The Javis They have once again revolutionized the internet with the launch of their new series: The Messiah. Although there is no direct reference to the Flos Mariae, there is a more than evident inspiration in the family from which this Christian group emerged, the source of numerous memes. But the series does not focus on the children, but on the mother: Montserrat.
The name with which they have titled the series fits like a glove, since the mother of a large family She was obsessed with taking care of both her family and the rest of humanity. She claimed that God had put her in the world to Spread your word and care for your neighborbut he did it in a way that clearly denoted mental health problems.
And if we say that the name with which the Javis baptize her in the series is appropriate, it is precisely because she possibly suffered from a psychological condition known as Messiah Complex. It is not a diagnosable disorder as such. In fact, It is not part of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorderswhere all the conditions that can be diagnosed in psychology and psychiatry are found.
However, it does entail a series of features that can accompany disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or delusional disorder. Possibly María, the person on whom the character of Montserrat is inspired, never received any of these diagnoses. Basically, because neither she nor her family considered that she needed psychological help. She was the one who was supposed to help everyone. But if she had ever crossed the threshold of a psychology specialist’s office, it is more than likely that, with or without a diagnosis, they would have found many ways for her to receive help and, in the process, free her children. of what had practically become an intrafamilial sect.
The character who inspired The Messiah
Montserrat assures that God has sent her to spread his word and save others. For this, she has been granted a large family who could use music to accomplish this arduous task. She was also obsessed with protect your childrento whom he constantly warned of the dangers of the world outside the doors of their home.
María, the person this character is inspired by, discovered over time that she could do much more. Not only she could put her children at the service of God through music. She herself could help many people through a religious advice website which he kept open until his death in 2015.
All kinds of people came to her for help., from homosexuals afraid of offending God to sick people. To the latter, of course, he made recommendations very far from scientific evidence.
In short, as well described in The Messiah through Montserrat, Mary believed she had the power and obligation to save the world. She considered herself a superior being whose only goal in life is to help the people around her to be best christians. It is a clear example of the Messiah complex. But what exactly does this consist of?
A complex that does not always have a religious origin
Some psychologists describe as a Messiah complex to the condition of those people who constantly feel obligated to help others. Although that means endanger your own well-being.
This does not always have a religious component. There are people who simply believe that they have the moral obligation to help others. It happens, for example, with some animal lovers, who come to adopt so many that they are incapable of taking care of them properly. But they continue to bring home more and more, because they believe that only they can save them.
Despite this secular component, it is true that the Messiah complex is usually associated with religious beliefs. The Messiah of the Javis is a good example. In these cases, there are often associated disorders, such as paranoid schizophreniawhich often causes patients to hallucinate power speak with God.
Something curious is that the Messiah complex can occur constantly, as happens to Montserrat, or punctually. In the latter case, what is known as Jerusalem Syndrome is very common. This occurs in people, usually with previous mental conditions, who visit the holy city and, upon being aware of the differences between the peace it supposedly proclaims and the conflicts behind it, their minds collapse, causing them to have religious hallucinations. Among those hallucinations, of course, may be the belief that they have been sent by God to do good.
The Messiah is not alone
The case of the mother of Flos Mariae or Montserrat in the series is not the only one known of People with a Messiah complex.
One of the most common examples when talking about this mental condition is that of Laszlo Tothan Australian geologist who became famous in 1972 after destroying Michelangelo’s statue of La Pieta.
He was not imprisoned for the attack, but he was hospitalized in Italy for two years for mental problems. And after breaking the statue, he assured that it was Jesus Christ returned to Earth and that God had made him break the statue because Christ, being eternal, could not have a mother.
In fact, he had moved to Italy the year before precisely to be closer to the Pope, from whom he requested his recognition as Jesus Christ. Logically, he never had the approval of the Supreme Pontiff. However, that did not stop him from continuing to carry out what he considered the good works of a Messiah who had come to save the world.