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Chapter #4

Madara Uchiha, the illusion of control

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Madara Uchiha, the illusion of control between anxiety and depression.

In the 1960s, psychologist Melvin Lerner observed that people tend to believe in a just world, where everyone gets what they deserve: those who do good are rewarded, those who are evil are punished. This belief offers a false sense of security, helping the mind to predict what will happen.

Madara Uchiha embodies an extreme distortion of this theory. As a young man, he believed in peace between the clans, but the pain and betrayal by the Uchiha pushed him to the opposite extreme: "The world is irremediably corrupt and unjust."

His solution? Create a perfect illusion, the Infinite Tsukuyomi, in which suffering no longer exists. An attempt to control everything so as not to face the chaos of reality.

This mental rigidity can be found in some cases of anxiety and depression: one remains trapped between two irreconcilable extremes, unable to accept uncertainty. When the illusion of a just world is shattered, we have two choices: we can accept the chaos or remain imprisoned in the need for control.

The Infinite Tsukuyomi is the extreme form of escape from reality, similar to those who take refuge in addictions (alcohol, smoking and drugs) to delude themselves into thinking they are fine, while in reality they are just escaping from pain.

Freud wrote that what is "removed" sooner or later returns in other forms. It is no coincidence that Viktor Frankl carries this thought forward, underlining the importance of giving meaning to our pain. There is no point in escaping it or deluding ourselves that it does not exist.

Madara, after a life spent trying to impose his will on the world, is defeated by his own weapons: deception and manipulation, but he gives us a profound lesson.

Accepting pain means giving it meaning, because the real prison is not suffering, but the illusion of being able to erase it completely.

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