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| There are many various types of problems which you can suffer from. Depending on what your problem is, I shall give you a few examples of psychological afflictions (problems in your mind) to establish a connection between them and hopefully reach a conclusion and find a solution. But please remember these are only (a couple of) possible suggestions to your problems and NOT neccessarily your actual affliction; so please do not be alarmed by something that may be similar to what you suffer from. |
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| Post-Traumatic Stress: This is where an accident or life-endangering situation which has happened in your past, may still be affecting you mentally today. You may fear to do certain things; suffer from hysteria or fits/seizures at times for no apparant reason. Post-trumatic stress is a current problem in many people, for instance, persons who have been involved in past rail-crashes still suffer today by the afformentioned symptoms. If you feel this is your problem, do not fear, as there are multiple solutions at hand. Insomnia: This can be related to an on-going situation in your life which may be causing stress, confusion, or anger. Perhaps you may be doing a particular thing related to a guiltly conscience or even if you listen to a particular type of music that may be confusing your mind. Or pehaps your lack of sleep is related to libido, (one's sexual desire which is present in every person). Again, many solutions are available if you e-mail me your specific problem in confidence (and without disclosing your name or other personal details if you wish). |
| An extract from "Contemporary Psychiatry" By John Lovett Doust "There have always existed, and perhaps will always exist, certain fears universal to mankind. Terror of the unknown, death or loss of his identity, and of loneliness - these were as much the fears of cave-dwelling man as they are those which haunt many of us today. To attempt to counter the anxiety they endanger, man laboriously constructed systems of philosophy, religious dogma, mysterious magic, and teqniques of medicine. To the extent that they were successful, these beliefs and practices quelled anxiety, quenched pain, and offered acceptance through explanation and comfort through enlightenment. To the extent that they were unsuccessful, they acted as a spur in the search for more acceptable explanations, and so led to the bases of the scientific medicine and the rather less scientific psychiatry we practice today." |
| The 'syndrome' "Emotion": This is a "syndrome" which affects us all in different ways depending on how we react to certain things. Some persons may sweat uncontrollably or blush or blemish when under even the slightest pressure. Others may turn away and walk in the opposite direction from a possible confrontation, or, (as in some cases I have dealt with), one may fall victim to sudden, violent itching 'fits', whereby the whole body itches leaving no marks or rashes. Each and every person has a fear or disposition related to certaian situations. "Emotion" is not just how "emotional" or "fragile" someone is, but it is the syndrome in us all, that many of us confront on a daily basis. In some people, it may never dissapear, in others, it is purely related to a fear or phobia (for example, the infamous 'stagefright' where you freeze, and walk away), which just needs someone to help you confront your fears. This leads me to a very interesting point which is illustrated in more detail in a book by psychiatrist John Lovett Doust; below is an extract from his excellent book, Contemporary Psychiatry.(Perfect for beginners in psychiatry. yet it can be referred back to even by experts) |
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