Companies play on your fears. Are you afraid you don’t meet standards? Afraid your desires are not normal? Afraid of being judged? A pill promises to relieve the tension and restore your confidence. But the truth is, it’s an illusion. Fears are not a disease; they are a signal that you need to work on yourself. But the pharmaceutical industry wants you to believe the problem is you. And instead of exploring your fears, you take another pill.

There is no room for mindfulness in this scheme. It’s not profitable for corporations. Mindfulness is the ability to listen to yourself, accept your emotions, work with your desires. But corporations are not interested in you becoming free. A free person doesn’t buy pills to fix what isn’t broken. But a dependent one buys again and again.

Pharmaceutical companies have built their business on suppression. They don’t want you to ask questions, to understand your fears, or to accept yourself. They want you to think the problem is you, not the system that made you feel ashamed. But a pill won’t make you yourself. Only you can do that by choosing mindfulness over suppression.

Why Society Dictates the Boundaries of "Normal" Sex

Society dictates the boundaries of "normal" sex for a reason. Control over sexuality is control over personality, and this mechanism has worked for centuries. Sexuality is a powerful force capable of inspiring, liberating, and making you stronger. But it equally frightens those who want to control you. A free person who accepts their desires stops being afraid, becomes less pliable, and breaks out of social norms. To maintain order and stability, sexuality is turned into an object of control, and its natural expression into sin, shame, or a problem.

Control over sexuality began with religion. In medieval Europe, the church defined what was permissible in sex and what was not. Sex outside marriage? Sin. Pleasure for the sake of pleasure? Sin. Female sexuality? A dangerous temptation threatening order, which had to be suppressed. These dogmas made people dependent on forgiveness and cleansing that only the church could offer. Religious prohibitions didn’t protect but suppressed, turning guilt for desires into a tool of power.

The Victorian era brought this idea to absurdity. Sexuality became taboo. Women who expressed sexual desires were labeled hysterical and isolated in psychiatric hospitals. Men were scared with myths about the "diseases" of masturbation, up to threats of blindness or insanity. Even talking about the body was forbidden. These rules suppressed people, increasing shame for their nature and turning sexuality into something shameful and dangerous.

Today, religion has lost its monopoly on control, and culture has taken its place. Films, advertising, and social networks create the illusion of "normal" sex: the right bodies, the right poses, the right desires. You must be sexy but not too sexy. Desires must exist, but only those approved by society. These norms create a vicious cycle in which a person is always "not good enough." Sexuality has become a commodity. It is sold through images, convincing you that you must adapt your body, behavior, and desires to unattainable standards.

Social networks amplify this pressure. Every day you see what sex should look like to be "ideal." In real life, sex is awkward, impulsive, funny. But culture imposes a performance: you must play a role to fit in. As a result, you begin to doubt yourself. If your desires or body don’t fit imposed standards, you feel abnormal. This shame becomes a constant background, affecting self-esteem, relationships, and confidence.