milk23
Ephemeral Spectre
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Of the three individuals I have known closely in my life to have suffered from actual mental disorders (ranging from mild to full sectioning) they have all shared an almost maniacal consumption of tea.
I first noticed this when a new friend to me brought cup after cup of tea in huge mugs when I visited him at his house. I thought it a bit much but who doesn't like a cup of tea? I subsequently found out he was seriously agoraphobic. For no particular reason the connection struck me that there was another acquaintance who was seemingly obsessed with making tea AND thought the devil lived in his house. He was under treatment at the time but had a few unfortunate flare ups. Same thing, almost chain drinking brews and offering them every moment. The third fellow I actually mentioned my theory to and he seemed to agree that he did drink a lot of tea but also rather took exception to my pointing out that he may have issues in his head
Anyone else noticed this? Is tea representative of comfort to such a degree that it can fend off various sized head demons? After all the immediate answer, around where I live, to almost every drama is 'I'll put the kettle on'. Has a nice cup o tea become so ingrained in the english psyche that it has been imbued with imagined properties far beyond it's actual properties, so much so that it is being used (perhaps unknowingly) as some type of medicine?
I first noticed this when a new friend to me brought cup after cup of tea in huge mugs when I visited him at his house. I thought it a bit much but who doesn't like a cup of tea? I subsequently found out he was seriously agoraphobic. For no particular reason the connection struck me that there was another acquaintance who was seemingly obsessed with making tea AND thought the devil lived in his house. He was under treatment at the time but had a few unfortunate flare ups. Same thing, almost chain drinking brews and offering them every moment. The third fellow I actually mentioned my theory to and he seemed to agree that he did drink a lot of tea but also rather took exception to my pointing out that he may have issues in his head
Anyone else noticed this? Is tea representative of comfort to such a degree that it can fend off various sized head demons? After all the immediate answer, around where I live, to almost every drama is 'I'll put the kettle on'. Has a nice cup o tea become so ingrained in the english psyche that it has been imbued with imagined properties far beyond it's actual properties, so much so that it is being used (perhaps unknowingly) as some type of medicine?