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Why is everyone honking? Here's why.

So I live in a big city.

MUM-BAI.

This city is big. I already mentioned that.

Just warming you up.

Ok, back to what my neurons meant to dispel.

Cars.

They are everywhere.

Tempos and buses and tuk-tuks too.

Mostly, this is a boon because?

Helps in moving people and stuff like furniture and computers and whey protein most important.

But,

Drivers need to go easy on the honking!

Everywhere you go in the city...peep-peep poop-poop at times peeeeeeeeeeeeeep at other times pooooooooooooooooop

Also, some even invest in getting fancy peep-peep.


Constant exposure to Peep-Peep does what?

Well, I am no neuroscientist (but a big fan of Sam Harris)

But, I can say this will 78.52% assurity that,

Being exposed to constant peep-peep, activates that part of our brain which is responsible for detecting danger and giving us the sense that, we shouldn't be going there. Like a dark cave and stuff

So when we navigate on the streets our minds constantly dabble in the Danger-No danger, Danger-No danger, Danger - No danger patterns of thoughts.

Sometimes we are of it.

Other times we ignore because we are in a rush to reach someplace important.

Regardless, the dent to our subconscious is inevitable.

The stress keeps adding up from within

and then?

and then,

A release becomes imperative.

If not monitored a release can happen in the form of something destructive

Examples of the above line,

Smoking ciggies

Smoking other things

scrolling on Insta, dopa release

marinating masala over negative thoughts,

and so on...

So if you are a reader of my blog and own a vehicle, promise me that you will go easy on the honking. You are indirectly helping the planet and its humble confused inhabitants.


Photo time,

Photo by Ruffa Jane Reyes on Unsplash






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