Thursday, 1 August 2019

A confidential mind (by Nandini Agarwal)



Nandani Agarwal 

            Psychology, in its very sense, is humane. It involves humans dealing with problematic humans and not just the mere introduction, but the fact that a robot would now solve human problems seems more troubling than ever. They do assist us with our miniscule physicalities but will they be able to comprehend trauma? The spoken word, the breaking of voice, angry splashes of black paint across a canvas so dark it feels captivating, the sound of a cooker hitting a broken father's head, the teary signature on divorce papers, a flower which doesn't know how to bloom anymore, the roads which are the same but feel empty all of a sudden, all this and more, will the new-intelligence structured to help, understand all this? Uniqueness stems from our trauma and unawareness. We interact to educate ourself on topics broader than the world. But something that knows the answers to all the mysteries be able to justify our unique ignorance. Will it be able to understand that on some days running away heedlessly is more right than comprehending and moving on? Will it understand that a time of an hour a week isn't enough to bandage the multiple broken hearts and that therapy knows no bounds of time? Will it understand that on somedays day 471 feels like day 1 that we've been trying to escape forever?

           And if it does understand, will its mechanical hand on my comforting thigh feel just as warm as my mother's lap on a rainy evening?
           We think, and think, and think some more, with thoughts so deep, that they twirl into a tornado and the winds blow so strong that at the end they will carry us home, but will a "know-it-all" with a single supposition reason our minds in a way we feel enough?
           One thing's for sure, it's comprehension might be weak but it's work ethic will sure be exceptionally confidential.


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