueprints and programming we have adapted and have been following. We also lead by example to those around us and to others who have the desire to heal. We also step into our power and our true authentic self, as we are not living through our past lenses. We’ve learnt to live through the present as the past no longer holds power over us.

We are moving to a new way of living. When we witness all the chaos and illusions being revealed on a global scale. We can see how much trauma, pain and hurt hold such a deep wound within our society. It’s not just within ourself and our bloodline. It’s a global pandemic. A pandemic that each and one us holds pain and hurt that is screaming and being projected to be acknowledged and healed. - We can not heal globally by focusing all our energy externally. We have to begin within ourselves and heal those parts within us. Which then links and ties with society through a global and collective scale.
As Within, So Without.

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