People drive themselves into madness

Do me a favor — call a loved one or give a shout across the apartment to your roommate and tell them this:

“Hey [name of roommate], you don’t have to eat tonight. I will do the eating for you. Oh, and tomorrow morning, you don’t have to brush your teeth — I will brush my teeth on your behalf.”

Nutters, isn’t it?

Then, answer me this: why do people go on taking a mental load for what should have been someone else’s responsibility?

Why control what isn’t in your reach?

Your girlfriend is away on a business trip in the Netherlands and she didn’t call you when she landed at Schiphol? Here’s what you can you do at this point, something that’s within your reach — YOU can call HER. Maybe she is asleep? Well then, let her sleep. Two choices, it’s that simple. Why lose your mental stability over where she is? You can’t extend your arms like Reed Richards all the way from Iceland to the Netherlands and give her a little nudge on the shoulder and ask her to call you.

Point: Why do you constantly try to do what isn’t within your mental or emotional control when it doesn’t make sense to do what isn’t in your physical control? Brains are physical entities, after all.