Please Get Those Psychologists Off My TV - Humans Are Evolutionary Tough - Not Pathetic

It sure was great to see that the rescue efforts at the Chilean mine
were successful. Over 1 billion people watched the mining rescue, and
it was probably the most viewed television news program in the history
of humans, or very close to it, right up there with the presidential
Inauguration, the Olympics, and World Cup soccer. One thing that
bothered me as a former athlete, and a rather rugged individual
myself, was with all these Psychologists on all the news stations
explaining all the post-traumatic stress disorder, the feelings of
isolation, and the psychological issues of being underground that
long.Indeed, perhaps like you I wanted to just shake those
psychologists, and let them realize that in their professional world,
maybe there are a lot of weak humans, and people with low self-esteem,
and yes maybe, psychologist deal with humans that have problems like
that, but these were tough miners, they were not wimps. Now then, yes
there was a 19-year-old in the group who didn't like being stuck
underground, and who had only been on the job five days, and he
probably wasn't prepared for this.But, he is young and he'll get over
it, likewise all the other miners are also tough people, they work
underground blasting away the rock during their mining process. These
miners were underground in solitude, with each other as company,
without the extreme noise of the explosions, which had stopped, it was
silent. It was peaceful, and although it wasn't pretty, and it was
somewhat dark, and 90-degrees is pretty hot, it wasn't all that bad.In
watching all this unfold on TV, it appeared to me that the
psychologists wanted to prove themselves of value to society, and that
we live in a victimhood society in the United States that fosters the
belief that humans are weak and pitiful. Now, you might be weak and
pitiful, and some of the people watching may have been weak and
pitiful, and yes, our school system does tend to breed weaker
individuals than at any time in the past evolution of human history,
but to force those attributes onto miners is utterly ridiculous, if
not downright absurd.Those miners were for all intents and purposes
prepared to die before the 17 days until they were discovered. Once
they had been discovered, they knew there was a decent chance that
they might be rescued. And yes it might be stressful not knowing for
sure if you were going to get out.But towards the end, they knew they
were going to eventually get rescued, or they were pretty sure, and it
is doubtful there was any stress. Further, they also are going to
probably received something like $400,000 apiece, and that's a lot of
money considering they only make about $15,000 a year mining in that
Chilean mining camp. None of us needs to feel sorry for the miners, or
even give these TV psychologists the time of day.That's my personal
opinion, although I do not personally hold psychologists in any high
regard, and often believe that many psychologists go into that
profession because they are trying to understand themselves, and
perhaps they might be the ones with mental issues - I do understand
why they work as TV commentary folks during tough and challenging
times.Of course that's just a suspicion I have, and my opinion; and
indeed, I can't prove it. But, speaking from personal experience not
everyone is a wimp, and humans have some tough genes or we wouldn't be
here today. Please consider all this.