There Are No Shortcuts
Every bookstore has shelves groaning with all the latest Vitobrain Review self-help books. Common are titles such as; "A new you in 30 days," or "Seven steps to success," or "Gain a college vocabulary in 5 minutes a day." Dating services are springing up with promises to help you meet the person of your dreams, while saving you the time-consuming process of meeting prospects through old-fashioned socializing.
Medicine is perhaps the most obvious manifestation of the expectation of instant results. You can get instant relief from headaches, heartburn, colds, and a host of other ailments by simply taking a pill, capsule or some liquid preparation. For more serious problems like depression, anxiety and others, a doctor will first select a diagnosis, and then prescribe mood-altering drugs to give you relief, usually promised within days if not sooner. As a society, we might confuse relief and cure, but even if the underlying condition is not cured or even treated, the temporary and almost instant relief provides what we demand.
I also see this expectation for instant results in my practice, which is helping parents who have children making poor decisions. The number of children diagnosed with serious disorders needing treatment is constantly increasing, along with a rapid rise in prescriptions for powerful mind-altering drugs as treatment. Parents calling my office for help are often are looking for some place to "fix" their child, and frequently believe that a couple weeks, or maybe a couple months is sufficient. Insurance companies seem to be demanding instant treatment, or as close to it as can be justified, refusing to cover longer treatment if a shorter term can be justified in any way.
