Hormone Theory
Broadcast writer Yukiko Nonomura occasionally shares her unique parenting philosophy on television and other platforms. Among her thoughts was this comment, which takes a bird's-eye view of the rebellious spirit peculiar to adolescence.
"Sometimes it's frustrating if you take it head-on. I think, 'This child is growing up this way, their hormones are just acting like this, and it's because of the hormones that they're acting this way.' So, it's not the child talking; it's the hormones talking."
Personally, I found this hilarious.
As someone in the parenting generation myself, even if not currently dealing with adolescence, I can understand the struggles and relate to the feelings directly.
I personally call this way of thinking, which uses a method akin to personification—the concept that 'hormones are talking'—the 'Hormone Theory'.
On the other hand, I suffer from a mental illness and am constantly confronting life and death within myself.
To overcome this painful illness, I decided to adapt the Hormone Theory.
To put it simply, when things are tough, I choose to perceive it as, 'It's not that I want to die; it's because of the feeling of wanting to die.'
Thanks to this way of thinking, I am able to separate the existence of the illness from my own feelings, which has saved me time and time again.
As a life hack for living, I believe that by utilizing or adapting the 'Hormone Theory,' you too can separate your emotions from the subject at hand and view the situation from a bird's-eye perspective, making it possible to measure ways of dealing with it from a different angle. If there is something 'painful' or something you are 'worried about,' remembering the Hormone Theory might help you find a path to a solution by allowing you to look at it from a higher vantage point.
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