They always say, "Be careful what you wish for", because people tend to be careless thinking that they need something when they really don't. Why? Because everything and anything goes upside down when emotions are involved. And that is something humans will never seem to control. We are forever enslaved by our emotions and once it took over, wrong will be right and right will be wrong. We tend to be blinded and got fooled easily by the things that we feel than the things that we should see. It's now a matter of decisions whether we chose to be foolish and or to be stupid. If that makes any sense.
So... the fourth post for my fairy tale series. Getting bored? You shouldn't. Because this next one is one of the most popular stories that has a very different origin, and one of the tragic ones that I have read. Behold... "The Little Mermaid" written by Hans Christian Andersen. As horrible as it is, the real story is about the little mermaid is that when she fell in love with the prince, she bargained with a witch to change her tail to legs; meaning literally cutting it and left to bleed. The 'not-so-charming' prince found her and was said to use her for fun. He married another woman whom he thought saved him (but was really little mermaid) and little mermaid was forced to kill him in exchange for her tail again. But since it is "emotions" that we're talking about she didn't get the chance to kill him and let herself be dissolved to the sea.
So much for these emotions. And as if her story is not tragic enough, there is a this psychological syndrome that is very much derived from our Little Mermaid's foolishness.
An article entitled "Impulsivity and "The Little Mermaid Syndrome" - Psychology Today" written by Shauna Springer, Ph.D from the site MarriageAdvocates.com; said that the "Little Mermaid Syndrome" is actually what we call 'love at first sight'. It is also the unrealistic fantasies that a girl constructs when she sees her 'prince' and had the tendency to ignore or give up herself, her family and other responsibilities with this guy. A girl with this syndrome has a high level of trust, reliance, and commitment but has no whole knowledge of who the guy is. In short, she is just smitten by the guy's charm and appeal and it caused her to fall for him in a way that is stupid. And the thing is, there are "Ariels", as the article call it, in both men and women who had this kind of syndrome. They take their chances seriously because they believed and trusted the persons they fall to deeply.
Shauna's quotes said, "Be careful of trusting too much, too soon, in matters of the heart." ... "Guarding your own safety means trusting someone only as much as you know them, which is an elegantly simple, but profoundly important..."
We can't get rid of recklessness. As much as we can't control our emotions, it is always best to at least keep ourselves on guard for whatever it is we are about to face. It can't hurt to be careful can it? I mean, obsession never gets to something good.
Since I began through psychology, might as well continue it since I found another interesting article.
It was entitled "Psychological Disorders in the Little Mermaid" an essay written by the username of Hoopzgrl from the site StudyMode.com.
In the brief sample of the essay she talked about the different psychological disorders the different characters possessed in Disney's "The Little Mermaid". Though not intentionally made to be like that, her personal observations say otherwise. Apparently there are symptoms of psychological disorders observed from the characters Flounder, Triton, and Sebastian. For Flounder, it was discovered that she had Panic Attacks in the movie. Panic attacks are the sudden feelings of terror that strike without warning. They even occur during sleep and it creates the illusion that the person is having a heart attack. King Triton has Separation Anxiety, a feeling of needing attachment to a person always. As seen in the movie, he is desperate to get Ariel back and since it's his daughter, the anxiety has a greater impact. And lastly is Sebastian with an OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) which is like the highest form of perfectionism.
Back then it never occurred to me that such characters could have disorders beneath their images. Or if it's just the article, I'm not sure. But going back when I watched the movie, it just seems normal that Flounder should be worrying for Ariel as a friend and King Triton wanting her back since she's his daughter. So I think these psychological disorders are just relied observations. Or if Disney secretly included them, it's doesn't destroy the movie's essence.
Little things beneath stories that have always been ignored could sometimes really stir something if you're interested to look it up. As petty fairy tales might seem to others, for me, it changed a lot to how I view them now. As I continue these posts, it opened me to a new point of view where I could see it in a different angle. I already expected it, but there are always things that are not meant to be expected.
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