Spider (2002) | When the Mind Deceives Us
I enjoy suspense films, especially those with a psychological edge—when you don’t know what’s real and what’s not.
This story begins with a man suffering from psychological issues, but not everything is as it seems at first glance.
True to the film’s title, the protagonist’s mind is a web of confusing thoughts that torment him.
But that’s enough spoilers for anyone who intends to watch the movie, so I’d like to shift from fiction to reality.
Because the problem of poor mental health is becoming practically an epidemic.
Depression is often one of the most widespread mental disorders in society, and it can eventually lead to fatal outcomes for those who suffer from it.
But it’s not just depression that’s on the rise—cases of psychopathic personalities are increasing too.
It seems society is experiencing a surge in sociopaths, hidden behind the façade of normal people, who at the first sign of trouble resort to macabre “solutions.”
Not long ago in my country, a teenager aged 16 or 17 who had impregnated a schoolmate who refused to have an abortion decided to “solve” the problem by killing her.
What’s even more disturbing is that after committing the crime, his parents helped him dispose of the body and tried to eliminate the evidence.
I believe that a mentally healthy person would never resort to something so atrocious just to avoid responsibility.
And it’s not only minors who show such extreme reactions, which could be attributed to immaturity. Adults also commit crimes as if it were some kind of role-playing game.
The question that remains is whether humans have always been this way, and it was easier to hide crimes in the past due to lack of scientific evidence—or whether now, with more media exposure, these acts are simply more visible.
What do you think, dear Steemians?
Spider 2002 | Cuando la mente nos engaña
Me gustan las películas de suspenso y más aún si son de tinte psicológico, cuando no sabes que parte es real y que parte no.
Esta historia inicia con un hombre con problemas psicológicos, pero no todo es lo que parece a primera vista.
Tal como el título de la película, la mente del protagonista es una red de confusos recuerdos que lo atormentan.
Pero ya fue suficiente spoiler para quien pretenda ver la película, por eso me gustaría pasar de la ficción a la realidad.
Porque el problema de la falta de salud mental está convirtiéndose en prácticamente una epidemia.
La depresión suele ser uno de los trastornos mentales más extendidos en la sociedad, y eventualmente llega a desenlaces fatales para quienes lo sufren.
Pero no es solo la depresión la que va en aumento, también los casos de personalidades psicopáticas.
Pareciera que la sociedad está sufriendo un aumento de sociópatas, escondidos tras la fachada de personas normales, pero ante el primer problema, recurren a "soluciones" macabras.
Hace poco tiempo en mi país, un adolescente de 16 o 17 años que dejó embarazada a una compañera de colegio que no quiso abortar decidió solucionar el problema matándola.
Lo perverso es que una vez cometido su crimen, sus padres lo ayudaron a deshacerse del cuerpo y tratar de eliminar la evidencia.
Considero que una persona sana mentalmente no recurriría a algo tan atroz como matar para evadir su responsabilidad.
Pero no solo en menores se ve reacciones tan extremas, que podrían ser fruto de una falta de madurez. También las personas adultas llegan al crimen como si de un juego de rol se tratara.
La duda que me queda es si el ser humano siempre fue así, y antes era más sencillo ocultar los crímenes debido a la falta de pruebas científicas, o ahora hay más exposición mediática y se hace notorio.
¿Qué opinan queridos steemians?
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Humans have always been like this. The question you pose is answered beautifully in Sinners (Season 3), if you enjoy psychological dilemmas, it is a good one, and since you review shows and movies, it would make for great research as well.
Humans are now bound by social norms, but they were always on a spectrum. Some behaved within those norms yet felt as though they were not truly alive. But as they ventured deeper into the macabre, they found it fun, mostly in observing those who blindly followed orders. Killing is not something they considered abnormal, as it was quite commonplace in older times, no investigations, no consequences.
Many criminal documentaries and books on serial killers that emerged from the 1980s reveal that these individuals moved like no others, the law could not get a hold on them. They were ultimately caught by technology that had never even entered their minds, and most were only caught toward the end of their lives. So in their time, they had ways of going undetected that could very well hold true even today.
The incident you mentioned can stem from social abnormalities, in some countries people kill their own offsprings for things like that.
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I don't think I'd heard of Sinner before, but I think it'll be a good alternative for my free time, which tends to lean more towards the darker side. Sometimes I'm afraid that people will portray me as a bad guy because of what I see. Although, on the other hand, I think that with film and the entertainment industry, they want to create something between the psychopath and the apathetic. For a Catholic country like mine, these macabre cases tend to be out of the ordinary. There's a lot of violence, but it's usually more impulsive than planned. That's what's scarier.
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Ah, I thought you only watched ‘Game of Thrones’ ;-)))
A common discussion... Or rather, several.
Are mental illnesses on the rise? Perhaps. Or perhaps people are simply talking about them more openly. Perhaps people no longer hide away at home. Or perhaps behaviour that deviates from the norm is more quickly labelled as ‘mentally ill’.
Are crimes today more frequent, more brutal, more ruthless? The fact is: throughout history, there have been unimaginable atrocities committed by humans against other humans. In some cases, they were even celebrated for it... Moral values and the social consensus surrounding them have evolved and shifted so much today (in most cultures) that violence is no longer accepted as an appropriate means of conflict resolution. That human rights exist, that dignity is inviolable... One possible consequence is that we perceive more behaviour as criminal. I also consider it likely that, with the development of organised crime, entirely different networks have been established which commit crimes on a scale many times greater than those of antiquity.
As for the usual horror or splatter films: they really only serve to satisfy cruel human voyeurism. Or don't they?
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I believe the definition itself is a temporary social construct. Let's remember that not too long ago, homosexuality was classified as a mental illness. What I think remains the same is that there are certain people who enjoy what others consider perverse, and perhaps simply because they are a minority, they are labeled as sick. Let's take BDSM practitioners as an example. Is a masochist sick, or do they simply have very niche tastes? But when it comes to killing for pleasure, I don't think that's a pleasure; there must be some kind of flaw or illness involved, in my opinion.
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A propósito de esta inquietud, que también la he tenido muchas veces, he llegado a la conclusión de que la "mente humana" siempre ha tenido descontroles, tanto en el pasado como en el presente. El detalle es que cuando no existían los avances tecnológicos que existen hoy día, esos casos se daban de manera eventual. Sin embargo, en el presente hay una tendencia a "actuar sin pensar en el otro". Es decir, si no me gustas, acabo contigo; si me gustas, te acoso; si no me complaces, te amenazo y torturo... En otras palabras, estamos respondiendo más a una conducta instintiva que al razonamiento de las acciones.
Realmente, cada día le apostamos más a la animalidad.
Me encantó leerte. Un abrazo.
Sí, estoy de acuerdo, es que siempre pasaron cosas malas, pero nunca, al menos eso creo, por cosas tan insignificantes, hasta por bocinazos en el tráfico la gente se mata. Parece que existe el lado oscuro, de hecho como católica creo que el mal existe como entidad, y sin dudas incentivan al ser humano hacia lo perverso, es como en los dibujitos animados cuando estaba el diablito en el hombro del protagonista, y un angelito en el otro, ambos abogando por su causa.
Muchas gracias por el apoyo de siempre, que tengas una excelente Semana Santa! 💞
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Estoy de acuerdo contigo. Sobre todo, comparto esta postura:
Por eso hasta hoy día, cada noche rezo a mi ángel de la guarda, que por cierto ya me salvó más de una vez.
Gracias por el comentario, espero estés teniendo una buena semana Santa!
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