How do I explain that there are no magic pills, or magic words that will make everything right? If there were, no one would need them, because we would have all already taken them. Nothing can substitute for plain old hard work whether it is on the body, or mind.
That being said, there is a lot to be said for believing. My old psychology teacher claimed that most of us can be healed by anything we believe in because most of what ails us is also in our heads.
We all grow up with enough misconceptions to keep us busy for years. If Mom said it, then it must be true, right? On the other hand, it is a good thing to take the antibiotics a doctor prescribes for diseases that show up under microscopes. In the mean time, if you want to rub onions on your wart and bury it under a full moon, go ahead. It might work and if it doesn't you're only out one onion and a little more wart-bonding time.
Just don't think that giving your boy friend pills will make him change from a werewolf to cupid. A gussied up, sheared werewolf, carrying a cute little bow and heart shaped arrow is even more dangerous than he was before. Now you think he has changed, so you are not prepared when that mouth full of teeth turn on you. Change takes time, lots of time.
Change also requires an honest oracle, someone who will not sacrifice our whole life to make us happy for a deluded moment. It takes a lot of courage to love someone enough to be honest with them and it takes a lot more to hear the truth and then go do something about it. It's probably the hardest thing either one will ever do and the rewards don't come right away.
But they do come and that is what is important. Life can be better, much much better! It's worth whatever it takes, so hitch up your jeans and take that first step. It's not as simple as popping pills, but it works a lot better.
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